Some University of Wisconsin graduate students are giving a severely injured cat new life.Sgt. Stubbs lost his back legs earlier this year in a train accident in Chicago.
UW engineering students build new legs for Sgt. Stubbs
WKOW-TV 27
May 3, 2019
Research
UW faculty awarded 32 research fellowships for 2019-20
Wisconsin State Journal
Thirty-two faculty members at UW-Madison have received research fellowships for the 2019-20 academic year, in arts and humanities, physical sciences, social sciences and biological sciences.
Study: Vaccines could prevent cancer in dogs, eventually humans
Wisconsin State Journal
Trilly, a 9-year-old Gordon setter with fluffy brown and black fur, lay down on a raised table surrounded by doctors, veterinary technicians and photographers in UW Veterinary Care’s Oncology Clinic.
Campus life
Wisconsin-made sensor heads to Smithsonian
NBC-15
A Wisconsin-made sensor part of a cosmic observatory that was buried beneath the South Pole is on its way to the Smithsonian.
UW Veterinary Care Center helps dozens of K-9s get back to work
WISC-TV 3
The UW Veterinary Center offers discounted procedures to law enforcement dogs,
Piece of UW-Madison history headed to Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum
Wisconsin State Journal
The IceCube Neutrino Observatory, an international research collaboration led by UW-Madison, buried more than 5,000 sensors beneath sheets of ice at the South Pole over a period of seven Antarctic summers that began in 2004.
‘Big enough to fit Bucky Badger’: J.J. Watt’s custom gown a 1st for University Book Store
Wisconsin State Journal
In the 30 years that the University Book Store has provided graduation gowns to UW-Madison’s commencement speakers, company president Pat McGowan cannot recall needing to order a custom-size gown.
Crime and safety
Former sorority employee charged with embezzling more than $225,000
Wisconsin State Journal
The former house director for a sorority near the UW-Madison campus was charged this week with embezzling more than $225,000 from the sorority over a period of more than six years.
Opinion
Column: In-state tuition for Dreamers would benefit all of Wisconsin
Capital Times
If approved, the lower fees would make college much more accessible.
Business/Technology
African-American women use new skills to take careers to next level.
NBC-15
The UW Madison Continuing Studies program sponsored the conference, now in its 4th year.
UpStart supports women and people of color in entrepreneurship
WISC-TV 3
This is the first in a series of columns about UpStart, a free entrepreneurship program for women and people of color supported by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, or WARF.
UW Experts in the News
Best Credit Cards for Students
WalletHub
Noted: Includes tips from Cliff A. Robb, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Consumer Science, Faculty Director, Consumer Finance & Financial Planning, School of Human Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Cyclone Fani Strikes, Heading in the Path of Tens of Millions in India
The New York Times
Quoted: By late Thursday in India, Cyclone Fani had sustained winds of about 155 miles per hour, nearly in the range of a Category 5 hurricane, said Derrick Herndon, an associate researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies. The World Meteorological Organization said the storm was “one of the most intense” in 20 years in the region.
Live Tracking Map: Cyclone Fani Batters India
The New York Times
Quoted: The greatest threat to residents was drowning — from flash flooding, storm surges that could reach 10 to 15 feet in some areas, and flooding from rivers in the days after the storm lands, said Derrick Herndon, an associate researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies.
‘This life sometimes is so unfair.’ How the world responded to the Caster Semenya ruling
Business Insider South Africa
Quoted: She said while studying sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States, she realised that “biological sex and athletic ability are both far too complex for scientists to reduce to measures of testosterone.”
Obituaries
John Valenti, former county supervisor known for ‘Bushville Wins’ sign, dies at 92
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Noted: He was stationed in Hawaii during World War II and later earned a law degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He became a lawyer in 1953, taking some cases to the Wisconsin Supreme Court, and served on the Milwaukee County Board for 20 years.
UW-Madison Related
Caster Semenya Loses Case to Compete as a Woman in All Races
The New York Times
“I think it’s hard to draw a biological line around the female athlete category,” said Pape, now a Ph.D. candidate in sociology at the University of Wisconsin. “I want to make sure people understand the complexities and relate to these women as real people.”
A space to breathe: Black Women’s Leadership Conference offers attendees advice for stressful workplaces
Capital Times
The 2019 BWLC runs Thursday and Friday, May 2 and 3, at University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Discovery Building, 330 N. Orchard St. This is the fourth annual conference, which aims to empower and equip black women and girls through education, networking and leadership training.