With the Minnesota Vikings' heartbreaking overtime loss to New Orleans last Sunday came the end of the season for running back Adrian Peterson. And it was a strange year for Peterson. In 2008, he turned in a phenomenal campaign, rushing for a league-best 1,760 yards, averaging 4.8 yards per carry and running for at least 100 yards 10 times.
On January 20, 2009, Barack Obama became the first African-American president of the United States. His election was an historic first, and to many observers, marked a significant moment in American politics and society in regards to race.
The Waisman Clinical Biomanufacturing Facility at UW-Madison received an $8.8 million contract award from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. The grant will help fund innovative stem-cell production technology in laboratories and clinical trials.
Gov. Jim Doyle is set to deliver his final State of the State Address Tuesday at 7 p.m.
In light of a recent armed robbery of a UW-Madison student on North Mills Street, UW-Madison spokesperson John Lucas released a statement Monday urging students to focus on personal safety.
The University Academic Planning Council approved the opening of a new UW-Madison institute for evolutionary studies last week.
A UW-Madison student was robbed at gunpoint on the bike path Saturday evening, according to a Madison Police Department incident report.
President Obama is under pressure to defend his policies of the last year and reassure his supporters that he will follow through on campaign promises in his State of the Union Address Wednesday.
State Sen. Ted Kanavas, R-Brookfield, will not seek re-election for a third full term in the Senate, he announced Monday.
Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker spoke at the Capitol about economic issues just hours before Gov. Jim Doyle's State of the State address Tuesday.
A 23-year-old woman from Rockford, Ill. was robbed in the early hours of Jan. 24 while visiting Madison over the weekend, according to a Madison Police Department incident report.
The Joint Southeast Campus Area Committee met Monday evening to discuss the significant redevelopment plans underway at Gordon Commons.
A proposal for a high-rise apartment complex on Mendota Court moved one step closer to completion Monday night when the city's Plan Commission granted approval to the new development.
Wisconsin Supreme Court justices are now allowed to hear cases involving their campaign contributors after the Court approved new rules on a 4-3 vote Thursday.
The Madison Initiative Student Oversight Board ranked the second round of proposals for the Madison Initiative for Undergraduates funding Saturday and Sunday.
On the 37th anniversary of the historic Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision, Madison community members gathered to celebrate the grand opening of Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin's new health center located at 2222 S. Park St.
A quality rating system for child-care providers who receive funding from the Wisconsin Shares program aims to rank child-care quality under a new plan Gov. Jim Doyle announced Friday.
An academic staff committee released a report Wednesday stating their belief that the proposed restructuring of the graduate school is unnecessary.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture cleared UW-Madison's Research Animal Resources Center as compliant with animal welfare standards according to a report released last week.
The future of the Associated Students of Madison bus pass program was the subject of discussions at the Downtown Coordinating Committee's first meeting of the year Thursday. Committee members also discussed new electronic parking meters and the possible introduction of longer, articulated buses.
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