The City of Madison began an online competition between businesses and nonprofits Monday to increase environmental sustainability initiatives, in an effort to win a monetary prize.
After spending decades helping many UW-Madison students pay for a college education, director of the Office of Financial Aid Susan Fischer will retire this week, ending a career that started by chance in 1979. Fischer earned a degree in natural resources and soils without financial aid.
A Madison legislator announced multiple bills Tuesday to crack down on hunting in state parks, drawing the ire of at least one Republican who called the proposal unnecessary.
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., joined three other members of Congress Tuesday in a letter questioning the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ policies regarding the sale of fetal tissue.
UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank launched the first issue of a new e-newsletter Tuesday that focuses on the university’s research projects that have a positive impact on Wisconsin communities, according to Blank’s blog, Blank’s Slate.
Two of three judges running for the Wisconsin state Supreme Court signaled Tuesday that they will not seek an interim appointment from Gov. Scott Walker to finish out Justice N. Patrick Crooks’ term following his sudden passing earlier this month.
UW-Madison undergraduate student and UW Board of Regents member Nicolas Harsy provided the Associated Students of Madison Legislative Affairs Committee with an opportunity Monday to learn more about how student voices can be heard.
The well-known coffee shop Steep & Brew closed its flagship State Street location Tuesday after more than 30 years of business in downtown Madison.
Dane County Executive Joe Parisi released an expansion plan Monday to provide additional mental health services for youth in all Madison elementary and middle schools.
Recent UW-Madison graduate Hayley Young launched a campaign Tuesday for the campus-area District 5 seat on the Dane County Board of Supervisors.
On the one-year anniversary of a nearly fatal accident that left a UW-Madison student paralyzed, 30 students and alumni teamed up to run the Chicago Half Marathon Sunday, raising more than $25,000.
A religious exemption passed Monday on a new law requiring all Wisconsin households to be built with carbon monoxide detectors, smoke detectors and certain plumbing requirements.
As Gov. Scott Walker returns to Wisconsin following his failed presidential run, speculation has ramped up that he could hit the campaign trail again, this time as a potential vice presidential candidate.
With the sudden death of Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice N. Patrick Crooks last week, Gov. Scott Walker is seeking applicants for appointment to the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
Hours before Saturday’s football game began, a packed crowd at Memorial Union’s Shannon Hall was already fired up, as Sen.
“Give me something good and I won’t mess that up,” declares Drew Baker, not only the proud co-owner of Taco Bros. restaurant, established this April on the 600 block of University Avenue, but also the co-owner of Love Rock Farm, a Community Supported Agriculture farm in New Glarus, Wis.
Madison police recently received a report of an attempted sexual assault on the Capital City State Trail from last April, near the same location of an attempted homicide earlier this month.
Sounds of explosions reverberate through chemistry classrooms as UW-Madison instructional specialist Jim Maynard breaks the monotony of the traditional approach to teaching by doing live demonstrations of scientific experiments. Maynard develops and facilitates interactive activities for students to receive the most beneficial education experience.
As Madison’s Common Council prepares to vote on a proposal that would kickstart the development of Judge Doyle Square, alders raised several questions at a discussion Thursday that weigh heavily on the upcoming vote.
UW-Madison sociology professor Jane Collins took a new look at the 2011 Wisconsin protests when she kicked off the gender and women’s studies department Distinguished Faculty Lecture Series Thursday, presenting her findings on gender and racial inequality within the public sector.
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