Renowned cookbook author Patricia Wells MA’72 went to France to learn haute cuisine and developed a signature taste steeped in simplicity.
Spring 2025 Feature
Bucky Badger’s Game Day
Performing as the legendary mascot is a high-pressure gig that — if all goes well — pleases a stadium’s worth of UW fans.
Feature Stories
Our fantasy lineup of Wisconsin’s gridiron greats.
The UW’s first prolific inventor was also a visionary businessman and humanitarian with an outsized impact on the world around him.
A UW veterinary clinic provides affordable care for owners experiencing hardship.
The combative architect Frank Lloyd Wright x1890 had an intense love-hate relationship with his alma mater.
On Campus
A culinary icon’s Provençal menu was right at home on my Wisconsin table.
Sarah Franklin x’25 isn’t just a star on the court. She’s a star on ESPN, too.
UW paleontologists adjust the reptile timeline — by a few million years.
Professor Brian Burt addresses the underrepresentation of Black men in STEM fields.
Erin Warner helps students navigate an increasingly challenging housing market.
The Chazen Museum of Art owns what might be the earliest photograph of a First Lady.
The UW’s Best Bathroom
Nature Calls in Nancy Nicholas Hall is a stream-like, dreamlike experience.
Traditions & History
For 35 years, To the Best of Our Knowledge informed and transformed its listeners.
UW–Madison alumni recall good times at the classic campus hangout.
The weekly event provides a social space where everyone is welcome.
Alumni
The generosity of the late Jerry Frautschi ’56 helped transform UW–Madison and its home city.
Physician Sarah Spelsburg ’95 has provided care on the popular TV show as well as other extreme environments.
Books & Multimedia
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.
In Deliver Me from Nowhere, Warren Zanes MA’94 goes deep with Nebraska, the beloved dark horse of the Boss’s discography.
Anika Fajardo ’97’s The Many Mothers of Dolores Moore reminds readers that even in loss, one is never truly alone.
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.
