John Karl Scholz, provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, plans to step down and return to the faculty at the end of the 2022-23 academic year.
UW-Madison announced Tuesday it would remain open for final exams through Friday, when wind chills are expected to dip to minus 30 degrees. University Housing said it will accommodate dorm residents who are unable to leave due to weather by the time residence halls are due to close at noon Friday.
The university plans to stay open for business on Friday as well. Employees who do not feel they can safely make it to work are directed to notify their supervisors and take paid time off.
Riley Jensen, 17, appeared in court Tuesday for a competency hearing. Online records show the court made findings of incompetency. The state made an oral motion to dismiss the case, which was accepted.
Two people with ties to the Wisconsin men’s basketball program have been nominated for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
Bo Ryan was a finalist in 2015 but was not inducted. Michael Finley, who played at UW from 1991-95, is up for induction alongside the legendary coach.
Acknowledging the limitations of the Electoral Count Reform Act, included in the $1.7 trillion omnibus government funding deal struck to avoid a shutdown at the end of this week, University of Wisconsin-Madison Elections Research Center Director Barry Burden agreed it is an “important improvement.”
In 1974 Joan started her career at the Waisman Center, UW -Madison, eventually becoming a Clinical Professor. She developed the Genetic Counseling Training Program (first graduating class of 1978 at the UW Madison).
