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UW students flock to Bascom Hill to study, socialize, and sunbathe during an early celebration of spring as the temperature soared to nearly 70 degrees at the University of Wisconsin–Madison on March 9, 2026. This “false spring” was short lived with temperatures expected to fall back below freezing later in the week. (Photo by Taylor Wolfram / UW–Madison)

OVCR announces changes to better support UW–Madison research

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  • $1.93B
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  • 19
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n the late 1950s, Kay Emerson became the first person in Wisconsin to be successfully treated for phenylketonuria (PKU), a rare metabolic condition that can cause severe intellectual and developmental disability if left untreated. She was treated by Harry Waisman, MD, PhD, who was a renowned PKU researcher and physician and who the Waisman Center is named after. He advocated to add PKU to the Newborn Screening Panel in Wisconsin.

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