The list of finalists for the presidency of the University of Wisconsin System shrank from four to three Wednesday, but, according to sources close to the selection process, the race is really down to the two candidates with close ties to Wisconsin
The search for the new chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee cost $141,440 in state taxpayer funds and tuition dollars – about $50,000 more than an earlier estimate, according to information from UWM.
A shooting at a Madison bar again raises questions about hip-hop music.
Police have been stymied in identifying a suspect in a shooting early Saturday that left a 36-year-old Illinois man in the hospital.
A play about the Audrey Seiler case will open at Madison’s Broom Street Theater July 30.
The short list is official, and by the end of next week, the new president of the University of Wisconsin System should be all but formally approved
A former UW-Madison football star who now plays in the NFL has been arrested for drunken driving.
Wendell Bryant, 23, is scheduled to make a court appearance Thursday in Dane County Circuit Court.
A former Wisconsin congressman and three higher education leaders from Texas, New York and Wisconsin are finalists in the search to replace Katharine Lyall as president of the $3.9 billion University of Wisconsin System.
UW-Madison creative writing teacher reads on Wednesday from this love story between a Jewish girl from St. Louis and an Armenian-American soldier in Paris at the end of World War I.
U.S. ATTORNEY General John Ashcroft can’t stop taking credit for busting Rajib Mitra, the 25-year-old UW-Madison student convicted in March of hacking into and disrupting the Madison police radio system.
I appreciate USA TODAY’s help in delivering the message that families should not be deterred by high tuition when they look at colleges.
Things will be tight in the sparsely furnished Madison townhouse where newly arrived Hmong refugee Chia Pao Lor and his wife and seven children will bunk temporarily with his cousin Thao Lor, her husband, Mang Yang, and their eight children. Lor and his family arrived in Madison Tuesday evening, landing at Dane County Regional Airport on the final leg of their journey from Thailand to cheers, tears and hugs from some 40 friends and relatives.
As nearly every political analyst has attested, foreign policy and the economy will determine the fates of President Bush and Sen. John Kerry this fall. While these two issues and their related concerns are indeed critically important to the safety and prosperity of the nation, citizens of Wisconsin deserve to hear about other issues as well, especially the security of the long-term health of our land and water here at home.
NEW YORK (AP) — The reading of books is on the decline in America, despite Harry Potter and the best efforts of Oprah Winfrey.
House Republicans, under strong pressure from the White House, narrowly defeated an effort yesterday to water down the Bush administration’s signature law to combat domestic terrorism. (Login required.)
Two men in the Dane County Jail await charges in connection with two brutal sexual assaults and a violent robbery that occurred last month on and just west of the Isthmus, Madison police said Wednesday.
A proposal about to be introduced to the Alcohol Licensing Review Committee could be the last call for area happy hours.
MADISON, Wis. — Police arrested a Madison woman late last night after she allegedly led University and Madison police on a chase throughout the west side of downtown
Town of Madison Police asked for assistance from Madison police because of a similar case they investigated last fall. In that incident, former UW-Madison student Rajib Mitra, 26, was sentenced to eight years in federal prison for jamming Madison police radio frequencies.
Nine UW-Madison campus-community partnerships have received honors for using university resources to improve the lives of others.
Dear Editor: Here is a straight-A student who planned her hoax, with clear intent, and she not only gets no jail time but we pay for it?
DEAR EDITOR: I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT I’M SURPRISED THAT AUDREY SEILER GOT A THREE-YEAR PROBATION SENTENCE, BUT I’M NOT.
An Environmentally Friendly Hybrid Car Would Cost A Lot More, So The City Got A Regular Sedan For The Mayor.
Quoted: UW-Madison Police Field Services Capt. Brian Bridges
Police suspect that the same man attacked two women Wednesday morning and are warning residents in the downtown area to take safety measures.
The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay announced plans Wednesday for a storefront classroom and office at Washington Commons to open later this summer.
(MADISON) — Madison police continue their search for the man they believe raped a 22ââ?¬â??year-old woman early Wednesday morning on the UW campus and then attacked another woman a few hours later.
A weak tornado that grazed Madison on Wednesday night uprooted a thousand trees, damaged 200 houses and sent public officials in search of federal disaster aid.
The National Weather Service today was working to confirm what beleaguered west side residents already know: Tornadoes hit Madison Wednesday night.
Daylight shows the devastation caused by tornadoes that swept through Wisconsin last night. More rain is complicating clean-up this morning. Damage in Madison could be in the millions, officials said.
As rain and high winds – and possibly tornadoes – whipped through the area Wednesday evening, there was hit-and-miss damage to homes, businesses, cars and power lines, but no serious injuries reported in Dane County.
Audrey Seiler, the UW-Madison student who made national news when she faked her own abduction in March, has reached a plea agreement in the obstruction case against her.
Audrey Seiler, the University of Wisconsin sophomore who allegedly faked her own abduction, will agree to a plea bargain July 1 in Dane County Court. If the judge approves the agreement, she could be sentenced that day as well.
City Council Will Meet Next Month For Final Approval Of New Dorm, Parking Ramp And Offices On North Park Street.
An east campus project at UW-Madison cleared another hurdle Monday.
The Madison Plan Commission unanimously approved rezoning an area of North Park Street for a dormitory, parking ramp and office facility. The project will now go to the City Council, which will consider it for final approval at its July 6 meeting.
Although planning efforts to revitalize south Madison have been going on for several years, the first real outlay of public resources for specific projects is just now within reach.
Eighteen-year-old Rachel Fassbender of Sun Prairie knows it’s going to cost more to attend UW-Madison this fall.
Annual tuition alone is up $700, and financial aid is limited. But she is undaunted.
The budget ax has whacked the University of Wisconsin hard. Tuition has soared. Faculty ranks have shrunk. The number of courses has fallen. But the most worrisome consequence of declining state support is a drop in enrollment of students from lower-income families. Policy-makers must focus especially on reversing that trend.
DENVER (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry on Monday criticized President Bush for relying on ideology rather than fact in the pursuit of science and repeated his pledge to overturn the ban on federal funding of research on new stem cell lines.
Tommy Thompson isn’t the only prominent Republican who has been nominated for University of Wisconsin System president.
Steve Gunderson, 53, the former U.S. congressman from Osseo, has also been nominated and has sparked the interest of some search committee members.
It’s hard to know how to feel about the proposed tuition hikes at University of Wisconsin System campuses – unless, of course, you’re a graduating high school senior or the parent of one and the changes are hitting you now.
Being the first person to do something usually involves a lot of pride and pressure.
No one knows that better than 18-year-old Adrian Perez, a 2004 graduate of Green Bay Notre Dame Academy.
Gov. Jim Doyle is flying to New Mexico today to encourage the Democratic National Committee to give embryonic stem cell research a prominent place in its platform.
The state has paid nearly $2 million to resolve age, gender, race and other discrimination claims brought against the University of Wisconsin System over the past three years, according to an Associated Press review of state records. (Reg. required.)
Agencies will close and services will be lost. That was the prediction Thursday from the executive director of the Wisconsin State Employees Union, Marty Beil. Beil sees big-time problems surfacing as Gov. Jim Doyle works toward his goal of reducing state government by 10,000 workers in 8 years.
