"Embrace excellence" sprint (September 10 - October 1, 2026)

  • enhance the news spotlight block to provide options for tag handling
  • add additional information to news API to support enhancements to news spotlight block
  • at narrower screen widths, ensure buttons at the top of listing pages (e.g. filters) can not overlap the page title
  • ensure the references listing page reset consistently works as expected
  • ensure related links style in links block has accessible spacing
  • prevent link descriptions in the link block from potentially becoming associated with the wrong links after rearranging
  • stop hiding filter terms based on other filters
  • update OPB profiles for API changes
  • port custom student fee estimator to WCMS 3
  • review potential issues with WCMS in newer PHP, and fix if needed
  • continue implementing a replacement for the WCMS 2-based system for site footer logos
  • create option for automatic list blocks to exclude content from manual list blocks on the same layout builder instance
  • refine daily menu and location listing pages for Food Services in WCMS 3
  • continue work on functionality from the WCMS 2 publication "theme"
  • hold development review sessions
  • build, test, and release the next version of WCMS 3

NOTE: Our sprint naming theme for this cycle is "advice". Sprint names are just for fun; any resemblance to useful life advice is purely coincidental.