Burnout and depression are common among medical students, but a UW course teaches them tools to stay healthy, along with their patients.
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Naheed Qureshi ’94 works for justice and equality for American Muslims, who face discrimination, violence and hateful rhetoric.
What makes for a healthy relationship? John Gottman MA’67, PhD’71 has mastered the science of helping couples stay together.
When her mother died of Huntington’s, Shana Martin Verstegen ’02 didn't want to know if she’d get it, too — until deciding to become a mom herself.
Lauren Groff MFA’06 had a year most aspiring novelists can only dream of, writing a bestseller that President Obama named his favorite book of 2015.
People of color are more likely to get Alzheimer’s disease. The children of former Badger football star Lou Holland ’65 are among those that UW researchers are studying to try to learn why.
Tractor image, Shutterstock; all other images, IStock; photo illustration by Nancy Rinehart
Growing up on a dairy farm in Viroqua, Wisconsin, Melanie Buhr-Lawler ’00 heard her dad’s tractors and other loud equipment every day. Now, as a clinical associate professor of audiology at UW–Madison,…
UW scientists hope that quickly sharing results will generate answers about the virus.
When we start staging things, if you don’t know your lyrics, you are going to get killed
A magnet for nighttime relaxation since opening in 2013, the pier honoring the family of Mary Sue Goodspeed Shannon ’81 replaced the aging stone-and-concrete structure below the Alumni Center.
The grass may be greener on the other side of the fence. But is that a good thing?
The UW campus is now home to a food pantry for students who don’t know where their next meal will come from.
Big find: specimens George Washington Carver collected uncovered at the UW.
From its founder to its roster, the success of the Madison Radicals is grounded in the UW’s strong ties to ultimate Frisbee.
UW–Madison Archives S08042
UW–Madison loves politics and, from time to time, politicians even return that love.
During this campaign year, we look back to one of the first occasions when a presidential candidate visited campus.
In October 1911, Woodrow Wilson (seated at right…
For most Badgers, it’s the first time to meet other new students. It’s the first chance to schedule classes. And it’s the first opportunity to learn the lyrics to “Varsity.”
It’s become a signature display of UW pride: Badgers hold up both hands with thumbs touching and index fingers pointing outward to form a W. Jubilant fans “throw up the W” for TV cameras or while posing for photos. Former UW football coach Bret Bielema takes credit for popularizing…
A movie producer talks about life in the spotlight after her Oscar win, and why she knew she had to produce a movie about journalists who uncovered sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic Church.
She translates the soaring highs and lows of her career as the U.S. Navy’s first female F-14 Tomcat fighter pilot into powerful insights about teamwork and leadership.
The picture book Waiting has earned Kevin Henkes x’83 two of the highest accolades in children’s literature for 2016: designations as a Caldecott Honor Book and a Geisel Honor Book. This is only the second time that anyone has won that combination, and these wins…