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
The popular run/walk has been a harbinger of spring in Madison for more than four decades.
The last campus-area commercial movie theater closed two decades ago.
The popular song “It’s Dark on Observatory Hill” immortalized a campus hot spot.
For a university situated on an isthmus, transportation is no easy matter.
Alumni
Brigadier General Andrew Clark ’95 returned to campus to show UW cadets how high they can fly.
Hezouwe Walada ’23 launched an organization to bring resources and much-needed funds to his home continent.
With a little luck, William Campbell MS’54, PhD’57 discovered a drug that has helped millions see.
Books & Multimedia
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.
Aimee Nezhukumatathil’s Bite by Bite explores the nourishing and narrative properties of food.
Aerospace-engineer-turned-artist Mary Jo Hoffman ’87 captures quiet moments in her blog-turned-book, Still: The Art of Noticing.
