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Discharge summaries play key role in keeping nursing home patients safe
Sending thorough and timely reports to nursing homes when a patient is discharged from the hospital could help promote patient safety during the early days after a hospitalization.
Hold that thought? Scientists find sensor that may explain working memory
University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers believe they now understand on the cellular level how working memory holds a piece of information — or thoughts linger.
Chancellor Ward discusses fiscal matters in WisconsinEye interview
WisconsinEye reporter Steven Walters interviews Chancellor Ward on a range of issues, including budget matters.
New U.S. measurement expands understanding of poverty
Professor Tim Smeeding has joined other economists in praising the Census Bureau’s release of poverty numbers based on an alternative measure.
Slide show: 2011 in review
University Communications’ photographers have culled through hundreds of options for favorite images from 2011 that capture the campus through four seasons, major building projects and initiatives, transitions in leadership, learning inside and outside the classroom, research in progress, the Wisconsin Idea in practice, and Badger spirit in its many forms.
UW study: Mothers of tiny babies suffer, too
Babies born at very low birth weights struggle in their early years and a new study by University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers suggests that their mothers do, too.
Just ducky: Chemo Ducks help young cancer patients
A message regarding mandatory reporting of crimes on and off campus
Student tickets for Gabriel Iglesias show at Union Theater on sale Dec. 12-13
Byars-Winston to receive White House award
A researcher at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health will be honored Friday at the White House for her efforts to enhance job opportunities for young girls, women and minorities in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).
Rose Bowl Bound! Again.
Wisconsin secures second-straight Rose Bowl berth with 42-39 win in inaugural Big Ten title game.
Slide show: A Building Abuzz
The Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery offers proof positive that promises can be kept. Since opening in December 2010, the 300,000-square-foot building is delivering on original plans for an innovative, sustainable space, and is providing an environment that fosters collaborative science and hosts public outreach activities.
MEDiC student-run clinics receive national recognition
The MEDiC program, which provides seven free health clinics in Madison, has received the President’s Volunteer Service Award for its work in the community.
Students: Help fight hunger through donations and social media at #WIFightHunger
In an effort to add social media energy to the fight against hunger, VIP and #UWSocial are giving away seats in a private box at the Kohl Center for the Dec. 31 Badgers men’s basketball game versus Iowa in exchange for food donations and social media exposure.
Psychopaths’ brains show difference in structure, function
Images of prisoners’ brains show important differences between those who are diagnosed as psychopaths and those who aren’t, according to a new study led by University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers.
New evidence links virus to brain cancer
Tilting the scales in an ongoing debate, University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers have found new evidence that human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is associated with glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), the brain cancer that killed Sen. Edward Kennedy.
Hydrogen peroxide provides clues to immunity, wound healing, tumor biology
Hydrogen peroxide isn’t just that bottled colorless liquid in the back of the medicine cabinet that’s used occasionally for cleaning scraped knees and cut fingers. It’s also a natural chemical in the body that rallies at wound sites, jump-starting immune cells into a series of events.
Winter water skiing to benefit American Family Children’s Hospital
For the third consecutive year, the Mad-City Ski Team will brave the ice cold waters of Lake Monona to benefit American Family Children’s Hospital.
Researchers discover possible key to degenerative nerve diseases
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and collaborators have discovered a powerful new protein in the eye of the fruit fly that may shed light on blinding diseases and other sensory problems in humans.