University officials have begun work on a new diversity plan they hope to finish by the end of the Spring 2013 semester.
After the city of Madison issued an eviction notice for Occupy Madison members to vacate a site on East Washington Avenue Wednesday, the group set up camp at a county park Saturday.
As renting season nears for students on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, the Associated Students of Madison and the university’s Campus Area Housing program are collaborating to host the 2012 Student Housing Fair Monday from 3 p.m. until 6:30 p.m. in Union South’s Varsity Hall.
Over the next week the Associated Students of Madison student government will host four public forums to solicit student input on campus issues.
A county court charged a former University of Wisconsin-Madison plant researcher Friday with two felonies for allegedly growing marijuana in a university lab.
University of Wisconsin-Madison Political Science Professor Scott Straus created and coordinated a workshop in October to help agencies within the U.S. government better understand the causes of genocide and ways to suppress it.
Local music artists expressed concern with Mayor Paul Soglin’s plan to implement a free city-wide music festival in 2013 at a town hall meeting Thursday.
The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents discussed Thursday the national and state higher education climate in relation to economic development—a topic that Board of Regents President Brent Smith said will be brought up in many upcoming board meetings.
Construction on the renovation of the 100 block of State Street began Thursday and is expected to be completed in the the spring of 2014, according to the Block 100 Foundation.
Following President Barack Obama’s re-election Tuesday night, Gov. Scott Walker now faces a political challenge he has avoided addressing: implementing the Affordable Care Act in Wisconsin.
Republicans will control the Wisconsin state Senate in its next session after Tuesday night’s elections, but proposed recounts by state Democrats may cut into their overall advantage.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Department conducted a second night of its “Be Bright” bike light campaign Thursday.
The Student Services Finance Committee approved 2013-’14 funding for the campus group Atheists, Humanists and Agnostics Thursday after making significant adjustments to its budget proposal.
Despite concerns young voters would not turn out in big numbers to re-elect Barack Obama as president Tuesday, early statistics suggest the youth voter turnout nationally mirrors the huge numbers from 2008. However, the numbers this time around suggest Obama received a significantly lower proportion of these votes.
Beginning Monday, students using their unlimited-rides bus pass will have to show their WisCards to bus drivers when boarding Metro Transit vehicles that require the swipe of a pass to board.
City officials gave initial approval for one proposed downtown building and postponed further discussion of two other building proposals at an Urban Design Commission meeting Wednesday night.
The Associated Students of Madison Student Council approved Wednesday the creation of a new grassroots committee to involve students in campus sustainability efforts.
The city of Madison issued an eviction notice to members of “Occupy Madison” living on the 800 block of East Washington Avenue Wednesday, ordering all persons to vacate the site by Nov. 9.
City officials will present recently signed amendments to Mayor Paul Soglin’s proposed 2013 city budget as a single package, meaning all amendments included in the bundle must be either approved or rejected as a whole when the Madison Common Council votes on the budgets next week.
Just one day after the Republicans retook control of the statehouse Tuesday night, state Senate Majority Leader Mark Miller, D-Monona, said he will step down as the Democratic leader at the end of the legislative session.
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