In partisan times, Barry Burden is the go-to source for factual election information.
Winter 2024 Feature
UW–Madison’s Most Famous Frenemy
The combative architect Frank Lloyd Wright x1890 had an intense love-hate relationship with his alma mater.
Feature Stories
On social media and in her product lines, body-acceptance advocate Katie Sturino ’03 is redefining beauty norms.
UW researchers are gaining insight into teens’ digital behavior and its effect on mental health.
Brent Seales MS’88, PhD’91 may rewrite history with a technology that can read ancient scrolls buried for 2,000 years.
The rock stars at the UW Geology Museum find the stories behind the stones.
On Campus
An updated policy protects free speech on campus while safeguarding the UW’s educational mission.
UW–Madison has a starring role in College Football 25.
WSUM radio has come a long way since the days of sending signals via dorm power lines.
Astronomy professor Melinda Soares-Furtado has her sights set light-years beyond our solar system.
Science fiction icon Rod Serling gave the university a collection of his classic scripts and stories.
Even covered in scaffolding, the iconic building is impressive.
UW researchers are partnering with Wisconsin’s tribes to preserve traditional agricultural practices.
Phoebe in Paris
How did you spend your summer? A UW swimmer reached for Olympic glory in the backstroke.
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.
