The Associated Students of Madison Student Council appointed Michael Jackson as student co-chair of the recently created Ad Hoc Diversity Plan Committee Wednesday.
City officials declared a snow emergency in Madison Wednesday that will last until at least 7 a.m. Feb. 1 and are urging residents to move vehicles off the streets.
Legislative records released Tuesday by a liberal group show the mining company promising to build a mine in northern Wisconsin had input on the controversial mining bill currently moving through the legislature.
Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine named the University of Wisconsin-Madison among the “Best Values in Public Colleges” in its February 2013 issue.
Students can rest easy knowing they will not have to pay more for season tickets to their favorite sporting events next year after University of Wisconsin-Madison Athletic Director Barry Alvarez released a letter Wednesday saying prices for football, men’s basketball and men’s hockey student season tickets will not increase for the 2013-2014 seasons.
The University of Wisconsin System awarded UW-Madison professor Douglass Henderson the Regents’ Diversity Award Wednesday for his work to improve minority students’ academic experience.
A student-led group will soon officially propose a university-sponsored end-of-the year event on May 4, the same day as the 2013 Mifflin Street Block Party.
From cramming the night before a big test to creating month-long study plans, students utilize different study tactics to succeed in classes. But a new research study released Jan. 10 found some of students’ favorite study tactics are not beneficial, and may even hinder their learning.
Committees in both houses of the state legislature are scheduled to vote Feb. 6 on the state’s controversial mining bill, which would alter some rules and regulations on iron mining in the state.
The Orpheum Theatre’s new management reports the venue is “doing great” since reopening this January, adding it aims to generate more success by tailoring entertainment toward students and by continuing to build off positive community feedback.
The state Senate approved legislation Tuesday requiring the Legislative Reference Bureau to to officially recommend signed laws for release a day after being passed instead of as long as 10 days later, a move that all but eliminates the secretary of state’s role in the legislative process.
Renowned fiction writer and sought-after creative writing instructor Lorrie Moore will leave the University of Wisconsin-Madison and accept an endowed chair at Vanderbilt University beginning fall 2013.
University of Wisconsin-Madison alumni donated $10.2 million during the university’s 2012 first annual “Share the Wonderful” giving campaign, exceeding the campaign’s target goal by $200,000.
The Associated Students of Madison Sustainability Committee held a small informal meeting Tuesday to discuss spring campaign options and outreach.
Humans often have access to blood donors in cases of emergency, and now animals have the same luxury because of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Veterinary Teaching Animal Blood Bank.
An upcoming roundtable dinner will give students and staff an opportunity to provide feedback on the mandatory ethnic studies requirement as part of a student government campaign to reform the current structure.
The Student Services Finance Committee approved budgets for the Associated Students of Madison Student Judiciary and WSUM Monday.
A fight at a downtown Madison nightclub led a patron to fire one gunshot outside the venue early Monday morning.
State Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, and other legislators received subpoenas to appear in an ongoing investigation into discriminatory redistricting of certain Wisconsin districts.
The controversial Pabst Blue Ribbon advertisements will no longer be seen on Madison Metro buses due to the company’s decision not to renew its recently expired contract.
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