Brown is the host of the PBS travel series “Samantha Brown’s Places to Love,” which is launching its sixth season later this month. One of this year’s 10 new episodes brings her to Madison, where she spends close to an hour on air exploring the UW-Madison campus, a supper club, a curling competition and more.
Troy Vincent, who starred as a Badgers cornerback from 1988-91, will be part of the 18-player class inducted into the Hall in December. He’s the 12th UW player to earn a spot in the Hall of Fame.
Troy Vincent, who starred in Barry Alvarez’s early Wisconsin teams, was selected Monday to the College Football Hall of Fame.
In 1961, Mr. Weidenfeld enrolled at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, where he majored in political science. He was active in civil rights protests — he later traveled to Alabama to participate in the 1965 Selma to Montgomery march — as well as in other extracurricular activities favored by students.
Kay LeClaire, a Wisconsin artist and activist accused of faking various Native American identities, resigned as the University of Wisconsin at Madison’s first ever community leader in residence at the School of Human Ecology and the Center for Design and Material Culture, WPR reported. The university said in a statement that LeClaire worked there from March through last month and received stipend payments totaling $4,877, all from private gifts and grants. Critics say LeClaire is white with no Native American ancestry.
Bond received bachelor’s and master’s degrees from UW-Madison. He lives in Madison with his husband and two sons.
