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The Wisconsin Idea database shows the connections between UW–Madison and its home state.
The UW Police Department’s equine partners build trust and connection with the community.
Brigadier General Andrew Clark ’95 returned to campus to show UW cadets how high they can fly.
A new award salutes unprecedented contributions to UW–Madison.
As the first Black woman aviator in the military, Marcella Ng ’78 is used to breaking through barriers.
Mildred Fish Harnack ’25, MA’26 lost her life in the German resistance to Hitler.
Jesús Salas MA’85 battled owners and county officials to organize fellow migrant workers.
A campus initiative sheds light on Wisconsin’s Indigenous languages.
Margaret Rossiter MS’67 is rewriting the history of women in science, one name at a time.
Social critic bell hooks MA’76 positioned herself as a “dangerous woman.”
Michele Norris x’83 has been a national TV, print, and radio journalist, but her biggest contribution may be a project that sprang from a painful aspect of her personal history.
After the January 6 riot, the Forest Products Lab helped repair the U.S. Capitol.
Efforts to engage UW alumni of color are showing results.
The UW Odyssey Project empowers nontraditional students to speak up and pursue their dreams.
Librarian Louise Butler Walker ’35 took desperate measures to survive in a racist society.
Former students create a fund to carry on the work of electrical engineering professor Thomas Lipo PhD’68.
With a unique adventure program, Elyse Rylander ’12 helps queer kids find a safe haven in nature.
Daniel Ledin x’22, Molly Pistono x’22, and Courtney Gorum x’23 (left to right) painted a tribute to victims of police violence and racial injustice.
The boarded-up storefronts displayed boldly painted messages: Love, Unity, Change.
All along State Street, local artists transformed a scene of despair and destruction…
An interview with LaVar Charleston MS’07, PhD’10
The Bandana Project turns students into supporters for struggling classmates.
Attorney Edwin Perry sticks up for constitutional principles.
The UW’s MIA Project journeyed to France to find the remains of missing World War II pilot Walter “Buster” Stone and return them to grateful family members.
The activist has long been on the front lines of women’s and peace movements.
The new event featured 1,848 minutes of pure fun, spirit, and generosity.
The #MeToo movement reaches far beyond Hollywood and Capitol Hill. The sciences are also grappling with how to address sexual harassment. This past year, the American Geophysical Union adopted a policy that added sexual harassment as a form of scientific misconduct, saying that it willfully compromises the integrity of…
The UW Law School is opening a new clinic to help victims of domestic violence file restraining orders.