The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation — UW-Madison's fundraising arm — is loosening its policies in hopes of increasing stem cell research opportunities and funding, foundation officials announced Tuesday. '
Mayor Dave Cieslewicz, along with Police Chief Noble Wray, outlined the details of a $100,000 funding proposal for the Downtown Safety Initiative to members of the police department and Madison citizens Tuesday.'
Police responded to a bomb threat at Madison East High School at approximately 9:30 a.m. Monday morning.
Wisconsin lawmakers now find themselves deadlocked in the struggle for ethics reform, as the split Joint Finance Committee is next in line to vote on the Ethics Reform Bill.'
President Bush delivered his sixth State of the Union address to Congress and the nation Tuesday night. '
Although Obama may not have much experience, his superior judgment would give him victory in 2008.'
Guest columnist is thankful to be back in Madison's restaurant scene.'
When it comes to politics, I'm like a bear wading into a mighty iver in search of salmon. '
In an effort to prevent politics from seeping into environmental decision-making, state Rep. Spencer Black, D-Madison, and Sen. Robert Wirch, D-Kenosha, introduced legislation Tuesday that would change the way the secretary of the Department of Natural Re'
Experts weigh in on why most dieters are unable to attain weightloss success.'
While the Badgers have won over Wisconsin fans, the national media has been a bit slow in taking notice.'
Riding an 11-game unbeaten streak, UW women's hockey head coach Mark Johnson is excited for what is yet to come. Fresh off a sweep of North Dakota, Johnson is confident his team will continue to bring its best effort against Minnesota State this weekend.
The Badgers are looking to notch win number 20 against the Wolverines.'
Marcus Landry has done an incredible job balancing his family, which includes a wife and two kids in Milwaukee, his schoolwork and his basketball.'
One need merely to hear comments such as, ""she only got in because she's a minority"" or ""he only won that award because he's black"" to understand that affirmative action actually degrades minorities and reaffirms inequa'
Adam Hoge breaks down the UW men's basketball team's week in the first of series of weekly reviews.'
Last fall, UW System President Kevin Reilly asked the Board of Regents to implement a ""holistic"" freshman admissions policy at all UW campuses. The policy—which has been used effectively at UW-Madison for years—requires admissions officers to consider non-academic factors in evaluating prospective students, while maintaining the primacy of academic factors. Non-academic factors include race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, motivation, leadership qualities and legacy status, among other things.
2006 proved to be a record-setting year for sales in the video game industry. Now that the three big video game console makers have spent at least one holiday season with their new consoles on the market, numbers coming out show how many people are buying'
Nearly six inches of snow fell in Madison last weekend, causing the city to declare a snow emergency Sunday in the area of the city that includes the UW-Madison campus.
Madison police arrested a man who attempted to pull over an off-duty police officer on the Beltline early Friday morning.'
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