Fall 2024 Feature
Fabulous Fossils
The rock stars at the UW Geology Museum find the stories behind the stones.
Feature Stories
In between pickets and protests throughout the South, civil rights hero Dion Diamond x’64 did a stint at the UW.
John Malpede ’68 has turned to the arts to provide community, confidence, and stability for the unhoused.
What makes a good public painting or sculpture? Here are UW–Madison’s most successful works in plain sight.
On Campus
Our Fall issue goes behind the scenes at significant campus spots.
The university is among the schools turning out today’s high achievers.
At the UW’s newer residence halls, today’s students have it better than old-timers.
UW students express their personalities via laptop decorations.
The UW leads the charge in protecting water quality and public health.
The College of Letters & Science building is set to open in 2026.
The UW graduates its first class of returning adult students.
Teaching Possibility
Professor Carlyn Mueller helps students with disabilities realize their potential.
Traditions & History
Enthusiasm for the annual celebration has persisted for more than a century.
The last campus-area commercial movie theater closed two decades ago.
The popular run/walk has been a harbinger of spring in Madison for more than four decades.
Alumni
Steve Marker ’89 has made a lifelong career producing and performing alternative rock music.
Karen Murphy ’93 is one of the rare women to serve as COO for an NFL team.
A nimble athlete and a fast learner, Elzie Higginbottom ’65 turned a track scholarship into a real estate education.
Books & Multimedia
In A Forty Year Kiss, Nickolas Butler ’02 gives long-lost romance another chance.
Rickey Fayne’s debut novel traces the consequences of desperation across generations.
Richard Cates PhD’83 recounts his family’s journey from owning to knowing their farmstead in A Creek Runs through This Driftless Land.
Cameron Lee Small ’12, MS’16 offers grace and guidance for exploring questions about identity in The Adoptee’s Journey.
Carrie Lowry Schuettpelz MFA’18 investigates an identity crisis in The Indian Card.
In I Am Nobody’s Slave, Lee Hawkins recounts his family’s tradition of resilience despite generations of racial violence.
