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UW alum and groundbreaking Black feminist author bell hooks dies

Posted on December 15, 2021

Literary giant, bell hooks, has gained her wings. As shared in a tweet from her family, hooks, who blazed her own trail as a groundbreaking Black feminist, author, critic and public intellectual, has passed away at …

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UW alum Dick Wagner, a community servant and gay rights leader for decades, dies at age 78

Posted on December 14, 2021

A native of Dayton, Ohio, Wagner came to UW–Madison for graduate school in 1965, earning a master’s degree in American History the following year and a Ph.D in American History in 1971. He worked for the state in various budget, policy and management positions for 33 years.

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