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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.
Liking Lichen
The Wisconsin State Herbarium has added 60,000 samples to its collection.
Splash Mob
Citizen scientists provide clarity for lake researchers’ big questions.
Mark Riccobono ’99: Pioneer for the Blind
Mark Riccobono's UW–Madison experience served as an awakening.
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 …
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.
Off the Prescribed Path
Wherever she's gone in life, the medically underserved have always found Jenny Amani MD'09.
Coming of Age
Children diagnosed with autism will grow up, and that presents entirely different challenges for them and their families. Now the UW's Waisman Center is offering guideposts for the journey.
Flight of Honor
UW doctor on a mission for his late father.
Waisman’s Legacy
Waisman’s legacy started with a different name: Kennedy.
A Leap of Faith
Does religion have a place at a public university? The Lubar Institute contends that it does — not to proselytize, but to give students a safe place to explore beliefs and cultivate understanding.
Pigment Prejudice
Due to a belief that their body parts bring good luck, people with albinism in some African countries are hunted and killed. Two alumni are stepping in to help Tanzania, where the problem is most severe.
A Self-Paced Journey
A professor’s words help a community explore its long-held beliefs.
Good Sports
When it comes to community service, UW athletes are pros.
A Promising Sight
Family's cells lead researchers closer to curing eye disease
Uniquely Human
A UW professor guides those who have been seriously harmed by others along a path to forgiveness. And a UW alumna encourages leaders to take a new approach to conflict: honoring dignity.
College 101
A special partnership with the UW introduces ninth-graders to the notion of a degree following high school.
Quick Takes: Spring 2013
UW news in brief
Personal Peace
A UW professor guides those who have been seriously harmed by others along a path to forgiveness.
World Peace
A UW alumna encourages leaders to take a new approach to conflict: honoring dignity.
Mission Possible
Think that world hunger can’t be overcome? Bettina Luescher begs to differ.
Badger Sports Ticker: Winter 2012
UW Athletic News in brief
John Schmitt ’80: The Long Road
For years, John Schmitt ’80 had heard that many of the world’s people live without access to clean, safe water
It’s a Mailbox … It’s a Bird House … No, Wait, It’s a Library!
A simple idea to house free books in quirky little buildings on posts is bringing neighborhoods together and enhancing literacy around the world.
Mobility Marvel
Engineering students help a surgeon get back on his feet in the OR.
A Gentleman and a Scholar
He used novel techniques to eradicate syphilis in Wisconsin. He identified PTSD long before it had that name. Professor Hans Reese was a man ahead of his time.
WAA Honors 2012 Distinguished Alumni
Meet five Badgers every alum should know.
Dog Days
UW–Madison Day at the State Fair: August 8, 2012
Anders Andren
The Sea Grant’s long-time director charts a new course.
Game On
It began with power pellets, gobbling ghosts, and Ms. Pac Man.
By the Numbers
Year of the Wisconsin Idea
Humorology
When a young woman dressed as reality TV fixture Kim Kardashian says she’s never worked harder in her life, she’s not kidding.
They Don’t Teach This in Basic Training
“Ag 101” training for the Wisconsin National Guard.
Quick Takes: Spring 2012
UW News in Brief
Student Watch: Spring 2012
Organizations across campus are answering to the same higher calling: community service.
Michael Wenninger DVM’04: Exotic Animal Vet
A typical day for veterinarian Michael Wenninger DVM’04 brings to mind something that you’d see on Animal Planet.
Sarah Wu ’99: Exposing School Lunches
A hotdog encased in soggy bagel dough with a side of Tater Tots and a skimpy fruit cup might not seem like much to write home about, but . . .
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