University of Wisconsin–Madison

Month: September 2019

Representative Billings takes a ‘before and after’ tour of university housing

State Representative Jill Billings (D-La Crosse) and her staff made a visit to campus to tour Sellery and Witte Halls with University Housing leadership. Representative Billings is the chair of the Higher Education subcommittee on the State Building Commission. Jeff Novak, director of University Housing led the tour through Witte Hall and Sellery Hall. Due …

New nursing immersion program offers students meaningful, hands-on experience at respite camp

Katie Dowdy spent part of her UW–Madison Summer Term at summer camp. But it wasn’t all s’mores and swimming. As a student in a summer respite camp immersion, Dowdy played an important role at respite camp, providing services for people with a broad spectrum of disabilities and practicing new nursing skills. “It was a really …

University helps state growers cope with voracious, invading fruit fly

It’s a beautiful summer day with a hint of fall in the air at Bures Berry Patch, southwest of Barneveld, Wisconsin. On the edge of a quarter acre of raspberry canes, research assistant Andi Nelson is counting fruit fly pupae into small plastic tubs. Nearby, rows of raspberry plants emerge from ribbons of white, black …