In addition to hunting down overwhelming loads of required textbooks and materials, students face the challenge of locating all their classes with the start of each semester. This semester, more than 100 UW-Madison students are utilizing the recently launched iPhone app Campus Maps to make finding spring classes fast and easy.
The American Academy of Political and Social Science awarded UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank with the Daniel Patrick Moynihan Prize, according to a Wednesday UW-Madison release.
Gov. Scott Walker will lead a trade mission to London in early February in an attempt to attract foreign investment to the state, according to a press release.
The number of Wisconsin public employees compared to the state population is lower than ever, according to a report published by the Wisconsin Budget Project, an independent Madison-based research group.
Days after The Wisconsin State Journal reported Gov. Scott Walker was considering autonomy measures for the UW System, neither state Republicans nor System officials have confirmed or denied whether that includes splitting UW-Madison from the rest of the System.
After lengthy discussion, Madison Common Council members fell short in their attempt to override Mayor Paul Soglin’s decision that blocked billboard ordinance changes.
Hundreds of students packed College Library in December chanting “hands up, don’t shoot” in response to racial discrimination in Madison. Tuesday, members of the UW-Madison community filled Varsity Hall in Union South to engage in a campus-wide dialogue on diversity and inclusion.
First responders successfully resuscitated an unconscious man last Saturday after finding him locked in a Starbucks bathroom, located on the 600 block of State Street.A Madison Police Department officer found and administered initial CCR measures to the 47-year-old Verona man, rendered unconscious by a drug overdose, according to Public Information Officer Joel DeSpain in a MPD incident report.The Madison Fire Department then arrived at the scene to continue resuscitation efforts, as the man was not breathing and had no pulse. Following his transport to a local hospital, the man’s heart started beating again, DeSpain wrote in the report.“In this case, the [man who overdosed] was found with a syringe, but first responders couldn’t immediately tell what drug,” DeSpain said.The man also had drug paraphernalia in his possession, according to the report.“We’re responding to this epidemic across the city,” DeSpain said. “But unfortunately, people are dying.”
In his State of the Union address Tuesday night, President Barack Obama highlighted many of his administration’s accomplishments, both economic and otherwise, but did not shy away from calling on Congress to keep the nation moving in the right direction.
The state Senate passed a constitutional amendment Tuesday that could alter the selection process for chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
The UW-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine raised $1.3 million in grants, gifts and pledges to help fund a Shelter Medicine Program, according to a university press release.
Researchers at UW-Madison and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology recently developed a collaborative project to develop new ways of integrating robots into human workforces, according to a university press release.
The University of Wisconsin System Administration named Wisconsin native Alex Hummel as the new Associate Vice President for Communications Jan. 8.
Wisconsin commemorated Martin Luther King Jr. Day with its 35th annual ceremony at the state Capitol building Monday. The celebration continued later in the day with a different event at the Overture Center.
With college tuition and the need for a college degree both soaring, President Obama announced a free community college tuition plan Jan. 9.
While students were at home for winter break, Gov. Scott Walker and the rest of the Republican party got to work on their agenda for the new legislative term. Here is a bit of what Wisconsin can expect from its newly inaugurated Legislature:
As national and state legislators elected in November begin to take office, the election campaign is heating up for Madison mayoral hopefuls.
While most of his classmates are preparing for a looming graduation date, UW-Madison senior Zach Wood is running unopposed for Madison’s District 8 aldermanic position.
In response to concerns raised by students, staff and faculty, Chancellor Rebecca Blank and members of the UW-Madison administration have invited the university community to an open discussion Tuesday centered on improving diversity and equity on campus.
Ald. Scott Resnick, District 8, announced his canidacy for April's Madison mayoral election in a Thursday speech that jumped from social justice to 2 a.m. phone calls.
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