Wildlife expert Jack Hanna, who has been featured on “The Late Show with David Letterman” will join supporters of the Henry Vilas Zoo in a fund-raising event Saturday for a new arctic exhibit.
A UW System official told the Board of Regents Thursday that financial aid for students is becoming increasingly important as the nation trends toward decreasing public funding to higher education, forcing institutions to hike tuition.
The names and addresses of those who signed a petition to recall Gov. Scott Walker or any of the four state senators up for recall are now online in a searchable database created Thursday.
Residents and city officials at a Mifflin neighborhood meeting Thursday discussed a proposed multi-purpose 14-story apartment building, which would include fire department facilities on the 300 block of Dayton and Johnson streets near the Overture Center.
The Student Services Finance Committee decided Thursday to review its eligibility criteria for student groups after several groups said it can be confusing.
Madison hedge fund manager and UW-Madison alumnus Eric Hovde officially entered the U.S. Senate race Thursday, joining a field that already includes three prominent Republicans.
Cheesemakers representing “America’s Dairyland” took first in 30 categories at the World Championship Cheese Contest Wednesday, bringing Wisconsin to the top of the charts.
UW-Madison Chancellor David Ward told student leaders Monday he feared the UW System could face legal repercussions if it did not enter a period of negotiation with adidas before giving the company an ultimatum to remedy alleged labor violations within 90 days.
Less than a month until the national spotlight will be focused on Wisconsin’s Republican presidential primaries, figures central to the campaign to reelect President Barack Obama visited Madison Wednesday to encourage students to begin campaign efforts of their own.
City officials approved the design of Block 100 Foundation’s proposal Wednesday allowing State Street reconstruction plans to move forward.
A $76.8 million project enhancing Camp Randall’s academic and training facilities for student athletes is closer to construction after the Urban Design Commission approved the final phases of the project.
The UW System is facing legal action after denying the National Council on Teacher Quality’s open records requests to review syllabi from courses within UW System schools of education.
Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen and the Republican Party of Wisconsin are calling into question the temporary injunction issued by Dane County Circuit Judge David Flanagan Tuesday halting Wisconsin’s voter identification law.
A special task force charged with restructuring the University of Wisconsin System met Wednesday to discuss plans to design a new human resource system within the institution.
The UW-Madison branch of a scholarship program for minority and low-income students will receive a $300,000 grant to increase its academic enrichment programs for students pursuing higher education.
UW-Madison’s Office of Sustainability will open with an event and reception on Friday, March 9 at the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery.
Following the State Senate’s rejection Tuesday of a mining bill amendment meant to address legislators’ concerns, mining company Gogebic Taconite announced it will no longer pursue its proposed $1.5 billion iron mine in northern Wisconsin.
A Dane County judge issued a temporary injunction against Wisconsin’s voter identification law Tuesday, freezing the law requiring identification in order to vote, on the grounds that the provision disproportionately affects certain groups of voters.
A man committed suicide outside of U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan’s R-Wisc office located in the Olde Towne Mall in Janesville Tuesday.
Students from throughout the UW System met at the Capitol Tuesday to lobby legislators on setting a tuition cap and increasing financial aid.
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