Renowned cookbook author Patricia Wells MA’72 went to France to learn haute cuisine and developed a signature taste steeped in simplicity.
Spring 2025 Feature
Bucky Badger’s Game Day
Performing as the legendary mascot is a high-pressure gig that — if all goes well — pleases a stadium’s worth of UW fans.
Feature Stories
Our fantasy lineup of Wisconsin’s gridiron greats.
The UW’s first prolific inventor was also a visionary businessman and humanitarian with an outsized impact on the world around him.
A UW veterinary clinic provides affordable care for owners experiencing hardship.
The combative architect Frank Lloyd Wright x1890 had an intense love-hate relationship with his alma mater.
On Campus
A culinary icon’s Provençal menu was right at home on my Wisconsin table.
Sarah Franklin x’25 isn’t just a star on the court. She’s a star on ESPN, too.
UW paleontologists adjust the reptile timeline — by a few million years.
Professor Brian Burt addresses the underrepresentation of Black men in STEM fields.
Erin Warner helps students navigate an increasingly challenging housing market.
The Chazen Museum of Art owns what might be the earliest photograph of a First Lady.
The UW’s Best Bathroom
Nature Calls in Nancy Nicholas Hall is a stream-like, dreamlike experience.
Traditions & History
For decades, the pharmacy and eatery was a go-to gathering spot for UW students.
Enthusiasm for the annual celebration has persisted for more than a century.
The last campus-area commercial movie theater closed two decades ago.
Alumni
Kashana Cauley ’02 used social media as a springboard for TV, magazine, and fiction writing.
Wade Crowfoot ’96 seeks to protect natural resources for all Americans.
Grace ’16 and Michael van Meurer ’15 are changing the conventional gift paradigm.
Books & Multimedia
In Deliver Me from Nowhere, Warren Zanes MA’94 goes deep with Nebraska, the beloved dark horse of the Boss’s discography.
Anika Fajardo ’97’s The Many Mothers of Dolores Moore reminds readers that even in loss, one is never truly alone.
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.
