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Tommy Thompson Center kicks off first forum, discusses political leadership

UW-Madison’s Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership, a policy center funded both privately and by the state to promote research and leadership training, held its first event Friday, after its controversial inclusion in the state budget. The event titled “Leadership Across the Branches” featured speakers from top lawmakers, professors, journalists, and experts on Congress.


Hundreds of thousands of Wisconsinites are living with Alzheimer’s, the most common form of dementia. Lawmakers are crossing the aisle to come up with solutions to support the economic and emotional burden those affected and those caring for loved ones with the disease face every day.
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As researchers struggle for Alzheimer’s cure, lawmakers enact flurry of bipartisan bills

Over 110,000 people in Wisconsin are living with Alzheimer’s disease, the most common type of dementia. While there is no cure and the number of people suffering from the disease is only expected to increase, researchers at UW are pushing to help ease the burden the cognitive disease causes. Wisconsin lawmakers have been hard at work proposing legislation to help those with Alzheimer’s.



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