Two members of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public received 2021 Academic Staff Excellence Awards. The campus-wide awards are one of the highest honors for academic staff and recognize outstanding leadership, public …
Building Community
Science coloring book brings excitement and community to kids and adults alike
Art and science have come together in a collaboration from the lab of Ahna Skop, PhD. Skop is a professor of genetics and life science communications with tenure appointments in both SMPH and the College …
Dan Ernst retires after 40 years of service in animal care
After 40 years of service to the University of Wisconsin–Madison, Dan Ernst retired at the end of 2020. Through his four decades of service, his expertise in caring for research animals facilitated hundreds of research …
“I’m a community doc:” What motivates our MLK event keynote speaker
Tito Izard, MD ’94, will give a keynote titled Legends and Legacy: The Masking of Black Health in America on this coming Friday, Jan. 15, 2021 at 11 a.m. The talk will be followed by …
In recognition: Barbara Lewis selected for 2020 Chancellor’s Hilldale Award for Excellence in Teaching
With the 2021 nominations for the UW–Madison Academic Staff Excellence Awards currently open, it’s an opportune time to honor 2020 winners who had their awards ceremony postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Barbara Lewis, RN, …
Medical Sciences Orchestra performance earns conductor prestigious prize
The UW School of Medicine and Public Health’s Medical Sciences Orchestra helped propel one of its conductors to first place in the American Prize in Conducting’s community orchestra division. Ji Hyun (Jenny) Yim, the conductor, …