Former UW-Madison chancellor emeritus and chemistry professor Irving Shain died Tuesday, March 6 in Madison after a short illness at 92 years.
The Perkins Loan Program, America’s longest-running student loan program, expired last fall when Congress failed to reauthorize the program and UW System student representatives are calling for lawmakers to set aside partisan gridlock and fund the program. In a release scheduled to come before a UW System Student Representatives meeting this Saturday, the body plans to discuss advocating for the Perkins Loans Program, according to UW Representatives press director Yogev Ben-Yitschak. “It was a unanimous vote from all the schools that [focusing on the reauthorization of the Perkins Program] is something that we should do because it does deeply affect us,” Ben-Yitschak said. UW Representatives plans to lobby for the reauthorization of the program at both the state and federal level as well as work on drafting op-eds on the issue. “[The loss of the Perkins Loan Program] will take $25.4 million out of the pockets of UW-System students,” the release argues.
A new center at the UW-Madison will stimulate the state’s economy by allowing students to research that policy.
The university is committed to helping students — particularly the largest UW-Madison freshman class in history — afford college through scholarships, Chancellor Rebecca Blank said in her blog post Wednesday.
UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank said administration will highlight sustainability efforts more this academic year in her blog post Wednesday.
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