With the November election just over a month away, Madison’s Equal Opportunities Commission met Thursday to address gender gaps in candidacies as well as voter ID implementation concerns.
A Madison man’s intrusion woke two 22-year-old women after he entered an apartment on the 200 block of North Pinckney Street early Thursday morning, according to Madison Police Department Public Information Officer Joel DeSpain.
University of Wisconsin-Madison Chemistry Professor Helen Blackwell has been studying quorum-sensing, a molecular signaling system that enables bacteria to function as communicative organisms, for more than ten years, according to a Thursday university press release.
Madison Police are currently investigating the robbery of a 33-year-old woman on the top level of the Overture Center Ramp Wednesday night.
University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers conducted a study, which revealed additional knowledge about the relationship between Down syndrome and Alzheimer’s disease, according to a university press release.
Student Services Finance Committee approved funding eligibility for the Campus Women’s Center at its meeting Thursday.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Thursday that Wisconsin produced a one percent increase in employment and a 2.9 percent increase in weekly wage rate from March 2013 to March 2014.
U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Wis., introduced the Student Loan Interest Deduction Fairness Act Thursday, which would allow married couples to access the same tax deduction for interest paid on student loans as individuals, according to a press release.
The University of Wisconsin System created a website this week devoted to answering students’ questions about the new state voting requirements.
The city’s Alcohol License Review Committee considered a request from Madhatter’s Bar to increase the bar capacity from 200 to 320 occupants and decided to prolong a house party ordinance, during a meeting Wednesday.
A somber look hangs from John Thomas’s face as he leans against a street lamp, selling copies of Street Pulse to pedestrians. I approach him, nervous he will turn down my requests for an interview as multiple people already had, but the notion delights him. A wide smile quickly chases the shadows away from his face as he divulges, with astounding honesty, the details of his past and present circumstances.
Among the 6,264 freshmen the University of Wisconsin-Madison ushered in this fall, the campus also welcomed a newcomer of a different variety in academic leader Sarah Mangelsdorf.
The Associated Students of Madison Sustainability Committee had its first meeting of the fall semester Wednesday to discuss possible campaigns for the year.
The fourth Marquette University Law School poll for the 2015 gubernatorial race finds Gov. Scott Walker and his Democratic challenger Mary Burke receiving the same level of support.
Jacob Dorsey, a 19-year-old candidate for the Wisconsin State Assembly, dropped out of the race after offensive comments surfaced on the Internet, according to a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel article.
The campaigns of two Republican leaders in the state Legislature are suing election officials over a ballot redesign for the Nov. 4 election, arguing the ballots are biased in favor of Democrats.
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals officially ruled Wednesday Wisconsin’s ban on same-sex marriage will stay in place until the U.S. Supreme Court makes a decision, according to the Associated Press.
The 2014 QS World University Rankings survey named the University of Wisconsin-Madison first in the world for media and communications studies, according to a university release.
With flu season approaching, the University of Wisconsin-Madison issued a recommendation for all students to receive the influenza vaccination Wednesday, according to a university press release.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Badger Catholics debated fundamental religious issues with the Atheists, Humanists, & Agnostics Tuesday evening at Memorial Union.
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