Pharmacy gives April Jue the opportunity to blend her interest in seeing results for patients with her love of science. Thanks to the Pharmacy Alumni Association (PAA) and several hundred alumni and friends, Jue has another opportunity: She can seriously consider studying in Ecuador this summer.
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Land-grant Tradition Lives on in Faculty Award
The land-grant university system, which allows ordinary people to follow their dreams, is vital to democracy, says Robert Spitze, a product of four land-grant institutions including the University of Wisconsin-Madison. With the Robert G. F. and Hazel T. Spitze Land Grant Faculty Award for Excellence in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, he hopes to ensure the land-grant tradition will not be forgotten.
WAA-France Backs Scholar’s Study of Subversive Songs
University of Wisconsin-Madison PhD candidate and first-ever Ouisconsin Scholar Kelly Jakes has focused her research on how and why members of the Resistance used well-known tunes to subvert and battle their occupiers.
Award will Help Children with Brain Injuries
Dr. Joshua Medow is finding a way to help children and adults who rely on shunts to drain excess fluid from their brains. A three-year, $300,000 award from The Hartwell Foundation is moving the work forward.
Scientist Turned Wordsmith Impacts Students
Theodore “Ted” Cohen has authored five novels that share his life experiences—facts wrapped in fiction—that many Badgers will recognize.