Alum Rattavut Teerakapibal uses his passion and wealth of technical knowledge for formulation and process development to improve HIV therapies

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Chronic diseases account for $3.8 trillion in annual health care spending in the United States. Patients’ lives are interrupted with recurring medical attention and burden. Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) is one such chronic disease that requires lifelong treatment. Globally, more than 1 million people are diagnosed each year with HIV. As recently as …

Alum Mohamed Amin empowers clinicians and patients with culturally relevant care

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One of the largest annual religious observances for the world’s nearly 2 billion Muslims is Ramadan, which lasts for an entire month and means that participants refrain from eating or drinking between sunrise and sunset while focusing on prayer and reflection. As a pharmacist native to Alexandria, Egypt — where more than 90 percent of …

Guidance on international travel during the 2021–2022 winter recess

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UW–Madison students and employees should be aware that the university continues to closely monitor evolving conditions associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. Reports of the newly identified Omicron variant have made global travel conditions even more uncertain. Many countries have restricted entry by air and ground due to this news, while awaiting more definitive information on …

Zuzana Buřivalová receives Nature Award for Driving Global Impact (DGI)

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Nelson Institute Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment (SAGE) and Department of Forest & Wildlife Ecology assistant professor, Zuzana Buřivalová is the 2021 recipient of the Nature Award for Driving Global Impact (DGI). This award, which includes a $30,000 prize, recognizes Buřivalová‘s efforts to further biodiversity protection in tropical forests. “We are proud of …

Six Badgers recognized in list of Wisconsin’s most influential Latino leaders for 2021

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Six UW–Madison alumni were recognized by Madison365 last week as being among the “Most Influential Latino Leaders” list for 2021. A nonprofit online news publication, Madison365 has published annual power lists recognizing Wisconsin leaders from different racial and ethnic groups since 2015. The purpose of the lists is to “highlight the beauty of the diversity …

Student Org Spotlight: Tribal Libraries, Archives, and Museums

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The iSchool’s student organizations are where students express their creativity and leadership skills within communities of practice. Recently, we caught up with Morgan Reardon, the Community Connections Chair of the Tribal Libraries, Archives, and Museums (TLAM) student group. At the heart of TLAM is bringing information resources and support to Native students on campus and …

Two UW–Madison seniors were finalists this year for the Rhodes Scholarship

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University of Wisconsin–Madison seniors Qianyun (Lexi) Luo and Hawra Aljawad reached the final stage of competition this year for the Rhodes Scholarship, one of the most prestigious and selective undergraduate academic honors in the world. The 32 Americans chosen as Rhodes Scholars were announced Nov. 20, 2021. An additional 203 American students were finalists for …

Books by UW–Madison’s Apple published in Iran

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A series of books by UW–Madison’s Michael Apple, the John Bascom Professor Emeritus in the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction and Department of Educational Policy Studies, has been translated and published by the company Agahpub in Iran… Read the full article.

Inclusion Committee Strives to Create Equitable and Diverse Space for Students

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In the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, students, faculty and staff are collaborating on efforts surrounding diversity, equity and inclusion. Following the murder of George Floyd by the Minneapolis Police Department in May 2020, the SJMC “vowed to continue studying and working to change the structural inequalities that vex our university, our communities and …

International Division Proud to Welcome Peace Corps Director Aaron Williams for International Education Week

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The University of Wisconsin–Madison’s International Division was proud to host former Peace Corps director Aaron Williams (MBA ’73) to deliver a keynote discussion Monday on his new book, “A Life Unimagined,” to kick off International Education Week and celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Peace Corps. The discussion was held online, with an in-person viewing …