Lauren Redniss, author of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s 2012 Go Big Read selection “Radioactive,” visited Union South Thursday to speak to a crowd of several hundred about her book as well as her past writing and artistic projects.
The Associated Students of Madison Diversity Committee met Monday to discuss its campus-wide “Preferred Name Policy” campaign, which could enable students and faculty to modify their first name in the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s information systems.
County and city officials jointly held a forum Monday to hear University of Wisconsin-Madison students’ input and to answer questions about the 2013 city and county budgets.
In the midst of a contentious election season, United States Student Association President Tiffany Loftin spoke with a student government committee Monday about the importance of student involvement in the upcoming election.
A team of University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers will travel to the land of ancient heroes such as Achilles and Odysseus when a new project to continue excavation efforts on the historic city of Troy, located in modern-day Turkey, begins.
A State Street bar closed early for the night because of a fight occurring between three people Sunday, resulting in one arrest and two citations.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison released the names of three finalists for assistant dean in the Division of Student Life and director of the Center for the First-Year Experience.
The Student Services Finance Committee held its first budget hearings to determine funding levels for eligible student organizations Monday, beginning with presentations from Badger Catholic and Movimiento Estudiantil Chican@ de Aztlán de UW-Madison.
University of Wisconsin-Madison faculty, staff and students gathered Friday in Union South for the 2012 Diversity Forum to begin preliminary discussions of a new strategic diversity plan for the university.
A panel of scholars from across the country met Friday to discuss ways to educate the public about the Aug. 5 Oak Creek Sikh temple shooting by connecting it to greater issues involving racism and violence.
City officials and Madison police officers attended a different type of bar crawl Friday night, touring several downtown liquor establishments in order to have first-hand knowledge of local bars when granting alcohol licenses in the upcoming months.
As the University of Wisconsin-Madison continues the process of redesigning its human resources system, one breakout session at Friday’s Diversity Forum sparked criticism over the new plan and current employee conditions at the university.
A former University of Wisconsin-Madison veterinarian who resigned due to frustration with how the university handled his concerns about maltreatment of research animals has become another voice siding with an animal rights group that recently made similar allegations.
Vice President Joe Biden visited the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Friday one day after he faced off against his Republican opponent Paul Ryan Thursday in the only vice presidential debate of the 2012 election.
The Associated Students of Madison student government will hold its fall freshman elections this week from Oct. 15-17.
The Dane County Sheriff’s Office declared Saturday that an inmate was missing after he cut off his monitoring device and ran away from a rehab facility where he was residing.
This year's Columbus Day was met with the expected e-card Facebook postings and furloughs around Madison. But for many American Indians at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and around Wisconsin, the state’s recognition of Columbus Day is a symbol of the competing narratives surrounding America’s foundation.
In Kentucky to debate Vice President Joe Biden Thursday, vice presidential hopeful and U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., finds himself in the unique position this fall of convincing voters he is the right man for two jobs, even if he can’t have both of them.
After People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals protested on campus and filed allegations of animal cruelty during research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the United States Department of Agriculture cleared the university of all charges Oct. 5.
While the affirmative action case facing the U.S. Supreme Court only concerns the University of Texas directly, indirect effects of the ruling on university admissions could change policies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, depending on the court’s decision.
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