The Associated Students of Madison Student Council approved the creation of a special, temporary student committee to increase student participation on the drafting of a new campus diversity plan Wednesday.
Members of the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus met Wednesday to begin discussing the university’s next strategic diversity plan to improve campus climate, which must be drafted by April 1, 2013.
Interim Chancellor David Ward released a statement Wednesday stating the University of Wisconsin-Madison will review its contracts with Palermo’s Pizza following a request by a university committee to cut ties with the pizza company.
A state law enforcement union filed a lawsuit Tuesday hoping to extend recent success challenging the constitutionality of the controversial Act 10 legislation, which limited state workers’ collective bargaining rights.
Wednesday’s Associated Students of Madison Shared Governance Week of Action forum facilitated a discussion between students and campus leaders on academic issues such as advising and Educational Innovation.
The Associated Students of Madison University Affairs Committee held a meeting Wednesday to discuss campus safety and a new campaign focused on improving to cell phone reception on campus.
Developers of the Edgewater Hotel will break ground on a $98 million renovation project Thursday.
Madison police arrested four teenagers, ages 14 to 16, Tuesday afternoon for a weapons violation after an officer found the teens in a vehicle with a loaded handgun in its glove compartment.
Madison’s city Council unanimously voted to approve the $192 million 2013 Capital Budget Tuesday.
Although the city and county told Occupy Madison residents they would have to leave their encampment at a county park by Tuesday at noon, people remained at the site as of 7 p.m. Tuesday.
A Madison alderperson hosted a vigil in Madison’s Marquette neighborhood Tuesday night in memory of Paul Heenan who was shot and killed by a Madison officer Friday.
On the second night of the Associated Students of Madison’s Shared Governance Week of Action, approximately 30 students and campus community members engaged in a conversation about campus transportation Tuesday.
To prevent pedestrians from jaywalking, members of the Madison Police Department Traffic Enforcement Safety Team were positioned on the corner of Park St. and Johnson St. on Tuesday to educate pedestrians on correct procedures for crossing busy intersections.
The Associated Students of Madison Student Judiciary ruled Tuesday in favor of the Student Services Finance Committee in a dispute over allegations made by the Collegians for a Constructive Tomorrow.
As Wisconsin’s state government gears up for the start of its 2013 session, state Rep. Robin Vos, R-Rochester, was elected Assembly Speaker and state Sen. Chris Larson was chosen as Minority Leader of the state Senate Tuesday.
State Sen. Jessica King, D-Oshkosh, conceded defeat Tuesday in her re-election race against Rick Gudex, congratulating her challenger and thanking supporters.
A group of Democratic national legislators from Wisconsin sent Gov. Scott Walker a letter Tuesday urging him to pursue a state-based health insurance exchange as the Nov. 16 deadline to report a plan to implement the Affordable Care Act approaches.
Students should not be alarmed if they see large smoke clouds coming from the Lakeshore area in the next week or two as the University of Wisconsin-Madison Lakeshore Nature Preserve will receive prescribed burnings to restore and manage the prairies with weather permitting, according to a statement released by the university.
A man who was shot and killed by a Madison police officer Friday was not a burglar but a new neighborhood resident who entered the wrong house, Madison Police Chief Noble Wray confirmed at a press conference Monday.
At a last-minute press conference Monday, Mayor Paul Soglin introduced a set of substitute amendments to both the proposed 2013 operating and capital budgets, one of which would increase how much funding the city will allocate to the Overture Center for the Arts.
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