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Experts use math to better understand a sea creature’s defense mechanism.
A UW–developed portable weather lab journeys to the Philippine Sea.
An uncertain future for a divisive campus sculpture.
The #MeToo movement reaches far beyond Hollywood and Capitol Hill. The sciences are also grappling with how to address sexual harassment. This past year, the American Geophysical Union adopted a policy that added sexual harassment as a form of scientific misconduct, saying that it willfully compromises the integrity of…
The success of the women’s volleyball team at the Wisconsin Field House is a highlight of Gawlik’s tenure as a top UW athletics administrator. Bryce Richter
Terry Gawlik remembers the day when Title IX became federal law in 1972. She was a successful multisport athlete…
Expansion of the School of Veterinary Medicine, the only veterinary school in Wisconsin, will allow it to serve more farmers and pet owners across the state. The current hospital was built to accommodate 12,000 patients a year; in 2016, it served 26,500. Flad Architects
The only…
A UW geneticist helped to discover a new yeast species, providing a new flavor to brewing companies.
In 2009, copilot Jeff Skiles ’84 played a key role in the “Miracle on the Hudson” emergency plane landing.
Amid a vinyl revival, the UW’s Mills Music Library dusts off its robust record collection.
Otto Puls ’55 is the one constant for Wisconsin Athletics, having served as the Badger men’s basketball official scorekeeper for the past 55 years.
The Natatorium was lit during UW Recreational Sports’ glow-in-the-dark fitness last fall. Classes included spin, yoga, and Zumba, which, evidently, is what this is.
Photo by Bryce Richter.…
An outdoor marvel, the UW Arboretum hosts hundreds of thousands of visitors per year.
The jersey of legendary Badger hockey player and coach Mark Johnson ’94 now hangs from the Kohl Center rafters.
The sunburst design is sure to spark fond memories. Do you know when it was created?
Lakes are a familiar backdrop in Taschwer’s life. She first learned to water ski as a three-year-old, going on to make history in world competition.
Gabbie Taschwer ’18 doesn’t quite walk on water, but she’s almost that good.
At the Show Ski World Championships in September 2018,…
Who moo? Cool showers can comfort cows while they’re being milked.
UW economics professor Menzie Chinn explains the tradeoffs of tariff policy.
The UW Law School is opening a new clinic to help victims of domestic violence file restraining orders.
Former UW women’s basketball point guard Shawna Nicols ’05 is now the official disc jockey for the Badgers.
Bryce Richter
After 70 secretive years, a gargoyle has been reunited with its twin. One of the sandstone statues, which sat atop the old Law School, was thought to have been destroyed during the building’s 1963 demolition. But the children of Paul Been ’49 LLB’53 grew…
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3D printing seems like science fiction come to life.
“It’s kind of Star Trek–like,” says Dan Thoma MS’88, PhD’92, director of the Grainger Institute for Engineering, who has researched the technology for 25 years.
Remember when Captain Picard commanded the replicator on the…
Jeff Miller
After a doctor affiliated with Michigan State University was convicted of sexually assaulting numerous young women under his care, including student-athletes, UW Athletic Director Barry Alvarez requested a wide-ranging review of his department’s health- and safety-related policies and procedures. “We are treating this…
Wrestling bears, a soaring eagle, and curious fawns are among the 22 million images captured by a first-of-its-kind network of volunteer-run trail cameras in Wisconsin.
The project — called Snapshot Wisconsin — was launched in 2016 by the state’s Department of Natural Resources to monitor wildlife and to help…
Mason Muerhoff
Nomen est omen, said the ancient Romans, who liked their maxims to rhyme: one’s name is one’s destiny. And while there’s little empirical evidence about this aphorism, put Anna Pidgeon PhD’00 down on the side of support. The professor with the columbiform name has…
New research from the UW shows video games could help teach empathy to adolescents.