Connecting through Language

Kyle Studnicka Pineda is not your typical freshman. He boasts a comprehensive international background at the ripe age of 19. He now finds himself impassioned by the power of language in his Wisconsin Experience. Kyle Studnicka Pineda is not your typical freshman. He boasts a comprehensive international background at the ripe age of 19. He …

Summer internship in Iceland gives ‘new focus and passion’

For Julia Handel, who is spending her summer interning at Reykjavik University in Iceland through the International Internship Program (IIP) at UW–Madison, interning abroad has enriched her life and reaffirmed her passion. For Julia Handel, who is spending her summer interning at Reykjavik University in Iceland through the International Internship Program (IIP) at UW–Madison, interning …

Overflow crowd hears ex-diplomat Rank discuss foreign service

Former acting U.S. Ambassador to China David Rank drew approximately 60 people to the La Follette School on Friday, July 14. After a 15-minute introduction, Rank answered more than a dozen questions from UW–Madison students, faculty, and alumni as well as community members. Former acting U.S. Ambassador to China David Rank drew approximately 60 people …

Alzheimer’s Research Presented at International Conference in London

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 (AAIC) in London. Hearing loss, highly stressful life events, speech and where you live could all be risk factors for …

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. The Wisconsin School of Business’s Risk and Insurance Department has been designated a Global Center of Insurance Excellence (GCIE) by …

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. 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 …

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. What residency programs are learning is how to integrate global health into that training. Medical residency training in the U.S. …

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 in order help tell important UW-focused stories about origins: from the origins of life on Earth, to the origins of galaxies …

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 Factors in Driver Assessment, Training, and Vehicle Design, which was held in Manchester Village, Vermont. The symposium, also called the …

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. 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.