With 2012 graduation under two months away, UW-Madison administrators hope to build on last year’s university record four-year graduation rate of 55.5 percent.
Jack Dengel, a senior from Illinois majoring in Clinical Laboratory Sciences, will be graduating in May after four years of undergraduate study. Since his major will be discontinued in the fall, he had to graduate on time and dedicate most of his coursework to his specialized major. He also pressured himself to graduate in four years to save his parents money and join the work force sooner.
nternational students, who pay the same tuition as those coming from other states are the slowest to graduate.
The Student Activity Center’s Caucus Room stood divided as the newly elected student government representatives were announced Wednesday, with just under half of the winners coming from the “Boop” campaign.
State officials decided Tuesday to investigate whether 11 additional doctors from UW-affiliated hospitals wrote fraudulent sick notes for protesters during last year’s collective bargaining demonstrations.
For the first time, the UW-Madison School of Business was ranked within the top 25 business schools in the country by Bloomberg Businessweek, a magazine that has been ranking top undergraduate business schools each year since 2006.
A new alcohol policy has led to a decrease in police dispatches for alcohol-related incidents downtown, according to a yearly review conducted by city officials.
A city design commission granted final approval Wednesday for a proposed five-story apartment building, although a university planning official said it conflicts with future campus expansion plans.
The spokesman for outgoing Assembly Speaker Jeff Fitzgerald, R-Horicon, announced Wednesday he plans to run for an open Assembly seat in the next election.
The Memorial Union Theatre was abuzz Wednesday night as world-renowned poet Nikki Giovanni spoke about her experiences as a writer, educator and lifelong activist.
Few students complain about the warmer than average mid-March temperatures outside, but the temperatures inside UW-Madison buildings are a different story.
The only potential sponsor for the Mifflin Street Block Party retracted its application to sponsor the event Tuesday, leaving Madison to plan the event on its own.
UW-Madison Chancellor David Ward overruled several of the Student Services Finance Committee’s rulings from this fiscal year Tuesday in a memo sent to committee Chair Sarah Neibart.
Despite her popularity with organized labor, UW-Madison’s teaching assistant’s union decided not to endorse former Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk Tuesday, at least for the time being.
City officials passed a motion Tuesday supporting the continued discussion of incorporating a potential new fire station and administration facilities in a proposed building near the Overture Center.
A Dane County judge declined Tuesday to overturn his ruling that suspended the state’s law requiring a photo ID to vote ahead of the April 3 election.
A former aide to Gov. Scott Walker pleaded not guilty to four felony charges of doing campaign work on government time Tuesday.
City planning officials presented $200 million redevelopment plans for a block of city-owned property near the Capitol Tuesday, which they say would stimulate the economy and improve the block’s bike lanes and sidewalks.
A passenger allegedly robbed a taxi driver and stabbed her in the arm and ear early Tuesday morning on South Park Street.
A city official for the campus area gave his official support to the Dane County Board of Supervisors candidate UW-Madison junior John Magnino Monday.
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