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For five decades, the Wisconsin Singers have taken their act on the road to serve as goodwill ambassadors for the university. Former WAA president Arlie Mucks ’47, along with the School of Music’s Donald Neuen, founded the musical group in 1967. Originally called the University Singers, the students…
Jeff Miller photo
Elise Schimke ’17 sought solitude in campus libraries during her time at UW–Madison. So when the history and English literature major from Stevens Point, Wisconsin, had to pick a subject for a project in an elective photo class, her choice was automatic.
The…
UW Archives UW.CLP-A0385.bib; Bryce Richter; photo illustration by Danielle Lawry
Long before “Jump Around” and the Fifth Quarter, the 50-acre lot on which Camp Randall now stands was home to Wisconsin state fairs and Civil War soldiers.
When the state donated the land to the university…
Above and below: Students from the Milwaukee Excellence Charter School explored hands-on exhibits during a tour of the L. R. Ingersoll Physics Museum this spring.
“I was always a tinkerer,” Steve Narf explains from his Chamberlin Hall workshop lined with towering cabinets, each one stuffed with an…
UW program helps student-athletes chart a course for life after sports.
The former Badger walk-on is the youngest defensive coordinator in the Big Ten.
Can Bill Nye, the famed Science Guy of the ’90s, really save the world?
The $43 billion Wisconsin industry has benefited from a long tradition of UW support.
A study shatters the myth that all entrepreneurs are uber-confident risk-takers.
This female Norwegian Atlantic salmon seems pretty chill as it swims in a tank in the Water Science and Engineering Lab. It’s part of a study researching ways to reduce stress on farmed fish. Wisconsin has more than 2,000 fish farms.
Photo by Jeff Miller.…
Jake Lubenow x’18
With more than 300 dues-paying members, the College Republicans of UW–Madison is one of the organization’s largest chapters in the country. Chair Jake Lubenow x’18 is tasked with navigating the group through a time of heightened political tension. Despite bringing in…
Spencer Walts
The next renewable energy source could be right underfoot. A group of UW–Madison engineers has developed an inexpensive method to convert footsteps into electricity using wood pulp and nanofibers incorporated into flooring. It marks the latest advance in “roadside energy harvesting” — green…
Dawn patrol on Lake Mendota: Carolyn Voter PhDx’18 (right) and Alexandra Linz ’13, PhDx’18 collect water samples before sunrise. The work was part of a 44-hour limnology experiment that took place in July 2016 and examined how light affects bacteria and carbon exchange.
Photo by Jeff Miller…
Muir Knoll is a small, knobby extension of a drumlin — in this case, Bascom Hill — formed by the retreat of the last glaciers that remade Wisconsin’s landscape.
In 1919, one year after the knoll was dedicated to naturalist John Muir…
Sources: Academic Planning and Institutional Research; UW–Madison Office of the Registrar…
Free-speech guidelines address a delicate balance.
Improv techniques help medical professionals learn creativity and spontaneity.
Sesame Street partners with UW researchers to promote kindness.
Jeff Miller
Hundreds of students participated in the spirited Hindu tradition of throwing bright colored powder during Rang de Madison, hosted by the Madison Hindu Students Association in collaboration with UW–Madison’s India Students Association and Indian Graduate Students Association. Holi, celebrated…
The planet like you’ve never seen it before, including views of Earth at night and in true color during the day.
Bryce Richter
This isn’t your typical henna design — and it’s not intended to be. Students created the henna body art during a workshop with Meeta Mastani, UW–Madison’s fall 2016 interdisciplinary artist-in-residence, on the outdoor terrace of the Humanities Building. Mastani is an…
Seth Parker, Seales Research Group, University of Kentucky
The biblical and the scientific merge with the work of W. Brent Seales MS’88, PhD’91, a University of Kentucky computer scientist who developed the technique of “virtual unwrapping” to make legible the text of a…
Danielle Evans is no stranger to praise. During her 33 years, the UW assistant professor of creative writing has graduated from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, been featured in The Paris Review, and published a wildly successful 2010 short story collection about race and coming of age…
Jeff Miller
Since Union South reopened in 2011, students and community members frequently pack The Sett Pub for watch parties, including Badger sporting events and presidential debates.
Jeff Miller
The Sett, named for a badger’s den, features…
