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W for welcome: new students form a giant Motion W — serifs and all — at Camp Randall on September 1. The W Project has been part of Wisconsin Welcome since 2014. Then, the UW had welcome week; in 2022, events ran from August 28 to October 2. Photo by…
A new plaza honors UW’s historically Black fraternities and sororities.
This UW student set a goal of finishing a book a day for an entire year — and surpassed it.
Corey Pompey and company return to the Kohl Center after a two-year hiatus.
Studying in Memorial Library’s cages has been a rite of passage for generations of students.
The André De Shields Fund supports projects by historically underrepresented creators.
Even during a pandemic, graduation rates are rising.
The Multicultural Homecoming Yard Show featured diverse fraternities and sororities.
Bucky’s Tuition Promise has transformed student lives — and campus itself.
Heartful thanks from scholarship recipients show how the All Ways Forward campaign has made all the difference.
A lunchtime journey across campus with UW–Madison’s favorite automaton
Students who graduated during the pandemic finally get their pomp and circumstance.
With vaccination rates high, UW–Madison plans for regular operations.
UW students learned to navigate a campus turned upside down.
Images from an extraordinary year on campus by UW photographers Jeff Miller and Bryce Richter
How to salute graduates during a pandemic? It takes creativity, and the Wisconsin School of Business rose to the challenge with a May 9 light show called “Business Badgers Light the Way Forward.” From 9 p.m. to midnight, the east façade of Grainger Hall glowed red with a four-story display…
The Multicultural Student Center offers a safe haven for students of color.
Chancellor Rebecca Blank finds reasons for hope in challenging times.
The first fully remote undergraduate offering expands access for nontraditional students.
The official UW–Madison tour brings a magical campus to life.
Students and community members bond at traditional Shabbat dinners.
Winter in Madison isn’t all bad, right? Right? Last January, Hanna Hohener x’23, Jennifer Chandler x’23, and Max Johnson x’22 “borrowed” trays from a cafeteria to take part in a UW tradition of makeshift sledding on Observatory Hill. Photo by Bryce Richter…