The plan is the latest example of state schools’ cost-cutting as they grapple with budget deficits stemming from a decline in student enrollment, cuts in state money and frozen tuition rates for in-state undergraduate students.

The Badgers wide receiver's claims that he was denied due process and discriminated against because he is African-American during an investigation of the sexual assault charges by the university “are a red herring made to distract attention from the facts in this case,” attorney Lester Pines said.

"There's not much leverage in student governance, one of the resolution's co-authors said. But the possibility of it's passage led to compromises with the university, he said. 

The project is one of 20 on the UW System's capital projects list, which tops $1 billion for the first time in the System’s history.

The 18- to 25-year old demographic perennially turns out to vote at a lower rate than every other age group, especially in midterm elections. Will the 2018 election be any different? 

It's only fitting that Wisconsin's flagship university is at the forefront a major beer breakthrough.

The off-campus alerts will notify students of emergencies east of the university, while parents can now receive the on-campus WiscAlert notifications.

Edgewood College's grant, the first of its kind in Wisconsin, caps certain incoming students' annual out-of-pocket tuition cost at $11,400, about $1,000 more than UW-Madison's tuition.

Researchers at UW-Madison have helped develop a new system that could make it easier to capture clean energy from the sun and deliver electricity in remote areas.