New, innovative School of Nursing building opening for fall semester
Signe Skott Cooper Hall isn’t just a new building. It’s a place where students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s School of Nursing will learn using the latest technology.
View ArticleUniversity spinoff aims to hit the mark precisely with brain-scanning tool
As brain surgeons test new procedures and drugs to treat conditions ranging from psychiatric disorders to brain cancer, accuracy is becoming an ever-greater issue.
View ArticleBlank GE Healthcare visit highlights partnerships in Milwaukee area
Chancellor Rebecca Blank is beginning her second year leading the University of Wisconsin–Madison much as she began her first year – by reaching out across the state to talk about the positive impact...
View ArticleAlumnus finds passion for patient advocacy after accident
When Jeff Mahlum suffered a spinal cord injury during a diving accident in 2011 that left him paralyzed from the chest down, he had the unfortunate opportunity to learn how confusing and daunting the...
View ArticleStudent veterans find another service opportunity in social work
Social work is an increasingly popular choice for veterans returning to graduate school. Just under 20 percent of graduate students receiving veteran’s benefits at UW-Madison are pursuing a master’s...
View ArticleAccuracy in radiation firm with ties to UW marks 25 years in Middleton
In 1989, Ed Neumueller — who had been general manager of a company established by UW-Madison faculty member John Cameron — helped found Standard Imaging in Middleton to build quality assurance products...
View ArticleNursing students partner with Watertown to reduce dementia stigma
On the streets of Watertown, University of Wisconsin-Madison nursing student Kathryn Gerber is learning about dementia and how a community can help remove the stigma that follows people with memory loss.
View ArticleAnalysis compares California exchange, commercial health insurance hospital...
The suspicion that the federal Affordable Care Act reduces options for patients to choose their health care providers proves to be true, according to a new study co-authored by David Weimer, a...
View ArticleLimited health plans could improve care, reduce costs
Insurance plans that include only a subset of all hospitals and physicians in a geographic area can be tools for improving health care and controlling costs, La Follette School of Public Affairs...
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New, innovative School of Nursing building opening for fall semester
The 166,348-square-foot, $52.8 million Signe Skott Cooper Hall, the new home of the School of Nursing, will be dedicated in a ceremony Saturday, Aug. 23. Photo: Jeff Miller Signe Skott Cooper Hall...
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University spinoff aims to hit the mark precisely with brain-scanning tool
As brain surgeons test new procedures and drugs to treat conditions ranging from psychiatric disorders to brain cancer, accuracy is becoming an ever-greater issue. In treating the brain, the state of...
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Blank GE Healthcare visit highlights partnerships in Milwaukee area
UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank met with officials of GE Healthcare to highlight the longstanding research partnership between GE and the university. The visit was part of Blank’s Sept. 11 tour of...
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Alumnus finds passion for patient advocacy after accident
Jeff Mahlum, who recently completed a certificate program as a student health care advocate, learned how daunting the health care system can be following a diving accident that left him paralyzed from...
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Student veterans find another service opportunity in social work
Joe Rasmussen, veteran services and GI Bill benefits coordinator in the Veteran Services and Military Assistant Center, is pictured alongside a model of an F-18 Hornet, for which he developed weapons...
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Accuracy in radiation firm with ties to UW marks 25 years in Middleton
Ed Neumueller — president of Standard Imaging, a UW-Madison spinoff in Middleton, Wisconsin — stands next to an instrument that measures the dose from radiation machines used to treat cancer. Photo:...
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Nursing students partner with Watertown to reduce dementia stigma
Downtown Watertown, Wisconsin. UW-Madison students helped promote a series of town hall meetings sponsored by the Watertown Dementia Awareness Coalition to examine how the community can respond to the...
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Analysis compares California exchange, commercial health insurance hospital...
The suspicion that the federal Affordable Care Act reduces options for patients to choose their health care providers proves to be true, according to a new study co-authored by David Weimer, a...
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Limited health plans could improve care, reduce costs
Insurance plans that include only a subset of all hospitals and physicians in a geographic area can be tools for improving health care and controlling costs, La Follette School of Public Affairs...
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