UW-Madison juniors Asad Asad and Nicholas Lillios were awarded $30,000 each from two scholarship programs to put toward graduate studies.
Gov. Jim Doyle and other state officials are touring the state for Wisconsin Covenant Days this week and next week.
Construction begins on the renovations planned for the School of Human Ecology building this Friday at 3:30 p.m.
The National Institutes of Health re-approved federal funding on Tuesday for five prominent stem-cell lines discovered at UW-Madison, according to a WiCell press release. James Thomson's research team uncovered the lines in 1998, including H9 cells, which are the most reliable and accounted for about 40 percent of all stem-cell research orders made before the Bush Administration banned their federal funding, according to the release.
Like most basketball fans, I've been watching plenty of the NBA playoffs the last couple weeks. We've been treated to some good games and some interesting series, but every year, especially around the first round, I begin to voice to same complaints over and over again: there are too many teams, too many games, the postseason goes too long and the way the games are called becomes frustrating. I still enjoy the playoffs, but there is so much wrong with the current system. The structure needs an overhaul, with several major changes needing to be implemented.
City officials met with residents of the Mifflin Street neighborhood Tuesday to address issues that may arise during Saturday's annual block party.
UW-Madison sophomore Matt Honig had struggled with severe depression since high school, each successive episode worsening, until finally during his freshman year of college, he decided to do something about it.
Downtown business owners spoke disapprovingly of the Alcohol License Density Ordinance during a meeting on Tuesday, addressing the 365-day rule and calling for changes to the ordinance.
A 33-year-old Madison woman was arrested Thursday night after stabbing and hitting her boyfriend in the face with scissors and dishware, according to a police report.
Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen announced his plans to run for re-election at an event in Milwaukee Monday.
Former Wisconsin Secretary of Commerce Dick Leinenkugel formally launched his Senate campaign as a Republican at an event in Janesville Monday.
The city Board of Estimates approved a resolution on the planned renovations to the Central Library Monday.
Sometimes measuring success is not that simple.
The Mifflin neighborhood meeting, scheduled for 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Madison Senior Center at 330 W. Mifflin St., will allow community members to voice concerns and have questions answered regarding this year's Mifflin Street Block Party.
Two Madison men were arrested Friday after allegedly attempting an armed robbery on State Street in which they mimicked a gun with their hands to scare their victim.
A new bill introduced in both the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate would make it easier for students to erase private student loan debt when they declare bankruptcy, if the bill is signed into law.
War protestor Cindy Sheehan and a panel of fellow antiwar and electoral reform advocates presented their ideas in a discussion Monday at Memorial Union.
A UW-Madison student and his roommate were arrested April 13 in what the Madison Police Department is calling ""one of the largest marijuana busts in recent memory,"" according to Channel 3000.
Public universities including UW-Madison could be required to provide recognition and funds for student groups that limit membership on the basis of beliefs if the U.S. Supreme Court rules in favor of a California campus Christian group.
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