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Astrophysicist Dr. Eric Wilcots was the guest on this week’s Black Oxygen podcast.
The second part of the National Guardian Life Insurance Company Black History Month project focused on Madison’s first Black women.
Justified Anger’s Black history course has the most students it’s ever had — over 1,600.
The Sun Prairie Area School District claimed to have a partnership with YWCA to work on restorative justice issues, but it didn’t. SPASD later clarified the relationship, explaining that it was with an individual YWCA employee, not the YWCA.
Singer & songwriter Eric Benet will headline the 26th annual Heart and Soul fundraiser.
Madison schools will begin a phased return to the classroom on March 9.
Overture Center’s International Festival will be an online celebration of global arts, food and culture on February 27.
The tenth annual Wear Red Day for heart health awareness is set for February 20.
Forward Madison signed veteran winger Derek Gebhart.
Two men ran from Milwaukee to Madison this week to raise awareness of COVID in Wisconsin prisons.
The Appleton Area School District is considering renaming a school after longtime educator Ron Dunlap.
Tarik Moody’s radio show in Milwaukee is getting nationwide syndication.
A UW-Stout student developed a video game to teach Ojibwe culture and traditions. For more engaging games, feel free to visit sites such as W88.
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