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Jeff Miller
When some schools barred the door, UW–Madison welcomed black students from around the country who then went on to successful careers in journalism, law, medicine, and a host of other fields.
“When I told my dad I was going to Wisconsin, he…
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Even if you didn’t spend the summer desperately seeking a Dratini, you’ve surely heard of Pokémon Go, the augmented-reality game that captured audiences when it was released in July. As reviews came in, there was overarching praise for the physical nature…
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By ten thousand years ago, woolly mammoths had gone extinct from mainland Asia and North America. But a population of island-dwelling mammoths survived on a remnant piece of land once part of the Bering Strait land bridge.
UW geography professor Jack Williams and…
Audrey Handler was one of the early students of famed UW professor Harvey Littleton, who pioneered the studio glass movement. John Hart/Wisconsin State Journal
Audrey Solomon Handler MA’67, MFA’70 is in fine company: when she earned the Wisconsin Visual Art Lifetime Achievement Award, she…
Billboards placed around the state that tout the contributions of UW alumni are part of an unprecedented effort ahead of the next state budget. Vincent Lyles ’84, JD’87 oversees the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee’s more than 800 employees and nearly 600 volunteers.…
The UW’s current deferred maintenance costs are estimated at $1.2 billion.
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Electronic cigarettes can’t be sold or marketed as smoking cessation aids, but many smokers see so-called vaping as a desirable way to quit.
The problem is, many of them get “stuck” using both this option and traditional cigarettes, says Doug Jorenby MS’86, PhD’91,…
UW–Madison is home to one of the most flexible and unique research facilities in North America.
The president and CEO of the UW Foundation says our strength is in our numbers.
UW music professor Christopher Taylor debuts the new instrument he developed on campus.
A care package in Afghanistan leads a former marine to seek an MBA from the Wisconsin School of Business.
The selfie stick’s got nothing on this camera pioneered by UW researchers.
After a tough freshman year, the middle blocker is the heart of the defense for the Badger volleyball team in a stellar season.
Old Abe, the bald eagle mascot who went into battle with the 8th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment during the Civil War, sits atop the arch. Statues of a veteran soldier and a young recruit flank the opening. Jeff Miller…
Award-winning chef Tory Miller (right) is part of a new UW program that links breeders and growers with top Madison chefs.
For farmers who sell vegetables directly to consumers, disease resistance and high yield are often the top priorities when choosing varieties, but a UW…
Ahoy and namaste, Badgers! Members of Outdoor UW practice their morning SUP yoga on Lake Mendota. Outdoor UW is the Union’s “outlet to the outdoors” (it rents boats, holds classes, and hosts Hoofers), and SUP is short for standup paddleboard, which is something like a surfboard without the surf.
Apart from being quadrupedal, furry, and commonly found on your couch, cats and dogs have little in common. But the two species share one more — much less fortunate — trait: both can contract canine influenza.
Sandra Newbury DVM’03, clinical assistant professor and director of the UW School of…
The UW’s Chazen Museum of Art will host an exhibition of the 1623 First Folio of Shakespeare’s plays, in honor of the 400th anniversary of the playwright’s death. Shakespeare First Folio, 1623. Folger Shakespeare Library
William Shakespeare may be known as the English language’s…
Bryce Richter
In 2014, an exhaustive book about income inequality — French economist Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the Twenty-First Century — became a New York Times bestseller. According to a review in the Guardian, “Many of the book’s 700 pages are spent marshaling…
Sequencing the DNA of every plant in Wisconsin is a daunting task, but a UW team recently accomplished just that. After four years, the project has now gathered information for some 2,600 species — from the most primitive fern to the most advanced flowering plants, plus conifers, birch trees,…
“There are way too many artists and way too few galleries,” says Barry Carlsen MFA’83. That’s why he started Big Ten(t), an alliance connecting UW–Madison alumni with places to show their work.
Carlsen invites Badger artists to participate in shows, and they pay a fee for renting gallery space…
Feeling overwhelmed? UW research shows one simple act can make a difference.
ESPN’s Andy Katz ’90 feels the pull of the classroom.
UW graduate students develop a new use for drones: detecting explosives buried in war zones.
For a World War I veteran’s loved ones, a UW degree is better later than never.
The Badger kicker’s journey to Wisconsin began in Brazil.
Tractor image, Shutterstock; all other images, IStock; photo illustration by Nancy Rinehart
Growing up on a dairy farm in Viroqua, Wisconsin, Melanie Buhr-Lawler ’00 heard her dad’s tractors and other loud equipment every day. Now, as a clinical associate professor of audiology at UW–Madison,…
