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Designing solutions, together

Announcing the grand opening of the Dorothy O'Brien Innovation Lab and All Ways Forward campaign celebration for human ecology. Dr. Soyeon Shim, Elizabeth Holloway Schar Dean of the School of Human Ecology, announced that thanks to the collaborative generosity of UW-Madison alumni and friends from all across the country, Human Ecology’s All Ways Forward campaign soared past early fundraising goals for a total of more than $70 million dollars.

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Interior Architecture students do it again

Extending a long winning streak, Interior Architecture students again cleaned up in a prestigious competition sponsored each year by the Wisconsin Chapter of IIDA - International Interior Design Association. The awards are considered one of the industry’s premier competition for gifted young interior architecture majors.

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Raison joins campus leadership team on psychedelics

Depression is the leading cause of disability around the world and medicines that use the psychedelic compounds found in consciousness-expanding drugs are showing great promise. “These therapies don’t just help treatment-resistant populations,” says Charles Raison, MD, who holds a joint appointment in the School of Medicine and Public Health. “Studies to date suggest they also will offer substantial improvement over existing therapies.”

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