A group of researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and UW-River Falls collaborated to create the world’s largest telescope, which they made using ice from the South Pole.
Elections this November saw the legalization of recreational cannabis in Colorado and Washington state, as well as numerous ballot referendums approving medical marijuana use across the country, but questions remain about where Wisconsin stands in a country increasingly more accepting of the drug.
A higher number of students from around the world, especially from China and India, have enrolled at the University of Wisconsin-Madison over the past five years, as the school continues to gain international recognition.
Occupy Madison members plan to stay at Token Creek County Park until their 90-day permit expires, after county officials relocated the group from Lake View Hill County Park Tuesday.
University of Wisconsin-Madison police are conducting an ongoing investigation from Nov. 20, when a man approached a UW-Madison student at Memorial Library and demanded her cell phone and other items in the library’s study carrels.
Major League Baseball Commissioner Allan H. “Bud” Selig will give the keynote address for Ethics Week to Wisconsin School of Business students and faculty Tuesday, focusing on ethics and professionalism in the business world.
A regional labor relations board’s decision that Palermo’s did not violate workers’ rights in firing a group of employees will likely not change student labor activists’ approach to the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s ties with the pizza company, one activist said Sunday.
UPDATED 11/26/12: Madison Police Department spokesperson Joel DeSpain confirmed the victim is a University of Wisconsin-Madison student. DeSpain also said he is recommending the firefighter for an award within the police department for his actions.
The Department of Administration projected the state will receive $1.5 billion in new revenue during the next two fiscal years Tuesday, exceeding previous projections by $171.4 million.
Ledell Zellers announced Sunday her candidacy as alder for District 2 in the city of Madison.
A 54-year-old man jumped off a West Dayton Street parking ramp Sunday afternoon and died on impact, according to the Madison Police Department.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison released a revised version of the controversial Human Resources redesign plan Monday, which focuses on changes to enhance employee job security and further commit the university to continue considering campus input as the plan is implemented.
Dan Savage, widely syndicated sex columnist and co-founder of the “It Gets Better” Project for the prevention of suicide among LGBT youth, spoke at Union South Monday night as part of the Wisconsin Union Directorate’s Distinguished Lecture Series.
The Student Services Finance Committee approved a $1.2 million version of the Associated Students of Madison internal operating budget, which now faces approval by the Student Council, at its meeting Monday.
A car hit a University of Wisconsin-Madison student while she was biking near East Campus Mall and West Johnson Street on her way to class Monday morning, leaving her hospitalized with a fractured back.
Former aide to Gov. Scott Walker Kelly M. Rindfleisch was sentenced to three months in jail and three years’ probation Monday for illegal campaigning on behalf of Walker in 2010, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
A student government committee met Monday to discuss upcoming plans for expanding entertainment options on campus for the 18+ crowd.
Speaking at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum in Simi Valley, Calif., Friday, Gov. Scott Walker indicated he has major tax and education reforms planned for Wisconsin in the second half of his four-year term, including performance-based funding for schools in the UW System.
The Exclusive Company, a music store that has occupied a storefront on the 500 block of State Street for the last 24 years, will close its doors in December.
The city of Madison closed the southbound lane of the 200 block of North Lake Street as contractors began demolition of the old Gordon Commons dining hall Monday.
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