The School of Human Ecology and the Wisconsin School of Business opened a collaborative laboratory Tuesday to create a research and learning community at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, according to a university statement.
A Tuesday release from the Department of Public Instruction that showed Milwaukee and Racine students in the state’s school voucher program scored lower on last year’s standardized achievement test than public school students raised questions among state legislators over the necessity of private school voucher expansion.
A settlement was reached Tuesday between adidas and the union representing workers from an adidas-contracted factory that owed workers over $1.8 million after closing unexpectedly in 2011, according to Executive Director of the Worker Rights Consortium Scott Nova.
A man implying he had a gun in his pocket robbed a campus Community Pharmacy and a Shopko pharmacy of morphine and other drugs Tuesday morning, according to a police report.
City officials approved plans Monday to convert a downtown Catholic school into a student-oriented apartment complex Monday and permitted Essen Haus to build an outdoor volleyball court.
The Student Services Finance Committee voted Monday to adopt changes to its standing rules with an amendment that will limit the amount of money student organizations can request in funding.
The release of a state audit that revealed the University of Wisconsin System held a balance of over $1 billion at the end of June 2012 has prompted discussion among state legislators, system administrators and campus leaders over the role of tuition dollars and cash reserves.
Members of the Associated Students of Madison Student Judiciary heard an elections violation case against Senior Class President-elect Joseph Meeker Monday that challenged his election on the grounds campaign flyers were posted in areas not permitted under election rules.
A local entrepreneur hoping to bring a rental facility for outdoor recreational equipment and a gourmet cafe to Lake Monona’s shore in Brittingham Park received preliminary city approval Monday.
An organization of parents against special needs vouchers expressed support for a bipartisan effort to remove the vouchers from the state budget in a press release Monday.
Two state representatives announced a bill Monday that would alleged perpetrators of child sexual assault released on bail from living near the victim.
Revelry Arts and Music Festival organizers announced Monday tickets for the event will remain $5 for University of Wisconsin-Madison students, after organizers originally stated ticket prices could increase.
A University of Wisconsin-Madison professor, recently successful in planting stem cells into monkeys’ brains, has now successfully created nerve cells that could transform into brain cells and repair learning and memory in damaged laboratory mice.
The environment takes center stage on Earth Day, but for many students and Madison community members, the Earth’s changing climate is a daily priority.
University of Wisconsin-Madison professor Jack Kloppenburg has had some of his most memorable experiences abroad, but he focuses on taking that worldview and applying it locally.
A local development group is hoping to turn multiple properties it owns on and around the 500 block of State Street into a multi-purpose high rise, according to the Wisconsin State Journal.
A Democratic state senator plans to introduce legislation that would change current state voter registration procedures, including making it legal to vote after living in the state for 10 days before the election instead of the previously required 28 days.
When the human survivors on campus made their last stand against an overwhelming zombie force Friday night, they were armed with socks rather than the standard Nerf guns, as part of a compromise with university officials after a week of heightened suspicions and unease regarding weapons following the April 15 Boston Marathon bombings.
After more than a month of drafting legislation and lobbying other representatives, the Associated Students of Madison Student Council approved the creation of a new grassroots Sustainability Committee in fall 2012, a project spearheaded by current committee chair Collin Higgins.
A Madison circuit court judge denied a request by the state asking him to delay proceedings on a lawsuit challenging Gov. Scott Walker’s controversial Act 10 legislation, which all but eliminated state workers’ collective bargaining rights.
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