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An agreement between UW Health and Meriter allowing patients to avoid overcrowded hospital stays could be finalized as early as this summer.
CITY NEWS

UW Health, Meriter on track for merger

In a move that will reduce overcrowding and address the need for construction in local health care facilities, UW Health and UnityPoint Health-Meriter have signed an agreement to merge operations. The joint-operating agreement that has been cleared by the Federal Trade Commission comes nine months after the two health care providers announced plans for the agreement.


The Revelry Music Festival has been cancelled after student interest declined over the four years since the inaugural festival.
CAMPUS NEWS

Revelry permanently cancelled due to lack of interest; WUDstock to replace it

Despite an April Fools joke teasing about headliners Migos and Noname playing the Revelry Music and Arts Festival, the event has been permanently cancelled. Wisconsin Union Directorate Music Committee student leaders voted to discontinue Revelry following declining interest in the event in recent years, according to WUD Communications Director Shauna Breneman. She said the committee will introduce a new festival—WUDstock—in its place.


UW-Madison alumnus Matthew Desmond won the Pulitzer Prize in General Non-Fiction for his book, “Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City.” The book served as the UW Go Big Read book for the 2016-2017 program.
CAMPUS NEWS

UW-Madison alumnus pulls in Pulitzer for Go Big Read book

UW-Madison alumnus Matthew Desmond’s book was not only the pick for Go Big Read this year, but also for a Pulitzer. His book, “Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City,” won a Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction, according to a UW-Madison news release. “Evicted”—the UW-Madison Go Big Read book for the 2016-2017 program—follows the stories of eight Milwaukee families as they deal with the loss of their homes.



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