Cruz, Sanders lead as Wisconsin primary looms
By Yifan Yu | Mar. 30, 2016Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders lead Wisconsin presidential primaries in a new Marquette Law School Poll released Wednesday.
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders lead Wisconsin presidential primaries in a new Marquette Law School Poll released Wednesday.
Photographer Sally Mann shared chapters from her award-winning memoir during her Distinguished Lecture Series talk Tuesday at Memorial Union. The novel, “Hold Still: A Memoir with Photographs,” received the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction in 2016.
The third congressional election for University Staff began Tuesday, according to a UW-Madison news release.
The Associated Students of Madison University Affairs Committee met Tuesday to discuss the possibility of UW-Madison adopting the learning management system Canvas as an alternative to the university's current systems, Desire2Learn and Moodle.
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton followed her Monday, Supreme Court-focused speech by shopping on State Street with Ald.
JANESVILLE, Wis.-- Donald Trump supporters and protesters sparred prior to a Janesville rally where the divisive presidential candidate criticized Wisconsin Gov.
Gov. Scott Walker formally endorsed Texas Sen. Ted Cruz as the Republican presidential nominee Tuesday, a week before the critical Wisconsin primary April 5.
Dane County Executive Joe Parisi announced Tuesday a $2.25 million fund to address affordable housing is open to community members for application. The funding was established in The Affordable Housing Development fund, which allocates $2 million each year for four years to help the county combat unaffordable housing.
The UW-Madison cybersecurity staff is attempting to reconfigure printers and related equipment after hate flyers were printed on campus computers last week as a part of a cyber assault that also targeted other colleges across the nation, according to a university release.
Trent Jackson has stayed constantly involved with the UW-Madison community since he first arrived on campus in the fall of 1985.
The Madison Police Department is encouraging city residents to be on the lookout for home improvement scams in its online “safety tip of the week.”
The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation selected Erik Iverson, a nationally recognized leader in advancing scientific research and managing intellectual property, as the new managing director of the organization. WARF is a private, nonprofit group that encourages research at UW-Madison by providing patents on new discoveries and licensing them for commercial use, according to its website.
Two UW-Madison professors are helping analyze data on American science and health literacy with the National Academy of Sciences panel for a report to be released in 2017. Dominique Brossard, a life sciences communication professor, and Noah Feinstein, a School of Education professor, serve as two of 12 members on the committee.
The Associated Students of Madison Legislative Affairs Committee hosted a debate Monday between Angelito Tenorio and Hayley Young, candidates for the Dane County Board of Supervisors District 5 position.
Ohio Gov. John Kasich spoke to a crowd of more than a hundred supporters Monday during a town hall meeting at the Madison Sheraton Hotel.
Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton visited Madison Monday to discuss the importance of factoring in the Supreme Court nomination crisis into voters’ decisions for the next president of the United States.
Dane County Executive Joe Parisi announced continued improvements March 24 at the Alliant Energy Center Campus beginning in April.
Two men were arrested after fighting on the 500 block of State Street Saturday afternoon, according to a Madison Police Department incident report.
The UW-Madison Center for the Study of Upper Midwestern Cultures and the Mills Music Library received a $230,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, according to a university press release, which will be used to digitize a historic collection of music and sound recordings. The recordings provide an auditory history of Wisconsin and the Upper Midwest, and the cultural traditions captured on them are currently only available on discs and cassettes that are deteriorating or obsolete, according to the release. Jeanette Casey, head of the Mills Music Library, said she is grateful that the grant will provide greater access to the recordings. “We’re thrilled the NEH recognized the importance of this fabulous and historic collection,” Casey said in the release.
While presidential candidates for both parties square off ahead of Wisconsin’s April 5 primary, there is another race students should know about as well. Rebecca Bradley and JoAnne Kloppenburg are vying for an open seat on the State Supreme Court and its corresponding 10-year term.