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Family Fun Day for football
Fans got to meet their favorite Badger players Wednesday evening at Camp Randall Stadium, at the annual Wisconsin Football Family Fun Day. Fans young and old got to meet the team and head coach Paul Chryst for autographs and photos.
Institute For Research On Poverty expands its health policy research
This expanded partnership with the Wisconsin Department of Health Services will include a robust scope of data sharing, research, and evaluation activities supporting the state’s Medicaid program, which includes BadgerCare, SeniorCare, and other public health insurance programs.
Additional excavation expected on Bascom Hill
The Bascom Hill/Lathrop Drive Utility project continues to make progress. Additional barriers and fencing will be erected to cordon the work site. This will cause detours and closures to some sidewalks, roads, and parking lots.
GetSocial: #FallSemester is coming…
As students make their way back to campus, Get Social takes a look at how these #Badgers are getting ready for the coming semester. Of course, some students are still enjoying their summer far from campus.
First Wave alumna awarded major graduate fellowship
Mackenzie Berry is the recipient of a $20,000 Marcus L. Urann Fellowship from The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation's oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines. She is one of only six recipients nationwide this year to receive the fellowship.
Beetles used to combat purple loosestrife in southeast Wisconsin
This summer, Wisconsin Sea Grant’s Molly Bodde is engaging in preliminary work to start a program to control these invasives in a chemical-free way, using beetles that eat the purple loosestrife.
UW Hospitals and Clinics ranked among top 20 in nation
For the first time in the history of U.S. News & World Report's "Best Hospitals" rankings, University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics are listed on the Honor Roll, ranking 17th.
Research looks at how Snapchat filters affect self-image
Graduate student Amy Niu is researching whether selfie-editing filters negatively or positively impact one’s evaluation of self.
UW expert weighs in on record number of candidates
Why are there so many candidates? Some are looking to boost their careers, others want to bring particular issues to the public's attention.
Retirements lead to changes in research leadership posts
Nora Cate Schaeffer, professor of sociology, and Amy Wendt, professor of electrical and computer engineering, will join the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education on Aug. 19 as divisional interim associate vice chancellors for research.
Simultaneous infection by two viruses the key to studying rare lymphoma
The successful creation of stable, cancer-like cells in the lab opens up opportunities for understanding the progression of this and related cancers and, perhaps, developing treatments.
Researchers recreate the sun’s solar wind and plasma “burps” on Earth
A new study by UW–Madison physicists mimicked solar winds in the lab, confirming how they develop and providing an Earth-bound model for the future study of solar physics.
Thanks to science, parasite can have sex in mice, not just cats
The work could lead to a vaccine for cats and throws a critical lifeline to scientists who study the parasite by providing a new animal model in which to study it.
Bucky helps launch weather balloon
Bucky Badger showed up to help launch a weather balloon during a Grandparents University meteorology class, atop the Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences building.
High school students add science to their summer at UW camp
For the last three weeks of July, the Discovery Building hosted 70-plus Wisconsin high school students and teachers, who delved into everything from CAR-T cells to stem cell differentiation.
Chemical catalysis pioneer James Dumesic wins international energy prize
Dumesic was selected for his pioneering work on novel catalytic processes for converting plant material into advanced fuels, biodegradable plastics, and other renewable chemicals.
Get Social: Campus becomes summer camp for many
There's no doubt that campus has a different feel in the summertime, and one reason is all the new students who flock in to attend the camps hosted here. From Grandparents University to volleyball camp to No Limits Kids Fitness Program, there's something for everyone, as this week's Get Social shows.
Veterinarians, physicians to jointly explore links between animal and human health
The goal is "helping physicians and PhD researchers see that many of the diseases they study also occur in animals, and what veterinarians know ... can help advance treatment in people."
With expanded hours, Chazen to become most-open museum
As part of a long-term museum-wide effort to welcome more visitors from a variety of backgrounds, the Chazen Museum of Art is making a dramatic change to its open hours.
Rural placements for nursing students help address rural health-care shortage
A partnership between the Monroe Clinic-SSM Health and the UW–Madison School of Nursing exposes nursing students to a rural practice, and many return to it.