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July 30, 2019

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New Madison School Board member looks to use personal experience to inform role

Wisconsin State Journal

Castro participated in one of UW-Madison’s pre-college programs for low-income students across the state. “Being able to experience education with folks going through similar struggles as I was was really informative to my education,” Castro said. After high school, Castro studied sociology at UW-Madison and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in 2018.

Health

Exact Sciences Expanding Through $2.8B Deal

Wisconsin Public Radio

Quoted: Dr. Joshua Lang of the University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center said he hopes the merger would mean more practical tools for oncologists.

“As we’ve learned more, we’re starting to understand just how many different types of cancers there are,” he said. “We need better tests. And if (I’m) smarter as a clinician, because I have better information, it means I’m going to be able to deliver better care.”

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Hagedorn swearing-in this week on Wisconsin Supreme Court illustrates power of appointments

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Quoted: “You’d like to think you’ve got seven people sitting there and looking over the law and being fairly dispassionate about it. (Their decision) shouldn’t be predictable by someone who knows nothing about the law,” said Frank Tuerkheimer, an emeritus University of Wisconsin-Madison law professor who studies judicial ethics. “As we become more polarized why shouldn’t appointment of judges be polarized, too? I would be surprised if it were otherwise.”

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