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Student Life

Terrace timeSpring 2016

Students get an early jump on Terrace time in March 2015. Temperatures soared into the sixties, giving Madisonians a chance to get some sun even though Lake Mendota remained frozen.

Photo by Bryce Richter

Destinations

Allen Centennial Garden

Twenty-seven distinct spaces fill the horticulture department’s public botanical garden. It is named for the late Oscar Allen PhD’30, a UW bacteriologist, and his wife, Ethel ’28, MS’30, a renowned naturalist and former faculty member.

Ben Futa, who became the…

Sports & Recreation

Annie PankowskiSpring 2016

Sophomore Annie Pankowski continues to score big following a standout freshman season that garnered her Rookie of the Year honors. Jeff Miller

Annie Pankowski x’18 grew up in Laguna Hills, California, wanting to be good enough to play hockey with her older brother and her sister,…

Science & Technology

Better Building BlocksSpring 2016

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Lego wants to turn its iconic bricks green by investing $150 million to find cleaner ways to manufacture them. But the iconic toy company isn’t alone in trying to change the process for the better.

Most of the chemicals used to make plastics, including water bottles,…

Sports & Recreation

History in Their Own WordsSpring 2016

Former Badger football player Lewis Ritcherson, Jr. ’70 (pictured in 1967) spoke with campus historians. Courtesy UW-Madison Archives S16987

In the years following World War II, African American athletes joined UW teams in larger numbers, and for decades, they were the most visible minority students on campus.…

Business & Entrepreneurship

Private prisonsWinter 2015

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States may not be getting the financial benefits that the $5 billion private prison industry advertises. Anita Mukherjee, an assistant professor of actuarial science, risk management, and insurance at the Wisconsin School of Business, conducted what is believed to be the first study comparing public…

Sports & Recreation

Sharing a SecretWinter 2015

UW men’s basketball coach Bo Ryan shares a secret with referee Gene Steratore during a game against the University of Iowa in January 2015. The winningest coach in UW history (357–125 at the end of last season), Ryan announced that he plans to retire at the end of 2015–16.

Sports & Recreation

Olive SagapoluWinter 2015

Freshman defensive lineman Olive Sagapolu won’t be doing backflips at Camp Randall anytime soon, but he’s taking lessons learned from being a high school cheerleader with him to the gridiron.