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Science will light up the night in northern Wisconsin this summer as scientists and educators from UW-Madison and UW-Extension hit the road for the first Northern Lights Tour, a five-stop exposition of research with local and regional impact. The tour, an extension of UW-Madison’s Wednesday Nite@the Lab, produced in conjunction with UW-Extension and Wisconsin Public …

Milwaukee natives Alexandra Skeeter and Olive Albanese will share their experiences studying medicine at Escuela Latinoamericana de Medicina in Havana, Cuba. They are among about 100 U.S. students who are part of a free program offered by the Cuban government especially for students of color, in conjunction with the U.S. Congressional Black Caucus. The program …

The Clean Lakes Festibal will takes place on Saturday, July 25, 2015. The intent of the Festival is three-fold: to raise public awareness about opportunities for recreation on the lakes, highlight the importance of lakes to local quality of life, and offer non-lake users the opportunities to engage in lake recreation. Visit Law Park, on …

Approximately 5 billion out of 7 billion people in the world have no or little access to basic surgical care. Out of the roughly 250 million operations performed each year, only 3.5% are performed on the poorest 1/3 of the world’s population. Injuries alone cause 5.7 million deaths yearly, much more than the 3.8 million …