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Student Life

Your Name in Lights

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…

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Sliding into Winter

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…

Student Life

Making Summer Term Spectacular

Summer’s not what it used to be — not at UW–Madison, anyway. Summer on campus has always been swell, boasting one-of-a-kind study spots like the Memorial Union Terrace and Picnic Point. But over the last four years, the university has transformed the summer academic experience to better help students advance…

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Learning the Ropes — Literally

Participants in UW Adventure Learning Programs (ALPs) ride a giant swing at a new facility in Stoughton, Wisconsin. ALPs — a student organization — administers the facility and runs team-building workshops for students and nonstudent groups. Photo by Jeff Miller…

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A Laboratory for Financial Aid

Mackenzie Straub x’22 (pictured) was one of 796 incoming students during the 2018–19 academic year receiving free tuition through Bucky’s Tuition Promise. Jeff Miller The first brainchild of the UW’s new Student Success Through Applied Research (SSTAR) Lab, Bucky’s Tuition Promise, has provided financial…

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Room for Debate

Sharing what’s on your mind — and welcoming the viewpoints of others on contentious issues — is a campus hallmark that could inform the wider world.

Student Life

Local News

An aspiring journalist chooses an unexpected stop on his career path: his hometown newspaper.

Student Life

Learning to Sail

It was a gray Friday afternoon, cloudy and unusually chilly for September, with a heavy chance of rain. Most of the sailing classes offered through Wisconsin Hoofers had been canceled for the day — except for Jay Chan’s sailing lesson, which he prepared for eagerly despite the darkening skies.

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Sailing Through the Years

On a campus situated between two lakes, it’s only natural that students take advantage of the water. Just two years after the Hoofer Sailing Club formed in 1939, it already boasted more than 450 registered members. Today, UW–Madison students and community members still enjoy hopping into one of…

Student Life

Surprise Package

First-year students link arms and sing ‘Varsity’ at the end of the Chancellor’s Convocation for New Students, a Wisconsin Welcome event. Jeff Miller For Mackenzie Straub x’22, the good news just kept coming. Shortly after being accepted to UW–Madison, she learned that her tuition and fees…

Student Life

Spring Break

Can we have class outside today? Environmental science students enjoy the environment on a spring day in 2017. Science Hall houses the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies — when it’s not outdoors. Photo by Jeff Miller…

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20 Badger Bastions

UW alumni gather in Chicago to cheer on the Badgers. Dirk Fletcher Ever wonder which parts of the world have the highest concentration of UW–Madison grads? Top 10 Cities with the most alumni Madison metro area Milwaukee metro area Minneapolis/St. Paul…

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4 Classes You Wish You Had Taken

Jeff Miller Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences 323: Science of Climate Change Communication Arts 540: Superhero TV and Cultural Power Computer Sciences 540: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence Food Science 535: Confectionary Science and Technology…

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5 Quiet Places on Campus

From football Saturdays to live music on the Terrace, campus life can be loud. But there are coves of unexpected calm and seas of serenity if you know where — and when — to look.

Student Life

Chilled Out

A floppy-eared smiley face greets the sunrise on Picnic Point on a December morning in 2016. UW students need to keep a sense of fun in the cold: since 2000, Lake Mendota has been iced over for an average of 85 days out of the year.

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SERF’s Down

Jeff Miller For years, overcrowding and long lines have been the norm at the SERF (Southeast Recreational Facility), built in 1983 to give students a place to exercise. So it’s no surprise that in a 2014 student-government referendum, 87 percent of students voted to dedicate more…