When John Coleman returned to UW-Madison on Thursday as a finalist for chancellor, he wanted to make something clear: He’s not looking at any other jobs.
“I would like to be here because this university is distinctive and it has a particular place in my heart, and I think the work we can do here is really profound,” he told the audience at a public forum at the Memorial Union.
Dr. John Coleman spoke for an hour Thursday, emphasizing his history with UW-Madison as a major reason he wants to return.
Coleman serves as provost and executive vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where he also teaches political science. But he’s no stranger to Madison, having spent 22 years on UW-Madison’s political science faculty.
The UW-Madison Police Department is searching for a missing 81-year-old woman.
A Silver Alert was issued for Patricia Connor, of Oregon, after she was last seen leaving UW Hospital in a car going southbound on Highland Avenue at around 5 p.m. Thursday.
In 2023, the U.S. Economic Development Administration designated Wisconsin as one of 31 Regional Technology and Innovation Hubs nationwide, thanks to the state’s thriving biohealth industry and the potential for Wisconsin to further develop as a global leader in personalized medicine.
The following year, Wisconsin was designated as a Phase 2 recipient in the program, which more than $80 million in federal funding committed to date. Led by BioForward Wisconsin, the Wisconsin Biohealth Tech Hub brings together world-class healthcare systems, research institutions, manufacturers, and technology companies to enhance the future of medicine.
Artificial intelligence is smoothly fluent even when it’s wrong. It’s not always endearing to software code writers who see their work as part “art form” and part science. It can challenge habitually shy engineers to work with others. It helps people produce polished work much faster, but that same efficiency gain can trigger a form of self-doubt known as “AI imposter syndrome.”
