Category: UW-Madison Related

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.

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.

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.