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Bravo to On Wisconsin for the splendid coverage of UW mathematics Professor Jordan Ellenberg and his new book How Not to Be Wrong [“Thinking inside the Box,” Summer 2014]. In an age when even our college-educated citizens struggle with the seemingly simple concepts of economic free lunches and the…
I recently read “Off the Prescribed Path” [Summer 2014], and I am highly disappointed and offended. I am an enrolled member of the Ho-Chunk Nation, and am also Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe. I have worked for the Ho-Chunk Nation Department of Health as a physician assistant since graduation in…
I just wanted to let you know how much I appreciated “Coming of Age” [Spring 2014 On Wisconsin]. As the mother of a son on the autism spectrum, I found the information interesting. Parents of children with autism — and also special needs — live in constant worry about…
For Anna Therese Day ’10, going the freelance route in pursuit of a journalism career wasn’t so much a choice as it was a calling.
[In regard to “Radio Daze,” Spring 2014], Slichter Hall was already a women’s dorm in fall 1953 when I came to Madison. I was a disc jockey for WMHA in 1954. I brought in many of my own 45 rpm records to play, including my theme song by Jimmy…
Les Mayers ’56 asked in the Spring 2014 issue [Posts] if others shared his experience of using his jacket as a sail when skating on Lake Mendota. A friend and I used to “skate” next to the lake by Memorial Union by just standing on the icy sidewalk and…
Your article on Nuclear Engineering 234 [Classroom] brought back memories. In 1962, I was a graduate student in nuclear engineering, and we had this idea to open up the reactor for Engineering Week. We had the reactor operating and producing the blue glow. We thought this would really impress…
I enjoyed the article about UW pianist Christopher Taylor [“Frankenpianist,” Spring 2014].
In particular, it was great to hear that the dual manual Steinway is in such good hands. In 1977, I was taking Robert C. Nesbit’s History of Wisconsin course. I was able to meet many living composers,…
I enjoyed “Commencing a New Era” [News & Notes, Spring 2014]. Another event that occurred in 1990 involved a senior named Jordan Marsh ’90. He recognized that the ROTC policy conflicted with the state’s civil rights law, so he organized a sit-in. It started with just a handful of…
The Wisconsin Alumni Association has presented Distinguished Alumni Awards since 1936. Meet the four celebrated honorees.
Undergrads are glued to their television in Sellery Hall on the evening of April 5, as the Badger men’s basketball team plays Kentucky in the NCAA semifinal.
The 2014 Forward under 40 Award-winners are bettering lives around the world.
David Bither MA’78 of Nonesuch Records goes with his heart.
For Melinda Myers MS’86, there’s something special about helping people grow their first tomato.
Alumni commemorate 165 years of Badger excellence.
Was there something in the water … ?
Building ties with alumni is key.
110 alumni attended UW Multicultural activities in October
Hines traces her path to the judge’s bench directly back to her experience as one of four black students in the UW Law School’s Class of 1971.
Chen had no idea what she wanted to do with her life — only that she wanted a U.S. education.
Having experienced [Ayn Rand] firsthand, I was forever inoculated against her fiction or essays ...
