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University of Wisconsin System officials said Wednesday they plan to end their campus mask mandates by spring break.
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Read More »UW System to end mask mandate by spring break
University of Wisconsin System officials said Wednesday they plan to end their campus mask mandates by spring break.
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Read More »Northwestern names UW-Madison chancellor as next president
EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — Chancellor Rebecca Blank is leaving the University of Wisconsin-Madison to become the first female president of Northwestern University, the suburban Chicago school announced on Monday. Blank will succeed Morton Schapiro as its 17th president next summer, ...
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Read More »Officials: Nearly all UW System classes delivered in person
Nearly all of the classes being taught currently on University of Wisconsin campuses are in person, bouncing back from last year when nearly all went remote as COVID-19 spread across the state, interim UW System President Tommy Thompson said on Tuesday.
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Read More »Evers orders removal of slabs from UW System headquarters
Gov. Tony Evers took the unusual step Friday of ordering workers to remove all concrete slabs hanging over the entrances and exits of the University of Wisconsin System headquarters building, days after two slabs had fallen off the facade and crashed to the sidewalk outside the building's main doors.
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Read More »Report: UW System schools are falling behind other institutions
Freezing tuition at the University of Wisconsin without adding more state money to offset the loss has contributed to the system falling behind similar institutions and harming its ability to compete, according to a report by the Wisconsin Policy Forum released Tuesday.
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Read More »UW-Madison restricts student movement amid coronavirus spike
The chancellor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Monday canceled all in-person social events and ordered undergraduate students to restrict their movements for the next two weeks in an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19.
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Read More »UW System administration announces layoffs, other cuts
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The University of Wisconsin System administration will lay off an untold number of employees over the next two years as part of $10 million in cuts that interim President Tommy Thompson ...
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Read More »Building Commission to consider money for $50M addition to La Crosse Center 
The Wisconsin Public Service Commission will meet next week to consider spending at least $40 million on various projects throughout the state.
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Read More »Thompson dedicated to UW campuses reopening in fall
University of Wisconsin System interim president Tommy Thompson said Thursday that he has requested $110 million from Democratic Gov. Tony Evers to pay for COVID-19 tests, contact tracing and personal protective equipment so campuses can safely reopen this fall amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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