Chancellor Rebecca Blank finds reasons for hope in challenging times.
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For half a century, idyllic Camp Gallistella served as a makeshift tent colony for UW summer-school students.
Our article on the Sterling Hall bombing is a unique contribution to the historical record.
A 50-year perspective on the Sterling Hall bombing from alumni who lived through it.
Remembering UW–Madison’s first class of WAVES.
Earth Day is going strong after 50 years, and so is the Nelson Institute.
Despite bleak environmental news, the UW’s Nelson Institute finds reasons to hope.
The Cooperative Children’s Book Center transforms publishing by championing diversity.
Famous alumni tell all in the podcast Thank You, 72.
Arthur Hasler made UW–Madison a world-renowned hub for limnology.
The official UW–Madison tour brings a magical campus to life.
Our critic rates UW movie stars and their greatest roles.
Public History Project seeks “an honest reckoning” with the UW’s past.
A look back at the telephone’s heyday in UW residence halls.
Winter in Madison isn’t all bad, right? Right? Last January, Hanna Hohener x’23, Jennifer Chandler x’23, and Max Johnson x’22 “borrowed” trays from a cafeteria to take part in a UW tradition of makeshift sledding on Observatory Hill. Photo by Bryce Richter…
The Tony–winning Broadway star forged his artistic identity at UW–Madison.
An ingenious renovation allowed occupants to remain in the residence hall.
Here’s how we uncovered the story of André De Shields’s fabled stint on campus.
Here's the definitive account of how and when the tradition began.
Over six decades, UW teams won 14 Big Ten championships.
The campus-area restaurant preserves the classic food and original décor that keep nostalgic Badgers coming back.
The pioneering conservationist and UW alumnus climbed the mountain in 1888. Today, following his path is no easy task.
Before the 1970s, to study the history of the world was largely to learn of men fighting wars.…
Helen C. White Hall opened in 1971 with “135,000 books, a view, and a chance to be alone,” the alumni magazine stated at the time. The three-story section used for undergraduate studying and the book collection is known today as College Library, which stays open 24 hours on…
By 2005, Elizabeth Waters Residence Hall was the last standing gender-segregated dorm on…
Throughout the academic year, campus celebrated the 150th anniversary of women receiving UW degrees.
In 1869 — 150 years ago — the first class of women graduated from UW–Madison. In this special issue, you’ll read about some of the amazing women who have passed through campus since. On, alumnae!
Mary Hinkson ’46, MS’47 was born to dance, but as a black woman at the UW, she found Madison far from welcoming. Rather than give up, she became one of the nation’s leading performers.