“Colorectal cancer is the number two most common cancer in the United States,” Dr. Noelle LoConte, M.D., said. “It is decreasing, but not fast enough.”
Bowlin for Colons kicks off cancer awareness with UW fundraiser
WKOW - Channel 27
March 3, 2026
Research
Higher Education/System
UW-Madison dance major — the first in the nation — turns 100
Wisconsin Public Radio
University of Wisconsin-Madison President Edward Birge did not want the university to be known as a dancing school.
But after physical education instructor Margaret H’Doubler began teaching dance classes in 1918, that’s the direction things were headed. Hundreds of students signed up each semester, and H’Doubler and her students were being invited to colleges and universities across the country to share their methods.
Birge took away H’Doubler’s travel privileges, to no avail.
“It was too late. Other institutions were inviting H’Doubler all the time, and if she couldn’t come to them, they would come to her,” said Andrea Harris, professor of dance history and Buff Brennan faculty fellow in dance at UW-Madison. “The interest outweighed any pushback that there was at that time.”
State news
Two-thirds of voters undecided in Wisconsin Supreme Court race
WMTV - Channel 15
Barry Burden, director of the Elections Research Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said this race is drawing less money and attention than recent cycles, in part because the ideological balance of the court is not at stake this time.
“It looks this year like at least some conservatives have kind of thrown in the towel and have said this is not a race that we’re likely to win. So they’re really putting their efforts into the fall election, especially in the governor’s race behind Tom Tiffany,” Burden said.
Crime and safety
UWPD searching for suspects in theft cases
WMTV - Channel 15
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Department is asking the public to help identify suspects in three separate theft cases that happened on campus.