UW–Madison and the State
Trina Ford was already a nurse practitioner when she first started to recognize that addressing a patient’s mental health issues could improve their physical health. “When we controlled their depression, it was also easier for them to manage their diabetes. Their blood pressures went down,” Ford says. Yet most of the mental healthcare the patients …
Pepin County is the latest partner for the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s UniverCity Year program, which brings faculty, students, and community members together to improve the sustainability, resilience, and general wellbeing of Wisconsin’s communities. Launched in 2016 with the Wisconsin Idea in mind, this program facilitates engagement between the UW–Madison learning community and localities across Wisconsin, …
General policies for UW employees: Per system policy, political campaign activities are restricted by Board of Regents policy and state law in three ways: 1) employees may not engage in political campaign activities, including solicitation of signatures for petitions, during work time or in their work unit; 2) they may not use university resources to …
Engineering students at UW-Madison highlighted their prototypes and student projects to recruiters from Wisconsin companies – a new approach to the traditional career fair this one demonstrating hands-on applications of their skills gained at UW.
As ginseng growers in Wisconsin prepare to export fresh ginseng roots to Taiwan, they need assurance that the roots will not carry a harmful nematode that could infect Taiwan’s banana crop. Nematodes are a broad phylum of soil-dwelling animals that includes some important plant pests. Taiwan is concerned about Radopholus similis, a voracious nematode that …
In what is believed to be a national first, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, in conjunction with UW Health, has established a new resource for Wisconsin primary-care physicians and other providers to help them successfully manage patients with addictions. With the help of a grant from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services, the University of Wisconsin …
I attended the swearing-in ceremony at the State Capitol last week for new Governor Tony Evers, who has spent his career in education and holds bachelor and master’s degrees from UW-Madison as well as a doctorate in educational administration. As the Superintendent of the state Department of Public Instruction, Governor Evers had been a member …
In the tiny unincorporated burg of Juda, Wisconsin — population 357 — there’s a clear community centerpiece. “If you want to know what the trick-or-treating hours are, you call the school,” says Scott Anderson, a high school math and engineering teacher at Juda School, a building that houses roughly 300 students from 4K to …
Roughly one in five of UW–Madison’s incoming in-state students is benefiting from Bucky’s Tuition Promise, making education at the state’s flagship much more affordable for Wisconsin families. The initiative, announced in February, pledges to cover four years of tuition and segregated fees for any incoming freshman who is a Wisconsin resident and whose family’s annual …
20 years after a discovery that changed the world, stem cell research is shaping Wisconsin business. Learn more about 10 UW spinoffs who are making an impact.