Gaining hands-on experience, helping those who have nowhere else to turn, and contributing to the UW medical school’s culture of giving back‚ it’s all woven into student-organized clinics like this one at Grace church.
Winter 2009
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Stories
If Hillel asked us, here’s what On Wisconsin would place in a time capsule in the organization’s new Barbara Hochberg Center for Jewish Student Life.
By necessity, Americans have tightened their belts during the economic downturn‚ but will the valuable lessons learned bring lasting changes to our relationship with money?
Some of the most popular quotations ever to infiltrate our culture were contributed by UW alumni. Prepare to be inspired, challenged, or simply entertained.
After the initial shock of hearing a grave health prognosis comes the confusion. But thanks to a unique UW program, patients can count on help to weigh the options and chart their own paths.
For two alumni, the Peace Corps provided lessons in sustainability.
With unwavering support, the Chancellor’s Scholars Program reaches a quarter-century.
Palliative care specialists guide terminally ill patients through the tough questions.
Web-based history course reaches out to members of the military.
Project banks on nobody knowing your health better than you do.
Federal stimulus funds jump-start stalled research across the campus.
Meg Gaines looks serene and determined on the cover of this issue, and she is both — even when she isn’t being photographed in a boat on Lake Mendota on a chilly fall day.
A computer model replicates snowflakes in all their detail and beauty.
Former Badgers pick up the pace in Portland, Oregon.
The three siblings never thought they’d all converge as Badger athletes.
When resourceful students borrow cafeteria trays to slide down snowy campus slopes, there’s just one unwritten rule: have fun!
The residents of Ann Emery Hall create a nautical display for Homecoming 1931.
“I have become somewhat of a voice for the voiceless,” says public school teacher Dena Grushkin Florczyk ’80, who founded The Nigerian School Project to provide much-needed resources to teachers and students in Nigeria.
Travel writer Everett Potter ’76 has the kind of job that most people only dream of — getting paid to travel the world, sample the best hotels, or ski at the finest mountain resorts.
Everett Potter ’76 has the kind of job that most people only dream of.
New partnership allows Badger retirees to live and learn near campus.
Engineering students will upgrade a campus institution.
