A team of University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists reported the discovery of a hormone and receptor that control cell expansion in plants Thursday, according to a university news release.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison will welcome filmmaker Robert Orlando to campus Wednesday for the screening of his documentary, “A Polite Bribe: An Apostle’s Final Bid” in the Marquee at Union South.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Transportation Services website now features a tool to help drivers find vacant visitor parking in Madison.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Associated Students of Madison Diversity Committee continued planning for the upcoming Diversity Day at the committee’s first meeting of the semester Thursday.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Associated Students of Madison press office released a statement Thursday saying the organization will be looking to UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank for a commitment to aiding low-income students.
Gov. Scott Walker delivered his 2014 State of the State address Wednesday night, promising to cut taxes and invest in education in order to create more jobs in Wisconsin.
During a lecture titled “The Life and Death of a Drop,” University of Chicago physics professor Sidney Nagel compared the formation, transformations and termination of droplets to various stages of human existence, including birth, teenage years and a mid-life crisis.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Associated Students of Madison met for the first committee meeting of the spring semester Wednesday with discussion and concern of the Green Fund bylaws.
The Wisconsin State Assembly passed 12 bills Wednesday, all pertaining to improvements in the health system’s ability to deal with mental health cases. This includes monetary incentives for psychiatric care physicians to expand their area of service and even work in rural areas. Most bills passed unanimously, others received a single no vote from Sen. Glenn Grothman, R-West Bend. The bills authorize the spending of an additional $4 million by mid-2015.
U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin will visit four Wisconsin Technical colleges this week to announce new legislation aimed at increasing job training for high-skilled jobs in the renewable energy sector.
Madison Common Council proposed a city ordinance Tuesday to protect citizens entering and exiting health care facilities, like Planned Parenthood, from protesters.
Indiana police arrested a lone shooter after he shot and killed a 21-year-old teaching assistant and senior at Purdue University Tuesday, according to Purdue officials.
Sidney Nagel, a physics professor from the University of Chicago, will be a featured presenter of the John von Neumann Public Lecture Series in Complexity and Computation Wednesday, according to a Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery release.
University of Wisconsin-Madison instituted a revised campus-wide alcohol service policy at the start of the spring semester, according to a university news release.
The Wisconsin Department of Corrections maintains an inmate should not receive compensation after serving 417 days past his term, according to Channel 3000.com.
Madison’s B-cycle bike sharing system released an annual report Tuesday, showing that more bikers participated in the third season of the program compared to 2012.
The Wisconsin State Assembly passed two bills Tuesday, one expanding gun rights and another increasing municipal power.
Senate and Assembly Republicans unveiled a bill Tuesday that would provide special-needs families dissatisfied with their child’s public education with an opportunity to transfer out of their district.
Recent research conducted by University of Wisconsin-Madison neuroscientist and psychiatrist Giulio Tononi and funded in part by Lily’s Fund for Epilepsy Research could lead to breakthrough discoveries in the field of epileptic treatment, according to a university news release.
University of Wisconsin Foundation members will vote on a potential merger between the foundation and the Wisconsin Alumni Association Thursday, according to UW Foundation Vice President for Legal Affairs Russell Howes.
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