David MacNeil was so grateful to University of Wisconsin-Madison’s veterinary school for saving his dog Scout’s life that he’s thanking them in the biggest way possible — with a Super Bowl ad!
Fortunately, Scout was taken for treatment at The University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine, where heroic staff put together a cutting-edge treatment plan to shrink Scout’s tumour, with incredible results.
Scout was eventually brought to University of Wisconsin-Madison (UWM) where he immediately underwent chemotherapy and radiation to target the tumour on his heart.
MacNeil’s family took Scout to the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where an intense, experimental procedure consisting of chemotherapy, radiation and immunotherapy shrank the tumor to nearly nothing, according to the university.
WeatherTech CEO David MacNeil is grateful that veterinarians saved his dog from a deadly form of cancer. He bough a Super Bowl ad to thank the veterinary school at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
’Scout’s story is amazing. There is nothing like this… certainly not for a school of medicine’ UW Dean says.
In his UW-Madison lab, Robert Kirchdoerfer studies proteins from six different types of coronaviruses, including SARS and MERS, which caused deadly human outbreaks in recent years.
The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater is looking at potential layoffs in the wake of a “drastic” decline in enrollment this fall that resulted in almost 500 fewer students than the fall of the year before.
Gov. Tony Evers signed an executive order Wednesday creating a task force to research the mounting pressure student debt places on Wisconsin college students, which some say has reached crisis levels — not just in the state but nationwide.
Column by Carolyn Stanford Taylor, Department of Public Instruction superintendent and member of the UW System Board of Regents.
Aformer longtime University of Wisconsin System employee who was passed over for an entry-level job that a college student landed will receive $45,000 from the System.
A bill meant to alleviate teacher shortages in Wisconsin schools comes with a proposal to raise the minimum retirement age for participants in the Wisconsin Retirement System by nearly five years, a pill that may be too hard to swallow for some public employees.
Change welcome for Teaching Assistant’s union, further changes still desired.
Sustainability Chair Sanauz Alaei discussed the sustainability topics brought up at the conference. “We want to have a network between our schools and to encourage Big 10 universities to freeze investments in fossil fuels to promote sustainability,” Alaei said.
Robber struck victim, stole wallet, cell phone.
Eighteen-year-old Max Prestigiacomo will serve as Madison’s Common Council District 8 alder after the upcoming April election.
Quoted: “I think his perspective is overlooking all of the work that has been done on coronaviruses,” since SARS, said Robert N. Kirchdoerfer, assistant professor of biochemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
“One of the challenges with designing vaccines for emerging viruses is that it is incredibly difficult to predict which virus is going to cause the next outbreak.”
UW Health hosted a public panel discussion on coronavirus with a group of experts Wednesday.
One registered nurse says staffing issues and concerns for patient safety are symptoms of a larger issue: that nurses don’t have a voice in the hospital right now.
Provost Karl Scholz sent a message to faculty, staff and students Wednesday, saying the policy is based on advisories from the U.S. Department of State and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
UW nurses gathered at a town hall tonight to rally support for their efforts to unionize.
For UW-Madison students experiencing a mental health crisis next year, the number to call for help could be as close as the back of their student ID.
In a promo for his hosting gig on this Saturday’s “Saturday Night Live,” Pewaukee native and former University of Wisconsin Badgers star J.J. Watt gets a “test” from “SNL” regular Kyle Mooney.
In the wake of news that Kobe King was leaving the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team, another prominent player to move on from the Badgers program chimed in with some thoughts in a Twitter exchange.
“After talking with my family and friends I have decided that the best step for my future basketball aspirations, as well as my love for the game, is to immediately step away from the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball program,” King wrote. “This has been a very tough decision for me … however, after spending almost three years in the Wisconsin program I have realized that this program is not the right fit for me as a player and person.
The redshirt sophomore announced on his Instagram account this afternoon that “the best step for my future basketball aspirations, as well as my love for the game, is to immediately step away from the University of Wisconsin Men’s basketball program.”
Project meant to benefit student athletes.
Public availability of phone numbers today is most certainly harmful and puts students’ privacy at risk, thus endangering students and preventing them from making the most of the opportunities afforded to them on campus with a clear mind.
Quoted: Scientists have long speculated about Neanderthals’ relationships to modern humans. While the exact question shifted over the years, it’s a debate that goes back to Neanderthals’ initial discovery, says John Hawks, a paleoanthropologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who was not involved in the study.
Noted: Red Arrow first welcomed campers in 1922, with the boys taking trains from Milwaukee and Chicago. To help launch the camp, Razz brought on Paul Waterman, the business manager for MCD, as his co-director, and Rollie Williams, the University of Wisconsin’s first nine-letter athlete, as the athletic program director. For counselors, he hired athletic young men from MCD and UW.
