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
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.
