University of Wisconsin-Madison officials have decided to settle allegations they overcharged the federal government for research projects for $1.5 million.

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A fraternity at the University of Wisconsin has been suspended after younger members were allegedly pressured to run errands, wear "Dora the Explorer" backpacks and carry fruit around campus.

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A jury has awarded a transgender University of Wisconsin-Madison employee and a transgender UW-Madison student $780,500 worth of damages after a federal judge ruled a state ban on insurance coverage for gender-changing surgery amounts to sexual discrimination.

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The University of Wisconsin-Madison and Foxconn Technology Group will manage their new research partnership largely behind closed doors.

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Prosecutors say a trial for a former University of Wisconsin-Madison student accused of sexual assault, stalking and kidnapping should include all of his accusers, but the defense says there should be separate trials.

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When Marsha Mansfield decided to become a lawyer, she was taking an unexpected career turn.

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A federal judge says he won’t force the University of Wisconsin-Madison to give money to a conservative student group. Collegians for a Constructive Tomorrow, or CFACT, filed a lawsuit in 2009. The group argued that the ...

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — An attorney for a conservative group is telling state lawmakers that the University of Wisconsin-Madison that the school clearly discriminates against prospective white and Asian student applicants. Roger Clegg is president and general counsel for the ...

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It was hard enough to carve out elbowroom, much less a comfort zone with the University of Wisconsin-Madison professors. There were close to 100 students in six of her nine classes.

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A federal grand jury has indicted a former University of Wisconsin-Madison student on one count of sharing child pornography computer files. According to court documents, an FBI agent in Los Angeles logged onto a file-sharing site ...

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Two animal rights groups have asked the Dane County district attorney to investigate whether University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers broke the law in their studies of aggressive behavior. UW scientists have been studying fights involving mice. But, ...

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It’s been almost 50 years since the second version of the University of Wisconsin Law School was built on Bascom Hill. While the current law school, in trying to keep up with the times, has undergone several facelifts since its ...

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court says it won’t hear an appeal of a lower court decision to grant a Catholic student group funding from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The decision by the high court effectively ends UW-Madison’s ...

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