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Chancellor finalist addresses funding

Badger Herald

The last finalist candidate who could become University of Wisconsin?s next chancellor visited campus Wednesday to lay out her priorities of maintaining funding for the university, leveraging new educational technologies and expanding community outreach.

Becoming Bucky

Badger Herald

Fans go wild when he steps onto the football field. Nearly 80,000 people watch him as he rallies the crowd and represents the University of Wisconsin with pride. The adoration for Bucky, or Buckingham U. Badger, is felt in the stadium throughout the entire game.

WISPIRG finds campus support

Badger Herald

In its ongoing struggle with the University of Wisconsin chancellor?s office, Wisconsin Student Public Interest Research Group gathered signatures from 10 percent of the university?s population for its petition asking the chancellor to respect the organization?s allotted funding.

Students fight to make Langdon historic area

Badger Herald

Members of the Langdon Street community introduced a petition calling for the neighborhood to be designated as a local historic district, an effort organizers said would preserve the character of the neighborhood, in a city committee meeting Monday night.

Police work with Eagle Heights community

Badger Herald

University of Wisconsin Housing and police are working with residents of the Eagle Heights neighborhood after the arrest of three suspects in connection with an incident in the area late Tuesday night.

College dean search narrows

Badger Herald

The search for University of Wisconsin?s next dean of the College of Letters and Science has reached a new stage, narrowing down to a target range of eight to 10 finalists from both inside and outside the university.

UW-Madison chancellor finalist Nicholas Jones would aim to build bridges

Wisconsin State Journal

Nicholas Jones knows bridges. As an engineer, the finalist for UW-Madison chancellor has published dozens of studies on the durability of different types of spans in withstanding wind and vibrations. But he points to another type of bridges, those the engineering dean at Johns Hopkins University has helped build between academic departments, to make his case for the Madison job.

Students talk bipartisanship in D.C.

Badger Herald

Not every politically-inclined University of Wisconsin student has the opportunity to travel to the nation?s capital and meet with leading U.S. government officials, but that dream became a reality for one undergraduate last week.

Students detail Revelry event

Badger Herald

The student leaders behind Revelry, the student body?s first official end-of-the-year celebration, announced Wednesday the musical event will take place at Engineering Mall and Union South Plaza from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on May 4th, the same day as the Mifflin Street Block Party.

Officials prepare for Mifflin

Badger Herald

Madison?s City Council unanimously approved its annual resolution to not allow glass containers on Mifflin Street May 4 at their meeting Tuesday, as they expect the traditional block party to occur. 

City, campus police ramp up safety plans

Badger Herald

The Madison Police Department will be working more closely with the elementary schools in the Madison Metropolitan School District in an effort to prevent violence in schools after a number of recent mass school shootings.