Author: Kelly Tyrrell

On Friday, September 14th at 6:45 pm DNC Convention speaker Kal Penn will speak with students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

In the most recent incident in a series of crimes in the downtown and campus area, two men were beaten early Sunday morning after attempting to aid a woman who was being assaulted, according to Madison Police.

The parents of murdered University of Wisconsin student Brittany Zimmermann announced a newly-named ?Brittany Run? in remembrance of the 2008 killing of their 21-year-old daughter.

A UW-Madison student said when two men, who appeared to be homeless, approached and asked him and his girlfriend “for a buck” he gladly gave them one early Monday morning.

Halloween weekend is about six weeks away, and artists Mac Miller and Big Gigantic have been selected to headline this year?s Freakfest on Oct. 27.

Last month, the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents approved a proposal for renovations and expansions to UW-Madison?s Chemistry Building and chemistry facilities at two other UW System schools to better serve students.

A 5K run/walk honoring a University of Wisconsin student murder on campus will be getting a new name and a new location this year.

The University of Wisconsin sent the 14th-largest amount of graduates to the Teach For America program in 2012, the organization said Wednesday. 

University of Wisconsin students were welcomed by hundreds of pink flamingos perched on Bascom Hill Tuesday in a unique advertisement by UW Housing.

This Friday, a campus-wide scavenger hunt executed via social media will return to the University of Wisconsin for its second year.

Outreach Specialist of Visitor and Information Programs Nick Gonzales said the event, titled #FindUW, will have a narrower focus than last year?s hunt and will encompass the combined goals of promoting student services, teaching students about different facets of campus and familiarizing them with social media.

With a study abroad fair for students fast approaching this semester, concern regarding current social political issues across the world may impact decisions by University of Wisconsin students considering the possibility of studying in a different country.

Mobile computing has gone viral at UW-Madison while regular cell phones are going the way of the land line, according to the university?s 2012 Student Computing Survey.

Is there something you wish every college student would know as the 2012-13 academic year gets under way?

Muggers were busy early Saturday morning near the UW-Madison campus, with three attacks reported within 24 minutes.

Madison police said two muggings in the same area of the city Saturday morning might be connected.

A 20-year-old University of Wisconsin-Madison student told police he was mugged by three men Saturday morning.

The father of one of three UW-Madison students accused of attacking Badgers running back Montee Ball said Thursday that his “heart fell out” when he learned his son had been arrested.

A UW-Madison student who drowned Thursday morning in Lake Mendota, John “Vietnam” Nguyen, was a fledgling rap artist from Chicago who sang about multiculturalism and identity.

The Dane County Medical Examiner?s Office is releasing the name of the person who was recovered from Lake Mendota this morning. The male had been swimming with several friends when he went under the water and did not resurface. This event occurred a short distance from a pier in the 600 block of North Park Street.

Authorities have identified a swimmer who drowned in Madisons Lake Mendota as a Chicago man who was a full-time student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

The Madison South District community policing team was out Wednesday, knocking on doors and speaking with students on how to keep burglars out.

The bulk of more than 7,000 students will be moving into residence halls on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus on Wednesday and Thursday. 

University of Wisconsin transportation officials are putting new restrictions on students moped use.

University of Wisconsin transportation officials are putting new restrictions on students moped use.

As UW-Madison students get ready to move next week, Goodwill wants to make it easier for them to donate their unwanted clothes, computer equipment and more.