UW-Madison researchers said the results of a new cancer vaccine trial for dogs so far aren’t the breakthrough they hoped for.
The Scout Out Canine Hemangiosarcoma trial tested whether adding a vaccine to chemotherapy could extend the lives of dogs with this form of cancer. Six months later, researchers found no difference in survival between dogs that got the vaccine and those that didn’t.
Republican gubernatorial candidate U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany, R-Wis., visited the University of Wisconsin campus Wednesday night in Grainger Hall for a campus chat hosted by the College Republicans of UW-Madison.
There were students from UW College Republicans, students opposing Tiffany and spectators present at the meeting, totaling around 100 in attendance.
A former University of Wisconsin-Madison lab worker accused of poisoning his colleague over professional disagreements has been sentenced to six months in jail, time that he has already served.
Dane County Circuit Judge Stephanie Hilton handed down that sentence Oct. 6 to 42-year-old Makoto Kuroda, court records show.
A U.S. District Court judge has dismissed the lawsuit filed by six former University of Wisconsin women’s basketball players against former Badgers coach Marisa Moseley, the UW Board of Regents and a former athletic department administrator.
In a decision filed Oct. 7, Judge James D. Peterson dismissed the case with prejudice, meaning the case is permanently closed and the plaintiff can’t amend the claim and file it again.
Faculty members asked University of Wisconsin-Madison Interim Chancellor Eric Wilcots to do more to combat sexual assault at the first faculty senate meeting of the fall semester Oct. 5.
After Cornell University’s handling of a sexual assault case sparked national backlash in recent weeks, faculty demanded accountability at UW-Madison. Last month saw two drugging and sexual assault reports at off-campus fraternities and records revealing that former Life Sciences Communications professor Dietram Scheufele had sexual relationships with two of his students, with one case including unwelcome sexual conduct.
The author of UW-Madison’s campuswide book club pick is visiting the university next month.
Go Big Read is a nearly two-decade-old UW-Madison program that encourages campus and community members to have discussions around one book over the course of a year.
