Recent study shows how to help birds, landowners
By Peter Coutu | Feb. 13, 2016A recent study from UW-Madison has proven that converting farmland to areas for grassland biofuel crops could be beneficial for landowners and Wisconsin birds.
A recent study from UW-Madison has proven that converting farmland to areas for grassland biofuel crops could be beneficial for landowners and Wisconsin birds.
The historically Black Greek Letter Organizations at UW-Madison seek to initiate change on campus through activism and volunteering efforts.
After months of campaigning, two votes and the quiet elimination of Martin O’Malley, the Democratic primary has finally boiled down to Sen. Bernie Sanders’ idealism against former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s moderated liberalism. They collided at UW-Milwaukee Thursday in the sixth Democratic debate.
UW-Madison researchers published a journal Feb. 11 detailing how they genetically reprogrammed the most common type of cells in mammalian connective tissue into master heart cells.
The Associated Students of Madison Student Services Finance Committee voted 5-4 with one abstention Thursday to approve the addition of the referendum question, “Do you support the use of ASM resources to grow certain grassroots statewide student movements approved by UW-Madison students?” to the ASM 2016 spring election ballot.
Local agencies announced Thursday they are reintroducing the Capital Area OWI Task Force annual program to reduce impaired driving.
It was a heavyweight fight that would make Don King giddy. The mainstream favorite, Hillary Clinton, leading nationally, took on upstart challenger Vermont Sen/ Bernie Sanders, who beat Clinton single-handedly in the New Hampshire primary two days ago.
Nancy G. Prince, 53, assaulted two women inside a laundromat Tuesday night, according to a Madison Police Department incident report. The two women were assaulted 50 minutes apart at 1817 S. Park St. around 8 p.m.
The Associated Students of Madison Coordinating Council met Wednesday to discuss the group’s upcoming plans for the semester.
A Republican effort to ban legislators from concurrently holding office as county executive is moving quickly through the state Legislature, as both houses held a public hearing on the bill Wednesday. The legislation is a response to Winnebago County Executive Mark Harris running for the seat of state Sen.
A bill proposed by state Rep. John Nygren, R-Marinette, would subject Wisconsin’s high school athletic association to state open records laws received a public hearing Wednesday.
Madison Mayor Paul Soglin criticized the state legislature for its preemption of local governments’ authority during a press conference Wednesday morning. Soglin specifically outlined ride-sharing, firearms and online rentals.
A group of UW-Madison engineers has discovered how to turn on and off specific genes within bacteria, according to a university press release.
The City of Madison announced Wednesday it has joined an initiative titled Cities Connect Children to Nature that aims to increase kids’ equal access to nature to develop important skills and better their lives.
The UW-Extension Cooperative Extension division announced a new organizational structure Wednesday to address $3.6 million in budget cuts.
UW-Madison researchers will begin launching experiments to study the Zika virus, according to a university news release.
Just minutes after Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders were declared the decisive winners of the New Hampshire primaries, tucked inside Chamberlin Hall, Gov.
UW-Madison Director of Community Relations Rev. Everett Mitchell held a talk with community members at the Unitarian Society of Madison Monday evening to discuss a variety of social justice issues, including racial profiling, mass incarceration and poverty.
Seventeen campus religious groups and the Multicultural Student Center presented a diverse panel of speakers Tuesday to discuss the different aspects of faith and race on the UW-Madison campus.
About 60 students met Tuesday at an event organized by Badgers for Bernie to show that they “feel the Bern” for U.S.