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Madison in the Sixties – In Memoriam, University of Wisconsin

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Madison in the Sixties – In Memoriam, University of Wisconsin The namesakes of two of the three South East dorms passed away this decade. Economics professor emeritus Edwin E. Witte, former department chair and namesake of the second southeast dorm, died May 20, 1960 at age seventy- three. Witte began his UW career as a […]

UW System Continues Free Rapid Antigen Testing for public

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On a normal day, the Nielsen Tennis Stadium is just one of many recreation centers around the UW-Madison campus. But like many sites across the country, it has been transformed into a COVID-19 testing facility. It’s part of a broader, statewide effort between the University of Wisconsin system and the federal government to provide more […]

Twelve Badgers players and coaches test positive for coronavirus

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In a video posted to the Badgers YouTube page in August, University of Wisconsin Athletics director Barry Alvarez announced that UW Athletics teams would not be participating in a fall season, citing concerns for player health. “I have to tell you right now I feel sick. I actually feel sick to my stomach, and I’ve […]

Game on? 42 Badgers football players and staff test positive for COVID...

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Fall football is on for UW-Madison and the Big Ten. UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank told reporters earlier this week that a Big Ten fall football conference would need buy-in from all fourteen schools in the conference. “I will say we’re all going to move together in the Big Ten,” she says. “We’re all going to […]

“We might have just gotten unlucky:” UW-Madison Chancellor Reb...

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Last Wednesday, after mounting pressure from county leadership and spiking COVID-19 case rates, UW-Madison moved all classes online until September 25th and quarantined two dorms through September 23rd. The quarantined dorms, Witte and Sellery, are two of UW-Madison’s largest residential facilities. Just before quarantining, Witte reported a ten percent positivity rate for COVID-19 among residents, […]

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