For Badgers, it makes perfect sense that a single letter can represent so much emotion and pride. Behold the W! It’s the little letter that could — make us happy and proud, that is. It’s the twenty-third letter in the alphabet of the English language, but, oh, around Badgerland, it’s so much more.
Summer 2015
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A new report points to UW–Madison’s impact on the state.
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.
He does popping. He devotes time to his company. He teaches adults and kids about science. He works on his doctorate. Is there anything Jeff Vinokur ’12 isn't doing?
Descended from a family who helped found a historic African-American community, Thulani Davis gained a unique perspective that allows her to bring the Reconstruction era alive for her students.
This ubiquitous material has surprising roots at UW — and it's a connection that spurred a thriving Wisconsin industry.
Swimmer Nick Schafer is a star on two continents. In April, the senior won the title of Australian National Champion in the 200-meter breaststroke with a time of 2:12.47. He also holds the UW records in the 100- and 200-meter breaststroke.
Badger weight-thrower Michael Lihrman ’15 won his…
He’s a golf champion and an unwavering basketball fan, but Andy North has a third passion.
Deana Latham. Photo: Bryce Richter.
Growing up in Newbury, Massachusetts, Deanna Latham ’15 wasn’t like the other kids running around the neighborhood. Her running around was more methodical.
“I was raised a track baby,” she says. “Since I was six years old, my dad was talking…
A former governor sees “bright, committed” people taking us into the future.
L&S program helps students build experience, connections, and confidence.
Amid news of normalization efforts between the United States and Cuba, Apertura [Opening]: Photography in Cuba Today has made a timely debut at the Chazen Museum of Art.
The greatest threat to Wisconsin’s forests may not be pollution or urban sprawl.
In a new UW lab, students create cool things for our interconnected world.
A study finds that early mindfulness training leads to improved academics.
Revisiting a controversial experiment finds nuances in human nature.
This is perhaps the most casual-looking canoeing tuba player we’ve ever seen. Granted, he’s the only canoeing tuba player we’ve ever seen.
With their voices becoming the instruments, six student groups are making beautiful music on campus and beyond.
Since the late 1970s, the Jack Archibalsd has created more than sixty stained-glass installations.
Chancellor Rebecca Blank gazes at a sea of black-clad grads-to-be.
From faculty showcases to national news, alumni weigh in on this cherished Badger principle.
Alumni are networking around careers, diverse communities, and global connections.
James Mathee sent this photo of the Madison capitol taken by his grandfather, William Mathee, sometime between 1915 and 1917.
Thanks for the memories! [“Old School,” Spring 2015 On Wisconsin]. The grace and charm of old buildings cannot be replaced. It is sad, but change is…
I very much enjoyed the piece on Phil Rosenthal [“Staying Power,” Fall 2015]. In particular, I cheered the fact that “…after more than thirty years in the newspaper business,” he had covered grizzly crime scenes and survived. Those bears are very dangerous!
Lona Morris Jupiter ’56 San Francisco, California…
[“The Warlord’s Biographer,” Spring 2015], was an excellent article! Brian [Glyn] Williams was my teacher back in Madison (1998, I think) for a Central Asian Studies class, and it was the best class I ever took. Your article definitely took me back. He’s an incredible teacher, and it’s great…
[In regard to the Spring 2015 Traditions, “Displays on Bascom Hill”]: In 1968, at the height of the war in Vietnam, students awoke one morning to find Bascom Hill covered with crosses painted white (just like the crosses in the cemetery at Omaha Beach in France) and a sign…
[In regard to Flashback in the Spring 2015 issue]: When I was an eleven-year-old, my mother, Etta Wittchow Barfknecht ’31, brought me to Madison to see and hear one of the great world leaders [Jawaharlal Nehru]. Thank you for reminding me of that day.
Charles Barfknecht ’60 Iowa City,…
It’s What I Do: A Photographer’s Life of Love and War (Penguin Press) is the memoir of Lynsey Addario ’95, a Pulitzer Prize–winning war photographer.