What did the planet feel like 3 million years ago? Well, most of us alive today might find out. UW-Madison geography professor Jack Williams’ study published this week shows that by 2030, the earth’s climate will resemble the pliocene — the dawn of human evolution, when the climate looked starkly different than it does now. […]
UW-Madison Announces Cultural Center “Startup Spaces”
UW-Madison will officially open the Latinx Cultural Center and the Asian Pacific Islander Desi American (APIDA) Cultural Center in 2019 following remodeling plans this winter. These will become the university’s third and fourth cultural centers, after the Black Cultural Center and the American Indian Student and Cultural Center. They’ll be in the Red Gym on Langdon […]
UW Entomologist Talks Mosquitoes Post-Flooding
Standing water is the enemy of the comfortable back yard. And with more standing water than usual after historic rainfall over the past week and a half, heightened mosquito concerns among Wisconsinites are natural. But as annoying as mosquitoes are, they can also be dangerous. Some types of mosquitoes carry illnesses like West Nile virus. […]
UW Study Finds Maternal Mental Health Impacts Infant Brain Development...
A study published in the Journal of American Medical Association Pediatrics this week shows a relationship between pregnant mothers’ mental health, and certain areas of their newborn’s brain. The study shows that there was less development of a specific part one month old infants’ brains — specifically, white matter — when mothers showed higher UW-Madison […]
UW-Madison To Receive $100 Million From Foxconn
UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank and Foxconn founder and chair Terry Gou announced the partnership in Madison today. The UW is setting a fundraising goal of raising an additional 100 million dollars to match Foxconn’s gift. Blank says this is one of the biggest donations in the campus’ history. “This is an historic moment, not only […]
UW-Madison receives federal grant to get more students speaking Korean...
UW-Madison has received a $220,000 federal grant to kick off a program that aims to get more students speaking fluent Korean. The U.S. Department of Defense funnels money to universities through its Flagship language program to get more students fluent in languages deemed important for economic or security reasons. UW-Madison already offers an intensive Flagship […]
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