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Slide show: Blooming limnologists
The limnology “major”, one of 18 offered at this year’s Grandparents University, takes grandparents and their grandchildren on to Lake Mendota to collect samples and test the water for oxygen and temperature while aboard Limnos, a 28-foot research boat. Read More
Sick children affect parents’ mental health
Caring for a child with health problems profoundly affects the physical health, mental health and work attendance of parents, according to a new study by researchers at the School of Medicine and Public Health. Read More
U.S. News and World Report Ranks UW Hospital and Clinics in Top Three Percent
University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics ranked in the top three percent of U.S. hospitals in five medical specialties, according to the 2009 edition of U.S. News and World Report's "America's Best Hospitals" guide. Read More
Doctor’s compassion may help cure colds faster
Some cold medicines will shave a day off your suffering from the common cold, but they often produce unpleasant side effects. A new study shows, for the first time, that the doctor's empathy may be an even better way to speed recovery. Read More
Slide show: Construction Junction
You know the saying: Road construction is Wisconsin’s fifth season. And this year it arrived in full force for city of Madison and UW–Madison throughfares when temperatures rose and students took off for the summer. Read More
From the waiting room to the birthing room
Years ago, dads-to-be nervously paced the floor of hospital waiting rooms as they waited to hear that their child had been born. But during those countless hours of waiting, many wrote down their feelings in journals known as "father's books" or "stork room jottings." Frequently left in waiting rooms in the 1940s and '50s, the journals provided an outlet for the apprehensive, often exasperated men. Read More
WHO raises H1N1 pandemic level, UHS offers campus guidance
The World Health Organization has raised the Global Pandemic Phase to Level 6, signifying the presence of a pandemic. This change reflects the continued global spread of the novel H1N1 influenza virus. As in many other parts of the United States, H1N1 influenza cases continue to occur in communities throughout Wisconsin, including Madison and on the UW–Madison campus. Read More
Women’s lightweight rowing wins another national championship
The Wisconsin women’s lightweights have done it again. Make it two consecutive national titles and five in six years after the UW varsity lightweight eight won the 2009 Intercollegiate Rowing Association national championship Saturday on Lake Natoma in Gold River, Calif. Read More
Women’s lightweights advance to championship race
The top-ranked Wisconsin women’s lightweight varsity eight took one step towards a second consecutive national title when it won its Friday morning heat at the 2009 Intercollegiate Rowing Association National Championships on Lake Natoma in Gold River, Calif. Read More
Four of five Badger boats reach national championship races
If you blink, that is how quickly the Wisconsin men’s rowing team went from a great day to just short of a great day, as the 2009 Intercollegiate Rowing Association National Championships completed day two on Lake Natoma in Gold River, Calif., on Friday. Read More
Street sense: Formerly homeless, UW med school grad has traveled long road
Recent UW medical school graduate Jennifer Jenkins hopes to devote her medical career to 'outsiders,' such as homeless men and women, as she was once homeless herself. Read More
Varsity four posts school-best finish at NCAAs
The Wisconsin varsity four made school history at the 2009 NCAA Rowing Championships on Sunday at the Cooper River. Rowing in the school’s fourth NCAA grand final in any boat, the Badgers claimed second place to gain the highest NCAA finish for a Wisconsin crew. Read More
State Relations Update (May 29)
After a marathon, late night/early morning session, the Joint Committee on Finance has completed their action on the state’s biennial budget. Read More
Treating Wisconsin’s cancer patients, in Madison or just down the street
When Meg Gaines accompanied a patient to a recent appointment at the University of Wisconsin–Madison's Carbone Comprehensive Cancer Center, she gauged the center's impact right away. Read More
State Relations Update (May 27)
Barring any late surprises, the final piece of the 2009–11 biennial budget action by the Joint Committee on Finance will take place tomorrow. Read More
State Relations Update (May 21)
The Legislature’s Joint Committee on Finance announced today (May 21) that they will be taking up the remaining items in the governor’s 2009-11 state budget in meetings Friday and Saturday. Read More