Hearing loss, highly stressful life events, speech and where you live could all be risk factors for cognitive decline, according to University of Wisconsin-Madison research presented this week at the 2017 Alzheimer’s Association International Conference …
Month: July 2017
WSB’s Risk and Insurance Recognized as Global Center of Insurance Excellence
The Wisconsin School of Business’s Risk and Insurance Department has been designated a Global Center of Insurance Excellence (GCIE) by the International Insurance Society (IIS), one of only twenty institutions worldwide to receive the honor.
Madison to Host International Gathering of Sleep Scientists
For the first time, Madison will host nearly 200 researchers who specialize in the study of sleep and breathing – one of the fastest-growing areas of scientific inquiry and progress.
Tupesis helps link resident training and global health
Medical residency training in the U.S. rests on 100 years of history that sends new doctors to U.S. hospitals to learn the intricacies of their chosen specialty, from cardiac and cancer care to family medicine. …
Adventures in South Africa to follow ‘origins’ stories
A team of three from University Communications at UW–Madison – videographer Justin Bomberg, photographer Jeff Miller, and me, science writer Kelly April Tyrrell – have traveled 8,779 miles from Madison, Wisconsin to Johannesburg, South Africa …
Ja Young Lee wins Honda Student Paper Award at driving assessment conference
In June 2017, Ja Young Lee, PhD student in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, received the Honda Outstanding Student Paper Award at the International Driving Symposium on Human …
Through robust collaboration, UW students help new museum launch inaugural exhibit
Cortney Anderson initially didn’t know what to make of the peculiar object — two plate-sized metal disks connected to each other on long poles.
Faculty Led Study Abroad: Trends in Europe
Earlier this summer, Dr. Nancy Murray, Faculty Associate in Retailing & Consumer Behavior, teamed up with Robyn Waters, former VP of Trend, Design & Product Development at Target, to lead a study abroad program through …
Event kindles Hispanic high school students’ interest in engineering
The population of Hispanic people in the United States is on the rise—yet of all the people who work in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) careers, the percentage of Hispanic people lies stagnant below …