Stephen Thompson ’94, editor of National Public Radio’s music Web site, didn’t miss a beat when we asked him to pick five songs that say the UW. His advice for how to defend a song that you like? “If you think it’s awesome, it’s awesome.”
Fall 2009
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Stories
Thirty-five years ago, Wisconsin had no gray wolves. Today it has more than it knows what to do with. Now UW researchers are trying to help the state figure out how many wolves it wants and needs.
American automakers have taken their share of wrong turns, but 2009 has been the worst year ever. Can UW-Madison step in with ways to help them get back on the road?
Lynn Margulis MS’60’s penchant for independent thinking and controversial ideas has helped her to advance novel theories despite fierce opposition. As a result, she has changed the way we view evolution.
During its seventy-five years and the changing of the seasons, the UW Arboretum has told stories to those who will listen and learn. Even as visitors escape the demands of city life to enjoy its beauty and tranquillity, it has taught researchers just how much human forces shape the land.
You could say that Bryce Richter took one for the team, but that would be an understatement.
From Babcock Hall to Africa, a love of cheese yields friendship.
Band alumni are in step with a project to upgrade the practice field.
Copernicus’s big idea may have sprouted from earlier talk among scholars.
Housing prices across the country may be falling, but it’s hard to find a house as cheap as the one the UW’s School of Human Ecology (SoHE) is selling.
Wisconsin Innocence Project goes beyond DNA to ferret out bad courtroom science.
A pillow and a cell phone? Check. Lumber and tools to build a loft and a George Foreman grill to make burgers before football games? Not allowed.
Eat less — a whole lot less — and you could live a whole lot longer.
Fire up your DVR, because there’s more than football to watch on the Big Ten Network.
Want to go farther faster on your daily jog? It turns out that slowing down might be a better idea in the long run.
One of the UW's first great non-graduating alumni, John Muir x1863 got busted (in bronze) on campus in 1918.
The regatta has no rules and offers no prizes, and the chances of tipping into the water seem greater than winning one of the loosely organized heats.
Shane Welch ’01 founded Sixpoint Craft Ales in the basement of his former Vilas Avenue apartment. Now based in Brooklyn, New York, Welch distributes exclusively in New York City to more than five hundred bars and restaurants.
Re: Reflecting on Joyce Carol Oates, Summer 2009
Entering his tenth year of service on the WAA national board of directors, Peter Christianson ’71, JD’77 assumed the role of board chair on July 1.
