Fave 5: Higher education reporter Kelly Meyerhofer shares her top picks of 2020
The first story I wrote this year was about a two-legged dog. 2020 only got more weird from there.
In early March, I sat in a room with about a hundred others listening to UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank brief professors on how the coronavirus might affect campus operations. During the Faculty Senate meeting, she encouraged instructors to consider what classes or meetings could be delivered online.
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UW-Platteville Richland had nearly 250 students in 1980 when the campus was considered for closure. Today, it has 155.
The annual Match Day tradition, where students stand on stage to learn where they will do their residencies, was scuttled because of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.
Thousands of students moved into UW-Madison's dorms with a mixed set of emotions about the semester ahead — excitement, hope, doubt, fear — and I tried to capture it all in this story.
UW-Madison's return to the physical classroom stokes fear among some who say the safest option is to continue online and relief from others whose experience teaching or learning remotely was underwhelming.
The Trump administration proposed a number of actions that made life difficult for international students.
Some scholars see the retraction as part of a broader re-examination of past academic work now considered racist, sexist or homophobic.
The raises range from $11,885 for UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank to $4,578 for UW-La Crosse Chancellor Joe Gow.
A report found “striking differences” between UW-Madison and three other public universities who saw tuition controls imposed after the Great Recession.
Chancellor Rebecca Blank said it was an “enormous victory" that UW-Madison’s infection rate since October fell below both Dane County’s and the state’s.
The idea is under discussion with the federal government, UW Board of Regents president Drew Petersen said, because of how well the UW System's community surge testing program has run.
Ray Cross' contract with the UW System also called for him to recommend changes to the selection process for high-profile leadership searches.
COVID-19 complicated the transition for all freshmen last year, but especially for students who started their college careers from home. For one family, those complications were multiplied by four.
Two years ago, the professor wrote in a syllabus that Trump critics view the president as posing a threat to democracy, sparking conservative outrage.
Some students have voiced frustration about the new saliva-based testing model, which has led to some long lines, rejected tests and increased time commitment on their part.
An alumna said UW-Madison hid her comments about the university's animal research practices from its Facebook and Instagram accounts in a violation of her First Amendment rights.
Chancellor Rebecca Blank asked all instructors teaching on the first day to offer a remote learning option for students.
The rock will be placed on university-owned land southeast of Madison near Lake Kegonsa.
Sen. Steve Nass officially asked the Legislature's Republican leaders Tuesday to sue the University of Wisconsin System after system officials refused to submit their COVID-19 protocols to his committee for approval.
