A large, standing room-only UW-Madison faculty and staff audience heard Chancellor Rebecca Blank apologize late Wednesday night as she warned layoffs under Gov. Scott Walker's budget proposal were unavoidable and could come as early as April.
A unanimous Board of Regents vote confirmed Rebecca Blank as the University of Wisconsin's next chancellor Friday.
The woman selected as the University of Wisconsin-Madison's next chancellor says her top priorities will include a strong emphasis on fundraising.
Rebecca Blank isn't the University of Wisconsin-Madison chancellor quite yet, but she already feels the pain of the Badgers' loss in the NCAA tournament.
