As China gains prominence on the world stage, the university strengthens its connections.
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Tracking The Ties That Bind
September 1, 2011 — 5 comments
Fred Gardaphé ’76 knew that if he didn’t get out of the Mafia-dominated neighborhood where he grew up, he could wind up dead. UW–Madison provided a way out.
The Eye of the Storm
June 1, 2011 — 9 comments · 1 reader letter
Lynsey Addario’s recent capture by Libyan forces was just the latest in a series of perils for this frontline photojournalist. But she’s never let danger stop her from bringing her unique perspective to coverage of conflict and humanitarian issues.
A Conversation with The Commish
February 28, 2011 — 11 comments · 2 reader letters
Bud Selig looks back on his career, and ahead to a return to Madison, considering it all through “the retrospect of history.”
Head-On Collision
November 2, 2010 — 2 comments
With every brain she dissects, neuropathologist Ann McKee ’75 discovers more about chronic traumatic encephalopathy, the disease that results from repeated brain injuries. Her studies are changing how sports — especially football — are played.
How to Stage a Lynching
August 24, 2010 — 5 comments
As a graduate student, theater professor Patrick Sims became engrossed in the story of lynching survivor James Cameron. For a decade, he’s been working to create a one-man play that preserves Cameron’s place in history.
A Voice in the Wilderness
May 14, 2010 — 14 comments · 1 reader letter
Before Jane Goodall and Dian Fossey, there was George Schaller MS’57, PhD’62, whose crusade to protect the world’s most beautiful and endangered animals has taken him to the globe’s most remote regions.
Words, Wit, & Wild Hearts
February 20, 2010 — 3 comments · 2 reader letters
It’s a writer-to-writer conversation when Mitchard sits down for a chat with Lorrie Moore, acclaimed fiction author and UW faculty member.
The Wayfinders
November 16, 2009 — 2 comments
After the initial shock of hearing a grave health prognosis comes the confusion. But thanks to a unique UW program, patients can count on help to weigh the options and chart their own paths.
For all the right seasons
September 9, 2009 — 1 comment · 1 reader letter
During its seventy-five years and the changing of the seasons, the UW Arboretum has told stories to those who will listen and learn. Even as visitors escape the demands of city life to enjoy its beauty and tranquillity, it has taught researchers just how much human forces shape the land.
The World at Their Feet
June 3, 2009 — 1 comment · 1 reader letter
Today’s students know that by graduation, their portfolios of knowledge and skills need to include global competence. But the UW, along with its peers, is grappling to define what that means, exactly, and why in the world it matters.
Truth, Death, and Taxidermy
March 1, 2009
Errol Morris’s documentaries are known for being quirky — and brilliant. In the words of film critic Roger Ebert, “After twenty years of reviewing films, I haven’t found another filmmaker who intrigues me more … Errol Morris is like a magician, and as great a filmmaker as Hitchcock or Fellini.”
Tracking The Ties That Bind
September 1, 2011 — 5 comments
Fred Gardaphé ’76 knew that if he didn’t get out of the Mafia-dominated neighborhood where he grew up, he could wind up dead. UW–Madison provided a way out.
The Eye of the Storm
June 1, 2011 — 9 comments · 1 reader letter
Lynsey Addario’s recent capture by Libyan forces was just the latest in a series of perils for this frontline photojournalist. But she’s never let danger stop her from bringing her unique perspective to coverage of conflict and humanitarian issues.
A Conversation with The Commish
February 28, 2011 — 11 comments · 2 reader letters
Bud Selig looks back on his career, and ahead to a return to Madison, considering it all through “the retrospect of history.”
Head-On Collision
November 2, 2010 — 2 comments
With every brain she dissects, neuropathologist Ann McKee ’75 discovers more about chronic traumatic encephalopathy, the disease that results from repeated brain injuries. Her studies are changing how sports — especially football — are played.
How to Stage a Lynching
August 24, 2010 — 5 comments
As a graduate student, theater professor Patrick Sims became engrossed in the story of lynching survivor James Cameron. For a decade, he’s been working to create a one-man play that preserves Cameron’s place in history.
A Voice in the Wilderness
May 14, 2010 — 14 comments · 1 reader letter
Before Jane Goodall and Dian Fossey, there was George Schaller MS’57, PhD’62, whose crusade to protect the world’s most beautiful and endangered animals has taken him to the globe’s most remote regions.
Words, Wit, & Wild Hearts
February 20, 2010 — 3 comments · 2 reader letters
It’s a writer-to-writer conversation when Mitchard sits down for a chat with Lorrie Moore, acclaimed fiction author and UW faculty member.
The Wayfinders
November 16, 2009 — 2 comments
After the initial shock of hearing a grave health prognosis comes the confusion. But thanks to a unique UW program, patients can count on help to weigh the options and chart their own paths.
For all the right seasons
September 9, 2009 — 1 comment · 1 reader letter
During its seventy-five years and the changing of the seasons, the UW Arboretum has told stories to those who will listen and learn. Even as visitors escape the demands of city life to enjoy its beauty and tranquillity, it has taught researchers just how much human forces shape the land.
The World at Their Feet
June 3, 2009 — 1 comment · 1 reader letter
Today’s students know that by graduation, their portfolios of knowledge and skills need to include global competence. But the UW, along with its peers, is grappling to define what that means, exactly, and why in the world it matters.
Truth, Death, and Taxidermy
March 1, 2009
Errol Morris’s documentaries are known for being quirky — and brilliant. In the words of film critic Roger Ebert, “After twenty years of reviewing films, I haven’t found another filmmaker who intrigues me more … Errol Morris is like a magician, and as great a filmmaker as Hitchcock or Fellini.”
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