The University of Wisconsin-Madison biochemistry department will debut a new art exhibit to educate the public on the university’s current and past cancer research.
The Associated Students of Madison Sustainability Committee met Tuesday to develop its plans for campaigns aiming to educate the campus community about energy use and waste.
Aron Ralston, who made news in 2003 for amputating his own arm in order to survive a rock climbing accident, will speak at UW-Madison Wednesday as part of Wisconsin Union Directorate’s distinguished lecture series.
Crisis management specialist Judy Smith, who has represented notable clients including Monica Lewinsky, Michael Vick and the family of Chandra Levy, will visit the University of Wisconsin-Madison to speak Thursday.
More than 80 students and faculty met in Varsity Hall Monday to discuss revamping the university’s ethnic studies requirement.
The Student Services Finance Committee heard a budget proposal from the Division of Recreational Sports Monday that calls for a $6 increase in contributions per student next year.
Donald Nichols, an economics and public affairs professor emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Madison passed away Friday at the age of 72.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Athletic Board approved Friday a budget of more than $133 million for the university’s athletic department next year.
Organizers of “Revelry,” the new end-of-the-year campus celebration, announced Friday the event will take place from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 4.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison hosted its first Inclusive Excellence Winter Symposium Friday to continue the conversation about cultivating diversity on campus.
The Student Services Finance Committee voted to approve more than $13 million in student segregated fee funding for the 2013-’14 University Health Services budget, which will help fund new health and wellness services for students.
From UFO sightings to reports of alien activity, scientists have searched for answers to questions about extra-terrestrial life for decades.
Renowned New York Times journalist Nick Kristof selected a University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate Thursday to join him overseas on a journalism tour as part of his eighth annual “Win a Trip with Nick Kristof Contest.”
The Associated Students of Madison Student Council passed legislation Wednesday to place the newly proposed ASM constitution on the spring 2013 election ballot, making it’s implementation subject to student body approval.
Wisconsin state senators and officials from the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents met Wednesday for what Senate Committee on Universities and Wisconsin Technical Colleges Chair Sen. Sheila Harsdorf, R-River Falls, called “the beginning of a dialogue” between the two institutions.
The International Academic Programs office at the University of Wisconsin-Madison announced Wednesday it will offer a new scholarship program to encourage more students to study abroad.
University of Wisconsin-Madison professor emeritus David Gustafson was elected into the National Academy of Engineering Thursday along with 68 other new members and 11 foreign associates.
The MultiCultural Student Coalition argued in an Associated Students of Madison Student Judiciary hearing Friday that Student Services Finance Committee representatives did not remain viewpoint neutral in the committee’s fall decision to minimally fund the organization.
The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents heard an updated report Friday from administrators on recently discovered overpayments made to employees through the Human Resources System over the past year.
Two inventions that incorporate Wisconsin’s well-known pastimes of hunting and fishing won the top awards Friday at a University of Wisconsin-Madison invention contest for undergraduates.
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