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Regents approve Martin as UW chancellor

A week after her recommendation for the position, Carolyn “Biddy” Martin has been formally approved as next chancellor of UW-Madison. The UW System Board of Regents approved Martin during its meeting in Milwaukee Thursday. The 57 year-old Martin, currently provost of Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., was recommended for the Madison post by UW System President Kevin Reilly and a Board of Regents search committee.