SCIENCE
UW Carbone certified for new cancer therapy
By Hae Rin Lee | Mar. 15, 2018The UW Carbone Cancer Center has taken a progressive step towards a more effective treatment option for adult lymphoma.
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SCIENCE
UW researchers find new ways to produce 'green' plastic
By Hae Rin Lee | Feb. 8, 2018If you had to name something as ubiquitous as the air we breathe in, it would be plastic. From cheap soda bottles to the shopping baskets in the market, plastic is essential to our lives.
SCIENCE
New stem cell method aids heart disease research
By Hae Rin Lee | Jan. 23, 2018Cardiovascular disease is one of the health conditions that many people suffer and die from around the world — it is common to have someone very close to you fall victim to it.
OPINION
More efforts need to be made to solve the opioid addiction in our nation
By Hae Rin Lee | Sep. 28, 2017One of the rising problems regarding drug abuse is the misuse of opioids. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention states in its 2015 report that death rates for synthetic opioids from 2014-2015 increased 72.2 percent.
OPINION
Proliferation of genetic testing could threaten constitutional freedoms
By Hae Rin Lee | Apr. 25, 2017Earlier this year, I took a genetic test to find out more about my ancestry and physical conditions.
OPINION
United States must provide better maternal health care
By Hae Rin Lee | Apr. 10, 2017Sometimes, facts defy our optimistic expectations. Something that did just that for me was learning about the alarming maternal mortality rates in some developed nations with advanced medical technology, even in the United States.
OPINION
UHS provides help for students in recovery
By Hae Rin Lee | Feb. 13, 2017I remember my first time in Wisconsin, when I was surprised to discover something different about the grocery store.
OPINION
Travel ban threatens our democratic values
By Hae Rin Lee | Feb. 6, 2017New leadership often brings a new set of policies that seek to improve the conditions of the nation.
OPINION
Gender identities should not be taught in schools, anywhere
By Hae Rin Lee | Nov. 28, 2016After spending a sunny afternoon at the playground with some of the boys in my hometown, someone said to me, “It would have been nice if you were born a boy instead of a girl.” I was six or seven years old at the time, and it was at this point in my life that I felt a little off about my identity. I was aware that everyone had a different lifestyle, but for the first time discovered that many societies have some set of unwritten standards for different gender identities. I was an eclectic mix of various traits as a child.
OPINION
Read carefully on the personal issues of political candidates
By Hae Rin Lee | Oct. 31, 2016As the the presidential election draws closer, many of us await the future with great anticipation.
