Ruth Ozeki, the author of this year’s Go Big Read book, gave a lecture titled “How to be a Better Time Being” to 1,200 audience members at Union South Monday, as part of the Distinguished Lecture Series.
Scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have constructed a three-dimensional model of the rhinovirus C pathogen, which will help increase the likelihood drugs can be designed to effectively prevent colds, according to a news release.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Department distributed a release Monday warning students the trend of high intoxication levels continuing over Halloween weekend could someday cost a life, citing two incidents of excessive drinking on Saturday.
After Gov. Scott Walker delayed his decision on the Menominee tribe’s plan for a casino in Kenosha last week, he promised Monday to keep the public informed as he weighs the issues regarding the proposal.
Madison Police arrested a woman for burglarizing a Langdon Street home early Saturday morning and stealing several unusual items, Madison Police Department spokesperson Joel DeSpain said in a report.
Police arrested a Janesville man early Saturday morning after the suspect allegedly punched two men on the 200 block of North Henry Street for speaking Hebrew, according to a police report.
Police were called to disperse a fight that erupted outside Whiskey Jack’s Saloon early Thursday morning when a 27-year-old male suspect allegedly punched another man “for no reason,” Madison Police Department officer Howard Payne said in a report.
The state Department of Justice requested Friday that the state Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals temporarily stop proceedings in two different Dane County Circuit Court orders to ensure school districts collective bargaining agent certification elections, according to a press release from Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen.
Rob Zerban, former Kenosha County Board supervisor, announced his campaign against incumbent U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, D-Wis., in a press release Saturday.
Gov. Scott Walker delayed his decision on the Menominee tribe’s off-reservation casino proposal Friday, according to a statement from his spokesperson Tom Evenson.
As the University of Wisconsin-Madison works to develop a new framework for diversity and inclusion, the Ad Hoc Diversity Planning Committee is asking members of the campus community share input in a series of upcoming discussion sessions throughout November.
The group of city law enforcement officials and attorneys tasked with appointing a new city police chief announced Thursday it will seek applicants from both inside and outside the Madison Police Department.
Jill Lepore spoke about Jane Franklin, her relationship with her brother Benjamin Franklin, and gender equality issues during nineteenth century at a lecture for the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Humanities Without Boundaries Flagship Lecture Series Thursday.
Dario L. Ringach, a professor of neurobiology at the University of California Los Angeles, discussed the moral dilemma of animal testing as part of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Forum on Animal Research Ethics Thursday.
Police arrested a man in Illinois Thursday they believe is connected to recent campus-area crimes, according to Madison Police Department Sgt. Linda Covert.
Police announced Thursday the suspect who reported an armed robbery on North Charter Street early Tuesday morning fabricated the incident. Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, confirmed the fictitious account came from a University of Wisconsin-Madison student.
The Student Services Financial Committee approved the 2014-’15 budget for Student Leadership Programs in an unanimous decision Thursday.
The Associated Students of Madison Student Judiciary heard an appeal from a student law association after the ASM Finance Committee denied their request for funding to attend a conference.
Ruth Ozeki, author of this year’s Go Big Read Book, “A Tale for the Time Being,” will visit the University of Wisconsin-Madison Monday to meet with students and give a public lecture as part of the Distinguished Lecture Series.
University of Wisconsin-Madison finance professor Randall Wright will lead the second pilot Massive Open Online Course at the university titled “Markets with Frictions,” set to begin Oct. 30.
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