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UW Professor William Bleckwenn 1917, who first used sodium amytal to treat people with schizophrenia, had little idea that his pioneering work would lead to what is popularly known as truth serum.
Using her understanding of human decision-making, Laura Schechter is improving sanitation in Senegal — and in the process, she's changing the way that social scientists and economists think.
It’s a question that Erika Janik MA’04, MA’06 has been asking since her childhood.
Readers of On Wisconsin span the decades, so the memories of how you paid for college — and how much you paid for college — no doubt vary widely.
Citizen scientists provide clarity for lake researchers’ big questions.
Irwin Goldman packages seeds for the Open Source Seed Initiative. Using envelopes such as the one below, OSSI sent material to 6,000 people in 16 countries. Photo: Bryce Richter.
Free the seeds, feed the future.
Last April, professors Irwin Goldman of horticulture and Jack…
A new effort guides entrepreneurs from campus to commercialization.
Who knew? Tagging bumblebees can help farmers with their crops.
During Hoofers’ Winter Carnival last February, students built themselves a classmate out of snow on Lake Mendota. Hoofers are the Union’s outdoors activities clubs.
Multicultural activities aim to broaden alumni engagement
For Lisa Nett ’97, a tree doesn’t just grow in Brooklyn.
Mark Riccobono's UW–Madison experience served as an awakening.
Who sets tuition, and what does it cover, anyway? We look at the bottom line of attending college, steps to keep it affordable, and the reasons why it's well worth the investment.
I work for the [Pennsylvania Department of Corrections] and I applaud this work [“Fulsome Prison Blues,” Fall 2014]. Great, great job. We do need reform in the criminal justice system. We need to stop privatization of prison systems and various services in prisons. Trading stock and lobbying based on…
[The Fall 2014 On Wisconsin] is one impressive edition. I’m glad to see that the UW still has professors of great caliber. The article by Michael W. Wagner [“Does Democacy Work?”] was excellent and thought provoking. This article will be scanned and sent to many friends. [As I…