University of Wisconsin-Madison chemistry professor Bassam Shakhashiri is among five recipients honored with the 2013 Friends of Education Award, according to a university press release.
The U.S. House of Representatives voted just past midnight Sunday to amend a bill that would postpone a federal government shutdown with a one-year delay of the Affordable Care Act and a repeal of a taxation to pay for it.
Madison police arrested a 37-year-old man for sexually assaulting a college student after selling her ecstasy on State Street earlier in September, according to a police report.
There was a moment early in Madison Police Chief Noble Wray’s tenure when he was sure his short-lived career had come to a screeching halt.
Read the full transcript of an interview with retiring Madison Police Department Chief Noble Wray. View the story here.
Ira Flatow, host of National Public Radio’s “Science Friday,” described how science has become “sexy” in America as part of the Distinguished Lecture Series at the Wisconsin Science Festival.
New safety procedures are being put into place after a UW Physical Plant employee died last spring while working at the Art Lofts, according to a University of Wisconsin-Madison news release.
Former University of Wisconsin-Madison student and Daily Cardinal Editor-in-Chief Jacob “Jack” Zeldes died peacefully Sept. 18 after a long battle with health issues.
A new Republican proposal in the state Legislature would make it more difficult for residents in school districts to file complaints against Wisconsin schools that use Native American mascots.
An Associated Students of Madison financial committee unanimously denied InterVarsity Christian Fellowship funding from the General Student Services Fund at a meeting Thursday.
The most recent private sector job growth statistics released Thursday showed Wisconsin dropped one place to 34th in the country in private sector job growth, and drew mixed responses from Gov. Scott Walker and state legislators.
Ruth Ozeki shared her challenges and inspiration behind the 2013 Go Big Read book, “A Tale for the Time Being” with The Daily Cardinal Tuesday.
Several statewide leadership and law-enforcement agencies are putting the rapid proliferation of heroin abuse in Wisconsin at the forefront of concern and teaming up with local organizations to educate people about preventing and treating the alarming problem.
The Associated Students of Madison Student Council approved a college affordability campaign Wednesday, which will aim to evaluate different factors that contribute to students’ college expenses.
Local alcohol and law enforcement officials informed bar owners and employees about how to better protect their patrons and staff at the biannual Tavern Safety Training Wednesday, which focused on fire safety and the effectiveness of the Central Community Policing Team.
Dean of Students Lori Berquam, the University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Department and the Madison Police Department held a tweet chat Wednesday as the first in three upcoming events designed to share information and seek community input on campus safety following a recent increase in crime near campus.
Four houses in the same campus-area residential block were burglarized early Sunday morning, according to a Madison Police Department report.
The Wisconsin Science Festival starts Thursday and will continue until Sunday on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, generating a local Wisconsin feel as participants can attend sessions teaching the science behind making bratwurst and beer.
Gov. Scott Walker released workforce development initiatives and goals Wednesday for the fall legislative session committing $8.5 million for vocational job training programs.
Leaders of both state legislative houses announced Wednesday they would create special committees on Common Core standards to weigh the future education principles used in state districts.
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