My imminent departure, coinciding with that of Jeremi Suri, has been noted in the media. While it?s true that UW-Madison loses faculty members because we lack domestic partner benefits and our current fiscal inflexibility limits our ability to offer salaries at a level standard for exceptional research faculty elsewhere ? I am not one of these. My leaving is neither politically nor financially motivated…The University of Florida position will allow me to have a direct impact on education in the agricultural and life sciences. The equivalent position simply doesn?t exist here. My leaving is a reflection of the next step in my career more than an expression of dissatisfaction with UW System or the Madison campus.
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