New chancellor Jennifer L. Mnookin crafts a “collective vision” for the university’s future.
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As the first Black woman aviator in the military, Marcella Ng ’78 is used to breaking through barriers.
Kelly Sheffield has turned a struggling UW volleyball program into an NCAA powerhouse.
UW volleyball star Devyn Robinson x’24 grabs the spotlight on and off the court.
Laura Keyes ’07 impersonates famous 19th century women.
UW–Madison grapples with the prejudice in its past.
Under new restrictions, irregular menstrual cycles could keep women from seeking the procedure.
Athletic Director Chris McIntosh ’04, MS’19 insists on “doing it the right way” during a turbulent time for college sports.
Fifty years ago, Kit Saunders MS’66, PhD’77 ushered in a new era for the UW’s women athletes.
While exploring the microscopic similarities that unite species, Kat Milligan-McClennan ’99, PhD’09 embraced her long-rejected Indigenous identity.
UW psychology professor Paula Niedenthal ’81 explores the wide variety of social rules for expressing emotion — and how they cause trouble.
Daryl Watts x’22 ends a stellar Badger career on her own terms.
The chancellor has mixed feelings about leaving UW–Madison after a transformative tenure.
Margaret Rossiter MS’67 is rewriting the history of women in science, one name at a time.
UW creative writing professor Beth Nguyen tells bracingly honest stories about growing up Vietnamese American.
Michelle Ranavat ’03 adapts ancient Indian beauty rituals for her skin- and hair-care line.
After making it to the university, Gayle Williams Langer ’83 spent her life serving it.
UW women’s hockey claims its second straight national championship title.
UW professor Pupa Gilbert believes these essential parts of Earth’s ecosystem are more resilient than we thought.
Librarian Louise Butler Walker ’35 took desperate measures to survive in a racist society.
Mary Edwards ’82 can throw a punch but found her calling ringside.
Former UW star Tamara Moore '14 is the only active female coach of a men’s college basketball team.
Anja Wanner explores a linguist’s role in an era of gender-neutral pronouns.
A century ago, UW–Madison grads spearheaded the suffrage movement.
Laura Schara went from a fashionista to a TV outdoorswoman.
For jazz pianist Joan Wildman, music was life. That may sound like a figure of speech, but Wildman proved it a statement of fact. After a cancer diagnosis last year, the longtime UW–Madison professor bravely rejected a treatment that might have bought her more time. The problem was, the drugs…
Remembering UW–Madison’s first class of WAVES.
Sami Schalk demonstrates the principle of “pleasure activism.”
Would you believe the UW star once loved a different sport?
Elizabeth Arth ’19 made a career turn, inspired by her son’s care after an injury.