After visiting Madison two years ago for the All Campus Party, American rock band OK Go will return to Madison to headline the annual Freakfest festival on Oct. 30, the event?s organizers confirmed with the Herald Sunday.
Proposed renovations to West Mifflin Street remain to be a primary topic of discussion at the Downtown Plan Public meeting Thursday.
Gov. Jim Doyle said two national organizations would give $12 million in financial grants to help students throughout Wisconsin pay for higher education Thursday.
The fate of human embryonic stem cell (hESC) research in the United States will be decided in the coming weeks, beginning with an oral hearing in court next Monday. For years, federal funding has supported all hESC research that does not involve the destruction of new human embryos. In other words, the government funds research for stem cell lines obtained from human embryos destroyed in the past, but not research that involves destroying new ones.
With President Barack Obama set to speak at the University of Wisconsin campus next week, students can expect tight security at the event location and surrounding areas, officials said.
The next several decades will likely see the development of major urban parks along Lake Monona and throughout downtown Madison if area residents and city officials give the green light to major proposals in the city?s Downtown Plan.
Chancellor Biddy Martin, former Kimberly-Clark Executive Kathi Seifert and UW Board of Regents President Charles Pruitt held a panel to discuss financing public higher education Wednesday at a Public Representation Organization of Faculty Senate event.
UW-Madison professor of public affairs and applied economics Andrew Reschovsky predicted the Wisconsin deficit to increase to $3.1 billion in the next biennium.
President Barack Obama will speak on Library Mall Tuesday to kick off his Moving America Forward tour in preparation for the upcoming midterm elections, according to the Democratic National Committee.
University of Wisconsin students may not pay the cost of increased UW autonomy with extra tuition dollars if the university is able to set its own tuition levels, Chancellor Biddy Martin said Wednesday at a forum.
The Wisconsin deficit is already projected at a daunting $2.7 billion, but a new report from a University of Wisconsin professor said the deficit is actually at $3.1 billion.
President Barack Obama will appear at UW?s Library Mall to to garner support for the Democratic Party as the Nov. 2 election approaches, DNC spokesperson Derrick Plummer said.
President Barack Obama will speak at a political rally at University of Wisconsin-Madison next Tuesday, which is being organized by the Democratic National Committee.
Liberal advocacy group One Wisconsin Now obtained recordings they claim prove a conspiracy between the Republican Party of Wisconsin and various Tea Party organizations to target students and minorities in a “voter caging” effort.
In a recent address to the Associated Students of Madison, Chancellor Biddy Martin summarized a lengthy PowerPoint presentation she plans on selling around the state. While glossing over the substantive changes she ultimately sought, Martin spent most of her 30 minutes in front of ASM lauding UW?s substantial impact on Wisconsin?s culture and economy. However, flipping through the slide packet that was temporarily distributed to council members, one could see the eerie outlines of Martin?s master plan. The overall objective was to sever UW?s ties with the rest of the UW System to become independent while still benefiting from an umbilical tether to state coffers.
University of Wisconsin officials confirmed Tuesday President Barack Obama will visit campus next week for a rally.
Seventy-five sign-wielding members of the Local 171 branch of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees protested the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery privatization of food service employment outside the WID yesterday.
Chancellor Biddy Martin will moderate a panel featuring four UW-Madison professors to discuss social issues September 29 in New York City.
The City of Madison Plan Commission unanimously approved a conditional use request to construct a new UW-Madison Lakeshore residence hall and food service facility Monday.
Two women were on the receiving end of a Taser after an altercation broke out just outside Memorial Union Friday night.
A University of Wisconsin workers union held a protest and picket line outside the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery building Monday morning to show their anger about the outsourcing of jobs to non-union workers.
Unlike last week?s victory over San Jose State, the number of ejections in the Badgers? latest victory against Arizona State greatly exceeded the total of the game?s final score.
The University of Wisconsin will be teaming up with three of the state?s largest engineering research schools to become the fourth member of an energy research powerhouse that will combine university research and businesses.
University of Wisconsin Chancellor Biddy Martin may hire a consultant firm to look at the efficiency of the entire university, which may cost millions of dollars, but could potentially save tens of millions.
The Dane County Board of Supervisors ruled against bringing the discussion of UW-Madison?s primate research onto the floor Thursday night, providing a blow to advocates on both sides of the debate.
The large lighting trucks previously located on State Street will no longer illuminate Freak Fest this year after the Downtown Coordinating Committee approved a new appropriation of funds for the event.
Members of the Dane County Board of Supervisors voted down a resolution to create an advisory panel specifically focused on animal research conducted at the University of Wisconsin Thursday night.
The Year of the Arts began with a bang at the University of Wisconsin Thursday with a parade down Lake Street, followed by a speech inaugurating the year.
If my parents thought it was hard to keep track of my major, they should try keeping tabs on the availability of embryonic stem-cell research funding.
Edwin Newman, distinguished UW-Madison alumnus, witty NBC anchor and former Daily Cardinal reporter, died of pneumonia at the age of 91 in Oxford, England.
Twelve University of Wisconsin-Madison undergraduate students will be constructing an intergalactic inflatable habitat for astronauts this year for a course offered by the Engineering Department.
Crime rates in Madison reached a 36-year low in 2009, according to a UW-Madison Police Department report.
As part of UW?s Year of the Arts, a group of faculty and students from the MFA Lighting Design program will set up lighting designs on various locations throughout campus for the next three days. Tomorrow night?s display is set to appear on Lathrop Hall along University Avenue.
Should you find yourself perusing the castaway Web sites for CBS?s new ?Survivor: Nicaragua? (because why wouldn?t you?), you might come across the page for 30 year-old Matthew ?Sash? Lenahan.
Like many University of Wisconsin students, junior Lindsay Taylor spent time at the beach last spring break. Unlike other UW students, Taylor visited a beach in Galveston, Texas, to help local community members fix their homes after Hurricane Ike damaged the city.
UW-Madison junior James Richardson scoffed when he checked his bank statement after he paid his last tuition bill. He found a total of $4 left in his account. Although frustrated with his depleted funds, he managed to muster a smile.
Last Thursday, the Obama administration formally challenged a court order by U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth to suspend the federal funding of stem-cell research. Lamberth?s injunction, issued on Aug. 23, blocked President Obama?s push for public endowment on the basis that such funding violates the Dickey-Wicker Amendment. The amendment was a ?rider? to a 1995 bill, meaning that it would never have passed as its own legislation, and thus was added onto a distantly related proposal. Dickey-Wicker specifically bars public funding for the creation and endangerment of embryonic cells for research purposes.
UW-Madison student Brittany Zimmermann will be commemorated at the first of four memorial 5k run/walks October 2 at 9 a.m.
Using animals for the pursuit of scientific growth has been a hotly contested topic at the University of Wisconsin, but a proposed series of community forums will attempt to shed light upon the animal research program at UW.
University of Wisconsin police are searching for an approximately 25-year-old man who allegedly sexually assaulted a man in the shower at the Natatorium on Observatory Drive.
A member of the University of Wisconsin Foundation Board of Directors appeared in federal court last week to answer to charges of importing and selling counterfeit prescription drugs, officials said.
As Wisconsin seeks to join the legal battle over the injunction halting federal funding for stem cell research, it seems Attorney General J. B. Van Hollen will be sitting this decision out.
Let?s face it. Madison is more often than not deemed a fabulous university on account of its outstanding academic reputation and its plethora of beer. Yet, there is more to the University of Wisconsin than high GPAs and a nice, cold brew. The unique, passionate, and truly creative minds and personas of the students that bring this campus to life are something to observe with awe. It seems to me that Chancellor Biddy Martin agrees, as this past week she has deemed this fresh school year ?The Year of the Arts?.
Former Northwestern University researcher, professor and neurophysiologist Jon Levine assumed the position of Wisconsin National Primate Research Director this month.
A researcher ready to face the challenges ahead recently stepped in to lead one of the University of Wisconsin?s most controversial research centers.
A University of Wisconsin research center received thousands in grant money from one of the world?s most famous holy figures Wednesday.
The donation of $50,000 is from the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso?s, personal trust fund, UW spokesperson Jill Sakai said, and will be used by the Center for Investigating Healthy Minds to further research.
A federal judge denied President Barack Obama?s emergency motion to overturn an injunction halting federal funding for stem cell research Tuesday, turning over the fight to individual states and legal authorities.
After a tenure longer than most deans at other law schools around the nation, the dean of the Law School at University of Wisconsin announced his resignation from the post Wednesday.
Chancellor Biddy Martin emphasized the importance of the University of Wisconsin gaining more independence to decide important issues like tuition increases to a student government group Wednesday night.
UW-Madison based think tank, Center On Wisconsin Strategy (COWS), exhibits a dismal view not only of the overall economic landscape, but also of the particularly desperate situation that many individuals of underrepresented groups face.
Bucky Badger?s $4,000 mascot head was stolen last Sunday from the apartment of a UW-Madison student who portrays Bucky at sporting events.
A survey released by the University of Wisconsin?s Division of Information Technology revealed students at UW are more connected than ever.
In the early morning hours of Sept. 6, a University of Wisconsin student woke up missing something important.
Someone took the head of UW mascot Bucky Badger after a gathering at the student?s ?one of several Buckys on campus ? W. Gilman St. apartment the night before.
Gov. Jim Doyle came out in support of embryonic stem cell research at the University of Wisconsin Tuesday, vowing to fight a recent injunction halting federal funding for facilities across the country that perform stem cell research.
It was fitting to see two well-reasoned opinion columns in the Daily Cardinal about UW-Madison tuition policy. While Samantha Witthuhn and Todd Stevens had different perspectives, the debate is welcome because, in my opinion, nothing is more important to the future of the university than our relationship with the state and our approach to tuition.
A federal appeals court ruled last Wednesday that UW-Madison was wrong to deny funds to Badger Catholic, a student group for religious activities.
A federal judge sentenced a former University of Wisconsin associate professor Friday after she pled guilty in July for making false statements on government documents.
In what has been more than a five-year battle, a federal court in Chicago ruled the University of Wisconsin should not deny religious student organizations funding due to worship, prayer or proselytizing, a suit brought on by the UW student organization Badger Catholic.
A member of the University of Wisconsin Foundation?s Board of Directors was arrested last week for allegedly selling counterfeit pharmaceuticals.
It is not everyday University of Wisconsin Chancellor Biddy Martin pops up online for all of Madison to chat with, but on Sept. 1, she did just that.
