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Fave 5: Higher education reporter Kelly Meyerhofer shares her top picks of 2020
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Fave 5: Higher education reporter Kelly Meyerhofer shares her top picks of 2020

  • KELLY MEYERHOFER
  • Dec 4, 2020
  • Dec 4, 2020 Updated May 26, 2023
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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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