Renowned cookbook author Patricia Wells MA’72 went to France to learn haute cuisine and developed a signature taste steeped in simplicity.
Spring 2025 Feature
Bucky Badger’s Game Day
Performing as the legendary mascot is a high-pressure gig that — if all goes well — pleases a stadium’s worth of UW fans.
Feature Stories
Our fantasy lineup of Wisconsin’s gridiron greats.
The UW’s first prolific inventor was also a visionary businessman and humanitarian with an outsized impact on the world around him.
A UW veterinary clinic provides affordable care for owners experiencing hardship.
The combative architect Frank Lloyd Wright x1890 had an intense love-hate relationship with his alma mater.
On Campus
A culinary icon’s Provençal menu was right at home on my Wisconsin table.
Sarah Franklin x’25 isn’t just a star on the court. She’s a star on ESPN, too.
UW paleontologists adjust the reptile timeline — by a few million years.
Professor Brian Burt addresses the underrepresentation of Black men in STEM fields.
Erin Warner helps students navigate an increasingly challenging housing market.
The Chazen Museum of Art owns what might be the earliest photograph of a First Lady.
The UW’s Best Bathroom
Nature Calls in Nancy Nicholas Hall is a stream-like, dreamlike experience.
Traditions & History
The popular song “It’s Dark on Observatory Hill” immortalized a campus hot spot.
For a university situated on an isthmus, transportation is no easy matter.
The last campus-area commercial movie theater closed two decades ago.
Alumni
These former Badgers haven’t let their careers get in the way of love.
Books & Multimedia
Carrie Lowry Schuettpelz MFA’18 investigates an identity crisis in The Indian Card.
In I Am Nobody’s Slave, Lee Hawkins recounts his family’s tradition of resilience despite generations of racial violence.
Aimee Nezhukumatathil’s Bite by Bite explores the nourishing and narrative properties of food.
Aerospace-engineer-turned-artist Mary Jo Hoffman ’87 captures quiet moments in her blog-turned-book, Still: The Art of Noticing.
Michelle Ephraim MA’93, Phd’98 looks at her life through Shakespearean eyes in Green World.
