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Inspired by the Wisconsin Idea, James Graaskamp PhD’65 preached an ethical approach to development.
In the 1970s, UW–Madison hosted thrilling professional basketball games.
Amid constant change, these classic businesses have lasted more than half a century.
In the days before virtual enrollment, getting your preferred classes required creativity and collaboration.
For 19 years, Almaz Yimam warmly welcomed new students to campus.
Alumni respond to our 50th-anniversary article “The Blast That Changed Everything.”
Before social media, UW students shared messages via Langdon Street graffiti.
UW Archives collects artifacts from an extraordinary year.
These campus-area shows have passed into UW–Madison mythology.
From the start, problems plagued a piece of architecture that could have been great.
In the spring of 2020, Badgers took their courses to go as a pandemic sent students away from the campus they love.
A century ago, UW–Madison grads spearheaded the suffrage movement.
Edward Schildhauer figured out how the make the darn thing work.
For half a century, idyllic Camp Gallistella served as a makeshift tent colony for UW summer-school students.
A 50-year perspective on the Sterling Hall bombing from alumni who lived through it.
Public History Project seeks “an honest reckoning” with the UW’s past.
A look back at the telephone’s heyday in UW residence halls.
Philanthropist Mary Lasker x1922 was one of the most influential figures in 20th-century medical research.
No men allowed: a group of 1960s female students relaxes in the Elizabeth Waters Residence Hall courtyard. The dorm would be the last on campus to remain segregated by gender. UW Archives 2018s00424
By 2005, Elizabeth Waters Residence Hall was the last standing gender-segregated dorm on…
Throughout the academic year, campus celebrated the 150th anniversary of women receiving UW degrees.
Soon after basketball was invented, women at the UW picked up the sport — even before the men. Intramural teams quickly grew in popularity and competed for an unusual (and bleating) trophy.