After a summer during which crime and violence occurred frequently throughout downtown Madison, city officials allotted an additional $50,000 to increase the number of police officers patrolling University Avenue on weekend nights.
The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents approved $20 million in additional funding requests for new system-wide initiatives at its August meeting, which includes a program aimed at helping non-traditional students and working adults earn an online UW degree.
UW-Madison ranked 19th among international universities for the second year in a row, according to a survey done by the Jiao Tong University in Shanghai.
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Madison police continue to investigate the attack against University of Wisconsin-Madison running back Montee Ball in addition to the fight preceding it on July 27 and will handle disciplinary action of those involved, although no arrests have been made.
Members of the University of Wisconsin-Madison community gathered in Library Mall for a candlelight vigil Wednesday to memorialize the victims of the recent Sikh temple shooting.
Madison police are investigating several suspects who may have attacked Wisconsin Badgers running back and Heisman Trophy candidate Montee Ball on University Avenue early Wednesday morning.
Madison landlords are now required to provide a voter registration form when tenants move in to their property after the Common Council passed a new ordinance Tuesday.
After years of planning, city officials approved a plan Tuesday outlining what downtown Madison will look like in the next 20 years.
Madison’s top police official said in a July 12 letter to the Wisconsin State Journal the Mifflin Street Block Party could be “eliminated” unless it is “drastically” changed.
The UW-Madison SAFEride cab program ended its services this June and will not continue next school year due to budget cuts.
Ongoing discussions between UW-Madison and adidas came to a halt Friday when the UW administration announced the university would let a court decide if adidas violated its contract with the school.
UW-Madison named its new lakeshore residence hall “Dejope Residence Hall” Tuesday after a Ho-Chunk American Indian word used to describe the Madison area for thousands of years.
Madison Police are investigating two separate incidents downtown, including one death and a severe injury.
Medical officials identified the body recovered in Lake Mendota Friday as that of a recent University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate.
Madison Police Deptartment Captain Carl Gloede expressed uncertainty over the future of the Mifflin Street Block Party at a Downtown Coordinating Committee meeting Thursday night.
A woman died after she fell from the State Street Campus Garage parking ramp Friday afternoon.
A UW-Madison delegation traveled to China Monday where it opened the UW-Madison Shanghai Innovation Office, which will function as an outpost for the university’s growing commitment to enhance educational opportunities in China.
The UW System Board of Regents approved System President Kevin Reilly’s recommended 5.5 percent system-wide tuition increase for the 2012-2013 school year in a meeting June 7.
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