
Feature Stories
These unusual artifacts shine a light on campus history, from lost traditions to lesser-known heroes.
A curious student traces the end of a campus tradition.
How head coach Luke Fickell will transform Badger football
On Campus
Celebrating 175 years of UW triumphs and traditions
A Center for Dairy Research job posting creates an international sensation.
Waiting in the wings: Bucky and members of the UW Spirit Squad line up in the tunnel leading to Camp Randall Stadium before the W Project in September.
It’s a childhood dream come true for the former Badger football stars.
New Provost Charles Isbell will help UW–Madison define itself in a brave new world.
Meet Charlie, the UW Police Department’s first therapy K9 officer.

Traditions & History
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.
The last campus-area commercial movie theater closed two decades ago.
Alumni
These former Badgers haven’t let their careers get in the way of love.
Books & Multimedia
Carrie Lowry Schuettpelz MFA’18 investigates an identity crisis in The Indian Card.
In I Am Nobody’s Slave, Lee Hawkins ’01 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.
Michelle Ephraim MA’93, Phd’98 looks at her life through Shakespearean eyes in Green World.