Author: Kelly Tyrrell

A Madison commission granted Freakfest 2011 the final go-ahead required from the city to take over State Street with thousands of students and residents eager to take in concerts and other Halloween-themed festivities.

With the rise of rumors circling around a new piece of legislation that would allow institution-wide differential tuition that could increase the base rate currently paid by students, the University of Wisconsin student government is taking preemptive action.

With the finalized lineup for the city?s Freakfest 2011 now public, students and Madison residents alike will likely find reason to kick their brainstorming of costume ideas into high gear.

Enrollment at University of Wisconsin Colleges increased for the seventh straight year this September, according to a statement from UW Colleges.

As students scan the classroom for an empty seat, one person tends to stick out. Usually quietly seated in the back row, this person, who could pass as many of the students? grandparent, eagerly awaits to learn from UW-Madison professors free of charge.

Bradley Residence Hall was evacuated Wednesday morning because of a damaged underground gas line at a nearby construction site.  

City officials refocused Wednesday an ordinance meant to curb large house parties to more specifically address the problem of underage drinking in downtown Madison.

The University of Wisconsin Law School?s Innocence Project is expanding its resources in examining cases for individuals who may have been wrongly convicted after receiving grants from the United States Department of Justice totaling more than $1 million.

In honor of slain UW-Madison student Brittany Zimmermann, parents Kevin and Jean Zimmermann helped host a second annual 5k run and walk Saturday morning to memorialize their daughter and show hope for the ongoing investigation of her murder.

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano introduced a new website to a packed UW-Madison auditorium Friday, designed to ease the process some foreign students experience when trying to study in the United States.

The University of Wisconsin?s Morgridge Center for Public Service, the campus? landmark for civic discourse and community work, is celebrating its 15th anniversary with a series of special events and discussions.

U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano unveiled a new website and initiative aiming to help international students study in the U.S. Friday afternoon during a campus appearance at Union South.

On a bright September morning, Kevin and Jean Zimmermann stood at the finish line of the race named in honor of their daughter, high-fiving the runners and walkers who filtered through the final stretch in front of the Memorial Union.

City officials considered amendments Wednesday to an ordinance meant to curb large house parties and may remove controversial pieces from it that would allow police to cite parties with visible kegs and punish landlords of repeat offenders.

Pro bono law efforts at the campus level are expected to boost in the coming months after the University of Wisconsin Law School announced its receipt of federal funds to bolster its mission.

Housing residents in Phillips Hall were evacuated after the discovery of a Freon gas leak late Tuesday night.

Students took over a Center for Equal Opportunity press conference Tuesday, protesting the conservative group?s claim that UW-Madison?s admissions process discriminates against Asian and white applicants by favoring black and Latino students.

The release of a report from a conservative think tank alleging discriminatory practices within the University of Wisconsin Office of Admissions and Recruitment catalyzed a flurry of student mobilization in opposition to the study.

Police are seeing a spike in what they believe to be gang and drug-related violence around State Street and other campus areas.

Student government representatives began planning Monday to combat the possibility of city officials putting an end to the Mifflin Street Block Party Monday.

UW-Madison officials called an urgent meeting Monday to warn students of an upcoming “attack” on university integrity after conservative think tank released a study it says shows evidence of “severe discrimination” against white and Asian students in UW-Madison?s admissions process.

Two reports released today allege the University of Wisconsin discriminates against whites and Asian applicants and have electrified both UW administration and some student leaders.