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SCIENCE

UW Carbone certified for new cancer therapy

By Hae Rin Lee | Mar. 15, 2018

The UW Carbone Cancer Center has taken a progressive step towards a more effective treatment option for adult lymphoma.

SCIENCE

UW researchers find new ways to produce 'green' plastic

By Hae Rin Lee | Feb. 8, 2018

If 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.

David Vereide, a Morgridge fellow, researches how stem cells can help us understand cardiovascular diseases.

David Nevala, David Nevala

SCIENCE

New stem cell method aids heart disease research

By Hae Rin Lee | Jan. 23, 2018

Cardiovascular 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.

Cameron Lane-Flehinger

OPINION

More efforts need to be made to solve the opioid addiction in our nation

By Hae Rin Lee | Sep. 28, 2017

One 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.

Matt Wade

OPINION

Proliferation of genetic testing could threaten constitutional freedoms

By Hae Rin Lee | Apr. 25, 2017

Earlier this year, I took a genetic test to find out more about my ancestry and physical conditions.

Although worldwide advances in medicine have led to decreasing maternal mortality rates, the U.S. has been an exception.

Rene Asmussen

OPINION

United States must provide better maternal health care

By Hae Rin Lee | Apr. 10, 2017

Sometimes, 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.

The UW Food Shed, located in the SAC in East Campus Mall, provides fresh produce to campus for free.

Katie Scheidt, Katie Scheidt

OPINION

UHS provides help for students in recovery

By Hae Rin Lee | Feb. 13, 2017

I remember my first time in Wisconsin, when I was surprised to discover something different about the grocery store.

Many travelers were recently stranded at airports after being denied entry into the United States.

Marcus Wong

OPINION

Travel ban threatens our democratic values

By Hae Rin Lee | Feb. 6, 2017

New leadership often brings a new set of policies that seek to improve the conditions of the nation.

Young students are taught gender stereotypes in some classrooms.

Katie Scheidt

OPINION

Gender identities should not be taught in schools, anywhere

By Hae Rin Lee | Nov. 28, 2016

After 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.

Charlie Neibergall, Charlie Neibergall

OPINION

Read carefully on the personal issues of political candidates

By Hae Rin Lee | Oct. 31, 2016

As the the presidential election draws closer, many of us await the future with great anticipation.