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BARABOO - Peggy Jo Potter, age 64, of Baraboo, passed away unexpectedly, yet peacefully, in her home on Thursday, March 18, 2015.

MADISON - Stephen James Vanden Heuvel, age 61, of Madison, passed away on Tuesday, March 17, 2015, after a lengthy illness, surrounded by his family and friends. He died peacefully, though not…

MIDDLETON - Sandra Rose Phillips, age 71, passed to eternal life on Sunday, March 15, 2015, at UW Hospital Madison.

A Green Bay man was charged Friday with his ninth drunk driving offense, after he was seen early Wednesday driving erratically in Sun Prairie.

Walker also tells the State Journal that voters he's met are "excited."

The East Troy boys basketball team won’t soon forget the final minutes of its WIAA Division 3 state semifinal — and the opportunity that slipped away in a 70-69 loss to Appleton Xavier.

Principal Lisa Heipp said the school "took immediate action" when administrators heard about the activity.

Bell, from Neuqua Valley High School in Naperville, Ill., is a product of the Sports Performance Volleyball Club, which has turned out a string of UW standouts, most recently Lauren Carlini an…

A former UW-Madison student received a suspended prison sentence Friday for trying to coerce women into having sex with him by threatening to post their nude pictures and contact information o…

Private support is now a critical part of how the College of Letters & Science changes lives and ensures a longstanding legacy of excellence.

We live surrounded by networks: social networks, the wireless and cellular networks that make our magical phones possible, infrastructure networks of power lines and traffic, and of course the…

Archaeology is a discipline with one eye on the past and the other on the future. I engage students in hands-on, high-impact research experiences that take us on expeditions to the eastern fro…

Every weekend from the end of May through October in a state park in Wisconsin, you will find a UW-Madison astronomer hosting a star party, talking about the latest astronomical discovery or s…

What would you ask a Nobel Laureate?

It’s no secret that students today love technology and embrace it in their daily lives, from their ever-present smartphones to popular fitness watches. My passion as a computer scientist is to…

A new catchphrase in education is “data-driven decision making.” We suddenly have more data than we know how to use, and we believe, rightly, that decisions will be better if based on better i…

Discovery is the theme of this special section. As the heart of our great institution, the University of Wisconsin–Madison, the College of Letters & Science (L&S) fuels discovery.

Bacteria are some of the simplest, tiniest organisms on Earth. They have short life spans and are, well, small – so their individual impacts on our world are seemingly minimal.

Matter is made of particles: protons and neutrons, electrons and neutrinos. Neutrinos are the most common, but it is likely that your high school teacher never mentioned them.

Imagine that you’ve been dropped into an unfamiliar country. People are speaking all around you. But you don’t recognize the sounds or objects surrounding you. You don’t even hear words; all t…