Year: 2013

Biomanufacturing center takes central role in developing stem-cell therapies

David Tenenbaum – University Communications Developing a new drug takes enormous amounts of time, money and skill, but the bar is even higher for a promising stem-cell therapy. Many types of cells derived from these ultra-flexible parent cells are moving toward the market, but the very quality that makes stem cells so valuable also makes …

Editorial: A Community ‘Focal Point’ for 40 Years

Neil Heinen, Editorial Director, Channel 3000 Click image to play news clip.

Waisman Center featured on “For the Record”

Neil Heinen, WISC-TV editorial director, recently sat down with Marsha R. Mailick, PhD, Waisman Center Director, along with Anita Bhattacharyya, PhD, Senior Scientist and Maria Stanley, MD, Waisman Center Clinics Medical Director, to discuss the breadth of research and service that takes place at the Waisman Center. The discussion also highlighted the Waisman Center’s 40th …

The Wisdom of Waisman

It has always been a challenge to describe the Waisman Center on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus.

Friends of the Waisman Center 2013 Annual Reception

The Friends of the Waisman Center Annual Meeting was held on Tuesday, August 13, 2013 in the Waisman Center’s Ziemann Suite to celebrate the previous year’s achievements.

David Egan has developed mainstream appeal

It was during a recess of a U.S. Senate committee hearing in Washington, D.C., in March 2011 when David Egan cracked up Al Franken.

Waisman Center joins disability partners to support governors’ employment initiative

Finding workers who improve the bottom line is the goal of any successful business.

Hormones may usher abused girls into early adulthood

During the sort of tense situation that makes palms sweat and voices quaver, children and young adults are typically awash in cortisol, a stress hormone that sounds an alarm and prepares the body for fight-or-flight responses to danger.

A Fond Farewell

From students to campus leaders, the Wards have helped to shape the course of the UW and have been shaped by it.

Encore ending, Ward reflects on transition, innovation

When David Ward returned to UW-Madison as its interim chancellor in 2011, he took over after an acrimonious attempt to create a public authority to govern UW-Madison failed in the state Legislature and then-Chancellor Biddy Martin left for Amherst College.