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What if we could train our immune system to detect and fight cancer through vaccination? What if we train our immune system to detect and fight cancer through vaccinationThat is the question behind Ichwaku Rastogi’s work at UW–Madison, where he studies vaccines designed to trigger the immune system to respond to prostate cancer. As a …
PhD Student Seungmi Cho, MSW ‘07, BSW ’06 received a 2023-2024 Capstone Teaching Award for her outstanding teaching record at UW–Madison. This campus-wide TA Award speaks to Seungmi’s contribution to students and the learning environment on campus. She has taught number of courses for the school in her time, including Advanced Macro Practice (Lecturer), Human Behavior and the Environment (TA), Homelessness: …
Although the Nelson Institute is housed within Science Hall at 550 North Park Street, our faculty, students, and alumni are sharing our mission and conducting research internationally. From partnering with world-renowned organizations to helping small tribal communities, the institute makes an impact all across the globe. Read the full story.
Mexican wolves in the American Southwest disappeared more quickly during periods of relaxed legal protections, almost certainly succumbing to poaching, according to new research published Wednesday. Scientists from the University of Wisconsin–Madison found that Mexican wolves were 121% more likely to disappear — despite high levels of monitoring through radio collars — when legal rulings …
Two recent PhD alumni have received fellowships from the Graduate School to further the research topics they focused on in their dissertations. The Albert Markham Memorial Fellowship supports recent UW–Madison PhD recipients in linguistics, foreign language, or cultural studies who are conducting postdoctoral international research. Markham fellows receive up to $50,000 to support their research …
grow — Wisconsin’s Magazine for the Life Sciences — Summer 2011 Waves of undergrads in Uganda with UW–Madison’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences have taken the African proverb as a call to action. Their engagement has included founding a nonprofit and choosing careers in which they serve communities at home and abroad. IT WAS …
The Chronicle of Higher Education – June 7, 2011 “China and the United States: A Tale of Two Views on Education” EXCERPT: The following is a guest post by Gilles Bousquet, dean of the Division of International Studies and the vice provost for globalization at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. —————————————————– Beijing–“We will be hiring dozens …
Each year, students enrolled in a College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) global health class travel to Uganda over winter break to experience the culture, learn about public health issues, and conduct individual research projects. Below are excerpts from the documentary “Three Weeks in Uganda—Or How I Changed My Life Over Winter Break,” which …
Joanna Klass, recent UW–Madison graduate with a degree in zoology and biological aspects of conservation, had a fascinating experience abroad. With assistance from the School for Field Studies (SFS), Joanna was given the opportunity to go abroad for the first time and conduct biological research in the rainforests of Australia. Since returning, she has been awarded the Distinguished Student Researcher Award …
Some of the world’s most accomplished leaders from academia, business, public affairs, the humanities, and the arts have been elected members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and joining them this year is UW–Madison professor Jonathan Mark Kenoyer. Kenoyer is a professor in anthropology, who teaches archaeology and ancient technology at the University …