Grandparents University welcomes its first great-grandchild and continues a treasured tradition for one Badger family.
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The portrait painter’s roster includes four U.S. presidents and several celebrities, such as George Clooney and Paul Newman.
She has spent her career documenting both unthinkable human suffering and the daily lives of ordinary people in faraway places.
A movie producer talks about life in the spotlight after her Oscar win, and why she knew she had to produce a movie about journalists who uncovered sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic Church.
It’s become a signature display of UW pride: Badgers hold up both hands with thumbs touching and index fingers pointing outward to form a W. Jubilant fans “throw up the W” for TV cameras or while posing for photos. Former UW football coach Bret Bielema takes credit for popularizing…
She translates the soaring highs and lows of her career as the U.S. Navy’s first female F-14 Tomcat fighter pilot into powerful insights about teamwork and leadership.
For nearly a decade, the Wisconsin Alumni Association has honored UW–Madison alumni under the age of forty who have excelled in both careers and community service with the Forward under 40 award. This year’s eight winners have demonstrated their commitment to the Wisconsin Idea, the principle…
She uses virtual reality to tell some of the world's toughest — and most important — stories.
She can stop conversation by saying what she does for a living.
Her work empowers citizens in the developing world.
Four alumni who make us proud, including Steve Levitan ’84 co-creator of TV’s Modern Family.
The search for the most famous star in history.
The force behind Boy Meets Girl, a clothing line aimed at young women.
Her office is home to thirty-one rare and endangered species.
Herb Kohl ’56 was a U.S. Senator, a businessman, and a sports titan, but he remains a Badger at his core.
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,…
Every day is Take Your Dog to Work Day for Philip Tedeschi.
Kim Kelleher's latest move has landed her at Wired magazine, where she is VP-publisher.
Alumni voices have played a role for more than 150 years.