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The final 20 minutes of UW's season showed the Badgers aren't yet back to a level where they can go deep in the NCAA tournament. And they showed the Badgers exactly what the program needs to do to get back to the days where going to the Sweet 16 was a given.
Three UW-Madison mathematics professors have been named recipients of the prestigious Simons Fellowship for their research in math and physical science.
Former UW Health Dr. Michael Thom was charged Thursday with second- and fourth-degree sexual assault for contact he had with a patient during a 2016 examination at his office. Thom resigned and gave up his medical license in 2017.
The dispute centered on whether discounts for purchases associated with federally sponsored research projects in fiscal years 2007 through 2017 were credited back to the U.S. government.
The candidates mostly agreed that people and students of color don't have the same opportunities as their white counterparts to succeed in Madison.
A bomb threat written on a bathroom wall in Edgerton High School has prompted school officials and police to search all student bags and phones as they enter school Thursday morning.
Cheatham said the upcoming School Board elections "will demonstrate the extent to which our community wants to follow through on" a commitment to a "Black Excellence" goal.
The State Building Commission took up the Democratic governor's $2.5 billion capital budget for the 2019-21 biennium Wednesday
Top coaches were again the top earners in the University of Wisconsin System.
Board members passed changes to the district's disciplinary policy in a room closed to the public due to protesters.
The Madison School District staffer, who was cleared of any criminal wrongdoing, resigned from the district last week.
The finding involving the protein p53 — for which no drugs have been developed, despite its link to many cancers — could provide a target for drug development, the scientists said.
"If they can’t work with the university to get the development talent that they need, they can no longer operate and then the entirety of the deal could fall through," a Foxhounds member said.
Foxconn representatives did not answer a list of questions related to their partnership with Wisconsin’s flagship university.
The high school's English department added more books to the ninth-grade English class and put a stronger emphasis on examining the voice of characters.
Students discovered that making a recording is a lot different than performing in a live concert during a residency with Madison singer/songwriter Ken Lonnquist.
In contrast with a lot of referendum campaigns, Sun Prairie's main argument for passage isn't an aging, overcrowded school.
The proposed school for grades 4 through 6 would be built on land already owned by the district. Improvements to two elementary schools, the middle school and the high school are also envisioned.
After spending a year studying word lists and language origins, Maya Jadhav, a fifth-grader at Fitchburg’s Eagle School, took the top spot at Saturday’s Badger State Spelling Bee.
Watch live as forty-seven students from across Wisconsin compete Saturday at 1 p.m. in the Badger State Spelling Bee at Madison Area Technical College’s Mitby Theater.
Friday's protest in Madison was part of the global "Youth Climate Strike" demanding immediate action to combat the effects of climate change.
A UW Health anesthesiologist is suing the former head of her department and the UW Board of Regents, alleging unequal pay, unequal opportunity and a hostile work environment for female doctors.
The district agreed to continue paying the teacher his regular salary and other benefits through the end of this school year.
"Other instances have involved staff repeating offensive comments made by students which included the word," the union said.
A school bus in the Middleton/Cross Plains School District crashed Friday morning, but nobody was injured in the crash.