Reactions to the passage of a significant health care reform bill Sunday remain divided in Wisconsin, with some heralding the bill as a long-awaited insurance solution while others claim it is a dangerous move away from American ideals.
In a throwback to a more politically active era on the University of Wisconsin campus, more than 200 people attended a teach-in Friday night at the Pyle Center covering the United Statesâ?? current involvement in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
A University of Wisconsin professor whose animal research privileges were revoked last year due to multiple conduct violations was recently reinstated with stricter research oversight requirements.
A University of Wisconsin student was allegedly sexually assaulted on Langdon Street last Thursday, the second incident involving a female UW student to take place in the area in recent weeks.
The University of Wisconsin Police Department is still searching for the party responsible for spraying graffiti on several campus buildings last week.
Plans for the 2010 Mifflin Street Block Party are beginning to take shape and include more live music, beer and bathrooms.
State lawmakers received an update Wednesday on an IT project meant to improve the payroll process at all University of Wisconsin institutions.
The U.S. Census Bureau provided students with key information about the 2010 Census Wednesday on Library Mall.
All four of the current University of Wisconsin System IT projects are on schedule and on budget, according to a project update by the Legislatureâ??s IT committee leaders.
University of Wisconsin freshman applications for fall 2010 bounced back after a sharp decline last academic year, in contrast to some universities in the UW System that saw a decrease in applications.
The road ahead of you is aglow with thousands of tiny sparkling snowflakes, like diamonds in the distance. The air on your face is brisk and refreshing, but it harmonizes with the warm sun. There is bliss in these moments of winter, experienced in the solitude of a long run, where your only purpose is to continue to put one foot in front of the other.But what if you could no longer run?
The UW System said they are unable to comply with a 2005 law requiring all state agencies to post their contract agreements online because of technology problems.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals and the Madison-based Alliance for Animals petitioned Tuesday to bring criminal animal cruelty charges against the University of Wisconsin for allegedly illegally performing decompression experiments on sheep.
More than 80 state agencies, including UW-Madison, are not in compliance with an open records law that requires all state agencies to report their contractual agreements on an aggregate website maintained by the Government Accountability Board.
Experts argued the ethics of primate research at a debate held at Memorial Union Monday.
The Joint Southeast Campus Area Committee met Monday to discuss further redevelopment plans for Gordon Commons.
Discovery Union, Randall Union, Union South and Varsity Union will most likely go before students as options for the name of the new south campus union after a committee chose them as finalists Monday night.
Birds are singing, the snow has melted, Saturday marks the first day of spring and, in true Madison fashion, construction throughout the city will soon resume.
Approximately 250 University of Wisconsin students, faculty, researchers, Madison citizens and animal rights activists did anything but monkey around when they gathered to debate the rights of non-human primate research subjects Monday.
A city committee approved a revised design for the new Gordon Commons Monday that includes an expanded plaza, among other aesthetic changes.
Documents from the UW System revealed that the highest paid UW-Madison official makes over three times as much as the governor.
A University of Wisconsin student was robbed outside of her Langdon Street residence late Thursday night when a stranger stripped her of her purse in a struggle.
A federal grand jury indicted a former head of the cancer pharmacy at University of Wisconsin Hospital Thursday on 25 counts of prescription drug fraud.
Chancellor Biddy Martin announced Wednesday that U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan will be the 2010 Saturday morning commencement speaker.
The power to unionize may soon be in the hands of faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and Superior campuses.
Campus officials are urging students to be alert after two new phishing scams targeting the University of Wisconsinâ??s NetID login service were detected.
Preliminary discussions regarding the installation of a liberal studies program in the University of Wisconsinâ??s College of Letters and Sciences began Monday, although UW officials said no concrete decisions have been made.
The United States Secretary of Education and the founder of a non-profit organization will speak at the spring commencement ceremonies, University of Wisconsin officials announced Wednesday.
The Associated Students of Madisonâ??s Academic Affairs Committee met Tuesday to discuss several initiatives designed to ease student financial burdens at UW-Madison.
The Public Safety Review Committee discussed and approved the Downtown Safety Initiative plan for 2010 Tuesday.
With the current University of Wisconsin Colleges and Extensions chancellor on his way out, a committee of 23 members has been chosen by the system to search for his successor, UW System announced Tuesday.
Research assistants at the University of Wisconsin will be able to voice their opinions Thursday on tentative rules for unionization during a Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission hearing.
Academic Affairs Committee announced at its meeting Tuesday it is working to implement a new committee to promote affordable textbook solutions for students at the University of Wisconsin.
The cityâ??s Public Safety Review Committee approved the Downtown Safety Initiative plan in a meeting Tuesday, moving the plan to increase patrol levels at key times closer to final approval by the City Council.
The New Union Naming Committee met Monday to determine the protocol for naming the new south campus union, which is currently under reconstruction on West Johnson Street.
The average 2009-10 salary of a University of Wisconsin professor has decreased from previous years due in part to state mandated furlough days.
A University of Wisconsin professor who signed a personal contract with a conservative think tank last summer is now being accused of aiding the agency in the manipulation of poll results.
A bill that aims to restrict ticket scalping was not voted on by the state Assembly Thursday, but lawmakers did propose amendments.
The University of Wisconsin announced a new tenure track professor who will focus on Hmong and other Southeast Asian groups has been appointed to the Geography Department.
Legislation that would place stronger checks on the University of Wisconsin Systemâ??s use of eminent domain has apparently stalled in committee.
Approximately 150 UW-Madison students and staff attended a panel Thursday held in response to an advertisement on the Badger Heraldâ??s website linking to a website denying the Holocaust.
Thursdayâ??s rally to protest budget cuts at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee ended in 15 arrests and the detainment of the student government president.
University of Wisconsin students gathered in Bascom Hall Thursday for an open forum on journalistic ethics and sensitivity.
The fourteenth Dalai Lama will be in Madison May 15-16 for the grand-reopening celebration of UW-Madisonâ??s Waisman Centerâ??s remodeled Center for Investigating Healthy Minds.
More than 100 UW-Madison students rallied at Library Mall Wednesday afternoon in response to a recent controversy surrounding a Holocaust-denying advertisement placed on The Badger Heraldâ??s website.
Chancellor Martinâ??s op-ed addressing the controversy surrounding the Heraldâ??s publication of the Holocaust denial ad (â??Truth and Scholarship Greatest Tools in Combating Falsehoodâ?) is a breath of fresh air for those committed to UW-Madisonâ??s core belief in the â??sifting and winnowingâ? of ideas and the freedom of speech that goes with it.
With anti-Vietnam protests escalating and the Watergate scandal looming on the horizon, the newly founded National Public Radio successfully launched its first news program, All Things Considered, in the early 1970s with University of Wisconsin professor Jack Mitchell at its helm.
After a day of investigation, authorities revealed discarded cigarette butts as the cause of the fire that sparked a mass evacuation of the University of Wisconsinâ??s Grainger Hall.
The Dalai Lama will make an appearance on the University of Wisconsin campus this May, marking his second visit to the campus within two years.
More than 100 University of Wisconsin community members gathered in Library Mall Wednesday afternoon to remember the events of the Holocaust and come together as a community.
The state Senate passed legislation Tuesday that seeks to restrict the resale of tickets outside entertainment and sporting event venues.
The University of Wisconsin is internationally known for its achievements in stem cell researchâ??a reputation upheld in 2005 when the federal government announced a Madison research institute would house the United Stateâ??s first and only embryonic stem cell bank.
University of Wisconsin Athletics announced Tuesday they will postpone plans for a new hockey facility, which would connect the SERF and the Kohl Center and would include a new professional ice rink, due to funding problems.
University of Wisconsin Colleges and Extensions Chancellor David Wilson has been appointed to a board that will advise President Barack Obama on ways to enhance postsecondary education in black colleges and universities.
Wisconsin Covenant Scholars are each set to receive between $250 and $2,500 annually to help cover tuition costs, Gov. Jim Doyle announced Monday.
A new proposal protecting the UW-Madison facultyâ??s freedom to criticize UW-Madison administrators and policies was presented at the Faculty Senate meeting Wednesday.
UW-Madison students evacuated Grainger Hall after a small fire triggered the smoke alarms Monday afternoon.
For the past week, members of the UW-Madison community have been debating the extent to which denials of the Holocaust, or more specifically, ads that deny the Holocaust constitute free speech. As a scholar in German studies, I want to take a few moments to address a slightly different set of issues.
University of Wisconsin students constructed everything from a bathing suit made out of computer keys to a residence hall composting station at this yearâ??s 100-hour Wiscontrepreneur Challenge.
One of two proposals presented at the University of Wisconsin Faculty Senate meeting Monday would protect faculty membersâ?? rights to speak out against the university.
