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July 11, 2023

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How the history of pharmacy resonates today

Wisconsin Public Radio

More than 80 years ago, the American Institute of the History of Pharmacy was founded at UW-Madison. Today, the organization supports pharmacy education around the country. We speak with Lucas Richert, the institute director, and Hannah Rose Swan, the archivist at the UW-Madison School of Pharmacy, on how the history of pharmaceuticals resonates today.

Higher Education/System

Affirmative Action on Campus Goes Beyond Admissions

Wall Street Journal

The University of Wisconsin-Madison, the flagship of the UW system, proudly operates the so-called Target of Opportunity Program (TOP). It allows academic departments to obtain waivers from the requirement to post job positions publicly and instead hire “diverse” candidates directly. The university provides the irresistible incentive of salary funding for approved hires. Public records of internal TOP requests obtained by my group, the Institute for Reforming Government, show blatant, widespread and pernicious racial classification of faculty applicants that is difficult to reconcile with the Supreme Court’s recent decision.

Health

Athletics

Wisconsin football linebacker reinstated after OWI arrest

Wisconsin State Journal

Athletic director Chris McIntosh reinstated Turner after an inquiry into his OWI arrest on June 26, according to a news release Monday. Turner’s arrest triggered the athletic department’s student-athlete discipline policy, which was changed last year to include OWI in the offenses that warranted automatic suspensions. Turner was not allowed to participate in practices, but had access to the weight room and sports medicine facilities.

Opinion

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