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Article: MARTIN CALLED STRONG LEADER CORNELL PROVOST GOT HER DOCTORATE AT UW-MADISON AND WANTS TO RETURN.(FRONT)
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- The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
- Article date:
- May 14, 2008
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Byline: DEBORAH ZIFF dziff@madison.com 608-252-6234
Cornell University Provost Biddy Martin, one of four candidates in the running for UW-Madison chancellor, is no stranger to hard decisions.
Nor does she duck controversy, colleagues say.
At Cornell, she co-chaired a committee that recommended dissolving the division of biological sciences and spreading the majors among campus schools. It was a dramatic change for the 30-year-old division.
"I think it's fair to say that the majority of faculty members in the division were against the breakup," said Jeff Doyle, professor of plant biology and director of undergraduate biology. "And so ...