An innovative curriculum is preparing UW students for a rapidly changing world.
“I’m Going to Be Intense”
How head coach Luke Fickell will transform Badger football
Feature Stories
UW research may solve the plastics problem that menaces the planet.
Nightshift workers played a significant part in your UW experience. You just didn’t know it.
On Campus
The UW’s longtime sports center has been replaced by modern recreational facilities.
UW–Madison will adapt its approach to race-conscious admissions.
Best seat in the house — or out of it. The Well Red Bucky statue watches fireworks alongside others celebrating the UW’s 175th anniversary on July 26. The skyrockets put the launch in Launch Day, the name the UW gave to the date on which Wisconsin Governor Nelson Dewey…
Flexible bioelectronics will revolutionize human health.
The UW’s online archive of film and broadcasting publications is a fan’s dream come true.
Grace Stanke ’23 brings Wisconsin nice and nuclear know-how to an American tradition.
The latest upgrade to campus wellness facilities goes beyond traditional sports and fitness.
A Culture of Winning
Women’s basketball coach Marisa Moseley turns UW players into “the best version of themselves.”
Traditions & History
The Italian restaurant was a romantic getaway for UW–Madison couples.
UW–Madison’s dance department — the oldest in America — turns 100.
Alumni gather “up north” every year to enjoy nature, make connections, and learn from UW experts.
Since the 19th century, Music Hall’s tower has kept the UW running on time.
Alumni
Lisa Yaszek MA’92, PhD’99 shines a light on nontraditional writers in a male-dominated genre.
Two Badgers have created the Brick to eliminate digital distractions.
Books & Multimedia
Jeff Oloizia ’07 talks story, form, and fish fry on his podcast, Writing Forward.
On Pearls 2, rapper Zhalarina Sanders ’15, MS’18 tells family stories in her grandmother’s tongue.
Three friends reckon with their once-entangled lives in Girls Our Age by Phoebe Thompson MFA’24.
Amanda Rizkalla MFA’23 documents a family’s quest for stability through the eyes of an eldest daughter in Hungered.
Political corruption and personal betrayal fan the flames of a heated election in Jon Hickey ’04’s debut novel, Big Chief.
Ann Packer’s Some Bright Nowhere asks just how much we’re willing to do for those we love.

























