The Name’s Badger. Bucky Badger.

Althea Dotzour

The start of an academic year brings a crop of new faculty members, who receive a warm welcome at Chancellor Jennifer L. Mnookin’s official residence. At this year’s event, a certain friendly badger introduced himself to Alison Rollins, an incoming assistant professor of English, who had the presence of mind to hold tight to her baby stroller when turning to discover the unusually furry guest. To judge from Rollins’s expression, she knows it’s fun times ahead on the UW campus.

Published in the Winter 2024 issue