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Oscar the Optimist?
Sesame Street partners with UW researchers to promote kindness.
Earth in HD
The planet like you’ve never seen it before, including views of Earth at night and in true color during the day.
A Refuge for Hope
At the peak of the refugee crisis in Greece, Amed Khan ’91 found a way to bring humanity to an inhumane situation.
All Hands on Deck
Scientists weren’t the only faculty members to assist the government — historians, geologists, and others pitched in, too.
Farewell, Vegas
UW police mourn a big loss.
Melissa Auerbach Murphy ’01
When 73 percent of hiring managers say that appearance is a big factor in who gets the …
The Great War at Home
When the U.S. entered the First World War, the UW joined the fight by training soldiers, conducting poison-gas research, and sending students to work on Wisconsin farms.
Steven Durlauf
In 2014, an exhaustive book about income inequality — French economist Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the …
Locked Out
In an excerpt from his best-selling book, Matthew Desmond MS’04, PhD’10 sheds new light on the harsh realities of housing and poverty.
This Woman’s Work
Kathryn Clarenbach ’41, MA’42, PhD’46 is largely unknown, but her name belongs alongside those of Betty Friedan and Gloria Steinem in the history of modern feminism.
Horsepower vs. Hearing
Tractor image, Shutterstock; all other images, IStock; photo illustration by Nancy Rinehart
Growing up on a dairy farm in …
The Race to Stop Zika
UW scientists hope that quickly sharing results will generate answers about the virus.
Unbowed
Naheed Qureshi ’94 works for justice and equality for American Muslims, who face discrimination, violence and hateful rhetoric.
Empty Stomachs
The UW campus is now home to a food pantry for students who don’t know where their next meal will come from.
Thomas Kalil ’85
He’s in search of the next “moon shot.”
Climate Change to Last Millennia
The effects of a warmer Earth will last and last and last.
Living the Wisconsin Idea
For nearly a decade, the Wisconsin Alumni Association has honored UW–Madison alumni under the age of forty who have excelled in …
Story Time
Doctors in training at the UW write down patients' memories — along with their symptoms — in a VA hospital program that documents the lives of military veterans.
Scott Wilhelm ’01
He helps travelers go way off the beaten path.
The Good Guy
Troy Vincent was a standout in Badger and pro football, but these days he’s determined to reach a different goal line for the NFL — and it’s personal. He’s a survivor of domestic abuse determined to find ways to help others.
All In on All Ways Forward
UW-Madison seeks help from alumni and friends with its fourth comprehensive campaign.
Chazen Mural-in-Progress
Japanese artist Manabu Ikeda’s work is massive, but the overall size is only a small part of his unique vision.
A New Mission
For veterans who feel adrift upon returning home, Jake Wood ’05 has a suggestion: come along with us.
Kathy Cramer
Meet a Badger who is one of the caretakers of the Wisconsin Idea.
Jim Doyle
A former governor sees “bright, committed” people taking us into the future.
Triple Threat
He’s a golf champion and an unwavering basketball fan, but Andy North has a third passion.
Oh, Deer
The greatest threat to Wisconsin’s forests may not be pollution or urban sprawl.
Ride Sharing?
Percent of people who typically bike to campus in good weather
The Hope Builder
By the time Roberto Rivera ’04 devised his own UW major, he had already experienced a life's worth of challenges. But that didn't stop him from showing other young people a way out.
Kings of Sherman Park
Herb Kohl ’56 and Bud Selig ’56.
Kindness in the Classroom
A study finds that early mindfulness training leads to improved academics.
Advocating for Your University
Alumni voices have played a role for more than 150 years.
Liking Lichen
The Wisconsin State Herbarium has added 60,000 samples to its collection.
Desludging Dakar
Using her understanding of human decision-making, Laura Schechter is improving sanitation in Senegal — and in the process, she's changing the way that social scientists and economists think.
Splash Mob
Citizen scientists provide clarity for lake researchers’ big questions.
Irwin Goldman
Irwin Goldman packages seeds for the Open Source Seed Initiative. Using envelopes such as the one below, OSSI sent material to 6,000 …
Mark Riccobono ’99: Pioneer for the Blind
Mark Riccobono's UW–Madison experience served as an awakening.
Anthropology 370
Despite daily deluges, twelve students in this anthropology course spent most of June sifting and winnowing dirt.
Teaching Controversy
How can we prepare our kids to participate in the highly polarized world of politics?
International Studies 322 and 622
An innovative UW program is aiming to bring Madison and Washington closer together, one semester at a time.