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Cartoons communicate issues in bioethics research

January 24, 2018

The comics span topics from gene editing to clinical trials and statistical manipulations. Many are ultimately about how truthfully research is communicated — to patients, to the public, even to other scientists. Read More

Berquam welcomes students, tosses first snowball of the battle

January 23, 2018

With students returning for the spring semester on Jan. 23, Dean of Students Lori Berquam welcomes students back and encourages them to use college as a time to explore new things. She also throws a mean snowball. Read More

American Family Insurance funds a counselor to work with Odyssey Project students

January 23, 2018

To help participants solve problems, the Odyssey Project has hired a new counselor with seed money from American Family Insurance Dreams Foundation. Read More

New Faculty Focus: Heidi Dvinge

January 23, 2018

Heidi Dvinge in her lab in the Department of Biomolecular Chemistry. Robin Davies Title: Assistant professor, Department of Biomolecular Chemistry Hometown: I’m originally… Read More

Four Waisman Center director finalists to present public seminars

January 23, 2018

UW–Madison's Waisman Center is one of the nation’s premier hubs for research and clinical outreach on human development, developmental disability and neurodegenerative disease. Read More

Spirit of service

January 23, 2018

UW–Madison held its Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration Monday, a week after the official holiday, so more students returning from winter break could participate. Students and staff members took part in a direct service volunteer event at Reach-A-Child on Madison's west side. Read More

As Wisconsin tries to lure young adults, how do certain communities succeed?

January 22, 2018

A study of places that are attracting more residents found that it was always about proximity to cities, and about housing, schools and outdoor amenities. Read More

Cancer patients who tell their life story find more peace, less depression

January 19, 2018

A new study finds that delivering an edited life and cancer story elicited by a phone conversation measurably enhances the sense of peace in the face of looming death. Read More

New robots, old stereotypes: Why do so many robots embody Asian women?

January 18, 2018

According to a UW professor, Asian-featured fembots are just the newest twist in the longstanding cultural “fetishization and overt sexualization of Asian women.” Read More

Bringing cheap and accurate tuberculosis tests to Africa

January 18, 2018

Researchers are developing a "robust, simple and inexpensive way to increase the sensitivity of an existing TB test" by integrating a step very similar to a pregnancy test. Read More

Maria Cancian named Galbraith Fellow for work on child welfare

January 17, 2018

Cancian and her research have shaped national research agendas and discourse on child support policy, poverty policy and child welfare policy, and generated more than $50 million in grants to the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Read More

Report: Focusing on advanced energy sensors and controls could mean 44,000 jobs for Wisconsin

January 17, 2018

With targeted investments and forward-looking policies, Wisconsin could capitalize on its strengths in sensors and controls for the advanced energy industry to drive economic growth and support over 44,000 jobs annually. Read More