The University of Wisconsinâ??s Kohl Center is one of the most impressive, state-of-the-art college sports facilities in the country. Four UW teams consistently call it home, as it stands proudly on Madisonâ??s West Dayton Street.
A high-speed car chase in downtown Madison ended with an overturned car and a foot chase early Wednesday morning.
University of Wisconsin medical students sounded off in favor of universal health care at the state Capitol Wednesday, voicing their opinions to legislators face-to-face.
Several Wisconsin Union student workers are unsatisfied with working conditions at the Memorial Union and said the union has lost its â??student voice,â? according to a letter sent to the Offices of the Dean of Students Wednesday.
The state Senate recently passed a bill enabling UW System faculty and academic staff to unionize and attempt to gain benefits through collective bargaining.
UW-Madison doctoral student Michael Ciuchta was awarded a 2008 Kauffman Dissertation Fellowship Monday for his research in entrepreneurship, an area of study that the university is attempting to expand within the student body.
UW-Madison students, faculty, alumni and Madison community members voiced opinions, concerns and suggestions for the next UW-Madison chancellor to a panel of representatives from the Chancellor Search and Screen Committee Tuesday.
A professor at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh recently reported success in the project she began six years ago to breed squirrels in captivity to aid in studying human eye diseases and other research.
Attendees of the University of Wisconsinâ??s Search and Screen Committeeâ??s open forum Tuesday said they want the next chancellor to take the university to the next level.
Nearly four months after the three finalists were announced, the University of Wisconsin still does not have a new vice provost of diversity and climate.
A large acid spill occurred Friday in the Engineering Research Building on campus, forcing it to be evacuated by the Madison Fire Department.
The full UW Athletic Board met Friday at Camp Randall to address current issues facing the athletic board and university community.
Roundyâ??s Supermarkets, owner of the Copps and Pick â??n Save chain stores, announced Friday it is in negotiations to lease retail space for a grocery store in the new University Square development.
One of the enduring legacies Chancellor John Wiley will leave when he steps down in September is the increased non-state funding he has procured for our university. Our endowment has skyrocketed; over the Wiley years, we have joined an elite group of universities with endowments above $1 billion.
The University of Wisconsin announced a new director for Administrative Legal Services Friday, ending Charles Hoornstraâ??s two-year tenure as interim director of the department.
In light of recent increases in residential burglaries and robberies, Madison and Dane County officials are calling on people to use caution late at night and keep their eyes peeled for anything suspicious.
A University of Wisconsin building was evacuated Friday after several gallons of chemicals were spilled in a 12th-floor laboratory.
The University of Wisconsin Athletic Board officially approved the 2008-09 athletic department budget Friday, including no ticket price increases for UW athletic events in the upcoming academic year.
In January, the Policy, Alternatives, Community and Education Project met to discuss initiatives for the upcoming year. Among the community-based objectives was to conduct rigorous ID checks during the sale of alcohol using electronic ID scanners as a means of curbing underage consumption of alcohol in Madison.
The Recording Industry Association of America released its 13th wave of pre-litigation letters Thursday.
This wave, which did not include UW-Madison among the 12 offending universities, is the most recent in the RIAAâ??s year-long campaign to combat illegal downloading on university campuses.
UW-Madison and the Wisconsin Department of Administration hosted a town hall meeting Thursday evening at the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesâ?? office to address future upgrades to four of Madisonâ??s power plants
The influenza outbreak because of this yearâ??s inadequate vaccine has sent several UW-Madison students to University Health Services and Meriter Hospital.
Beginning in March, UW-Madison will offer electronic ID scanners and free training to select downtown bars and liquor stores in an effort to crack down on underage drinking and the use of fake IDs.
For University of Wisconsin sophomore Daniela Juarez, a typical day doesnâ??t really have a beginning or an end.
A University of Wisconsin student spoke out Thursday on charges of disorderly conduct, after allegedly pulling a knife on two students in Witte Residence Hall following a night of drinking Feb. 1.
The bells of the Carillon Tower at the University of Wisconsin solemnly tolled for an entire minute Thursday, stopping all pedestrian and vehicle traffic in the area as the ROTC honored the victims of last weekâ??s shootings at Northern Illinois University.
In light of the record-setting snowfall and bitterly cold temperatures building up ice on campus sidewalks, UW-Madisonâ??s Physical Plant is looking to hire students to help clear ice and snow on nearly 50 miles of sidewalks.
UW-Madison received a record number of applications for admittance next fall. According to Associate Director for UW Admissions Tom Reason, about 25,000 applications were submitted to the admissions office as of the Feb. 1 deadline, surpassing last yearâ??s record by nearly 500 applicants.
The University of Wisconsin Greek community and Madison Police Department recognized a police officer Tuesday for his contributions toward safety in the Langdon Street area.
Poll workers had their work cut out for them Tuesday as a record number of student voters braced the cold and headed to the polls to cast their vote for the 2008 presidential primary.
The University of Wisconsin is hiring students to lend some muscle and help clear the campus of ice and snow until spring provides some relief for the worn-out grounds crew.
The University of Wisconsin announced Wednesday it has received a record number of freshman applications for fall 2008.
Several high-profile bills passed the state Senate Tuesday.
Student season ticket packages will not face a price increase next year, according to the UW Athletics 2008-â??09 budget unanimously approved Tuesday by the Athletic Board Finance Committee.
State legislators passed a bill Tuesday that would allow faculty and staff from the University of Wisconsin System to form unions and bargain collectively, and to do so in any grouping they wish.
Responding to a United States District Court ruling last November, the University of Wisconsin and the state Department of Administration are holding a town hall meeting Thursday to hear community opinions regarding the future of the Charter Street coal plant and others in the city.
Youâ??re doing some serious cramming by yourself at the library, your laptop open in front of you and your iPod bringing sweet tunes to your ears.
A group of University of Wisconsin College Democrats huddled around a small heater that inadequately warmed their tent on Library Mall as they coordinated volunteer efforts during Tuesdayâ??s presidential primaries.
Bud Selig, commissioner of Major League Baseball and a UW-Madison alumnus, told students Monday his history degree helped him achieve success in sports management.
With the late Wisconsin primary gaining more importance in recent weeks, the state has become an arena for the kind of intense campaigning political junkies dream about.
The University of Wisconsin Union proposed Monday a 3 percent increase in its 2008-09 budget to the Student Services Finance Committee.
Jesse A. Miller, 20, the man who caused the University of Wisconsin campus to lock down multiple buildings in September last semester, entered his official plea of not guilty for reasons of insanity Monday to charges stemming from an incident that occurred in the Dane County Jail in January.
Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., asked more than 3,000 people Monday at Monona Terrace to think about who they would hire to run their country.
Gov. Jim Doyle is seeking applicants to serve as the nontraditional student member of the UW System Board of Regents, the governing body of the 26 UW System schools.
Ticket applications for the 2008 Jeopardy! College Championship at the Kohl Center will be available starting Monday at all Subway restaurants in the Madison area.
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History awarded two UW-Madison professors prestigious research fellowships earlier this month.
Ethelene Whitmire, a UW-Madison associate professor at the School of Library and Information Studies, and Chad Alan Goldberg, a UW-Madison associate professor of sociology, are two of 26 recipients to win the award for the first half of 2008.
College students can now receive tutoring from Ph.D.s anytime during the day or night, making late-night cramming just a little bit easier.
University of Wisconsin students and community members braved freezing waters and low temperatures to jump in Lake Monona Saturday to benefit Special Olympics Wisconsin.
The Associated Students of Madison Student Services Finance Committee heard budget presentations of University Health Services, Recreational Sports and the ASM bus passes Thursday.
Former President Bill Clinton spoke to a crowd of UW-Madison students and community members Thursday, campaigning for his wife, U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y.
Students at the University of Wisconsin could see costly improvements to some facilities throughout campus next year.
Former President Bill Clinton stumped for his wife, presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., on campus to nearly 2,000 students Thursday, calling her a â??change-maker.â?
Maggie O’Connor did something she’s not sure she’s ever done before Wednesday night. The University of Wisconsin sophomore watched a Badger men’s basketball game, at the Kohl Center — sitting down.
It’s a busy week over at the University of Wisconsin School of Music, where more than Beethoven is happening.
Maybe this semester should be called Beethoven time.
This week, UW pianist Christopher Taylor started his marathon cycle of 10 concerts of 32 Beethoven piano sonatas with three stunning performances, one last night and two more this weekend.
A terrible accident on the Beltline in the dead of night. A 7-year-old child is thrown from the back seat of a car.
Paramedics arrive, assess the child’s condition, and one of them calls University Hospital’s trauma center to report that the child is bleeding from the mo
UW-Madison was named to the 2007 Presidentâ??s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll With Distinction earlier this week.
The state budget will face a $652.3 million shortfall, according to state officials Wednesday, $200 million more than projected last month. In a memo to the state Joint Finance Committee, which helps write the budget, the nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau said the deficit is largely due to decreased tax collections.
University officials said high profile 2008 presidential campaign stops at UW-Madison this week have been successful, but required much behind-the-scenes preparation.
Four years after the University of Wisconsin initially conceived renovating Union South, the university announced Thursday it has finally hired the architects for the project.
