Feature Stories
These unusual artifacts shine a light on campus history, from lost traditions to lesser-known heroes.
A curious student traces the end of a campus tradition.
How head coach Luke Fickell will transform Badger football
On Campus
Celebrating 175 years of UW triumphs and traditions
A Center for Dairy Research job posting creates an international sensation.
Waiting in the wings: Bucky and members of the UW Spirit Squad line up in the tunnel leading to Camp Randall Stadium before the W Project in September.
It’s a childhood dream come true for the former Badger football stars.
New Provost Charles Isbell will help UW–Madison define itself in a brave new world.
Meet Charlie, the UW Police Department’s first therapy K9 officer.
Traditions & History
Enthusiasm for the annual celebration has persisted for more than a century.
The last campus-area commercial movie theater closed two decades ago.
The popular run/walk has been a harbinger of spring in Madison for more than four decades.
Alumni
Steve Marker ’89 has made a lifelong career producing and performing alternative rock music.
Karen Murphy ’93 is one of the rare women to serve as COO for an NFL team.
A nimble athlete and a fast learner, Elzie Higginbottom ’65 turned a track scholarship into a real estate education.
Books & Multimedia
In A Forty Year Kiss, Nickolas Butler ’02 gives long-lost romance another chance.
Rickey Fayne’s debut novel traces the consequences of desperation across generations.
Richard Cates PhD’83 recounts his family’s journey from owning to knowing their farmstead in A Creek Runs through This Driftless Land.
Cameron Lee Small ’12, MS’16 offers grace and guidance for exploring questions about identity in The Adoptee’s Journey.
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.
