Stories by John Allen
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The UW very nearly hired two professors who were destined to win Nobels. Both of them slipped through the university’s fingers in a two-year period.
Paula Bonner
After just a year of teaching phys ed to eighth graders in her native South Carolina, Paula Bonner moved to Madison for graduate school and began a 40-year relationship with the UW. She helped lead the evolution of the Badger women’s intercollegiate sports program, and…
Archaeologist Chris Fisher MA’95, PhD’00 risked snakes, spiders, jaguars, and flesh-eating bacteria to discover a lost city in Honduras.
A resource center for African American students has a new home on campus.
A look back at May 1970 through the lens of an alum’s camera
UW music professor Christopher Taylor debuts the new instrument he developed on campus.
The president and CEO of the UW Foundation says our strength is in our numbers.
Elan Kriegel ’03 runs the data shop for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign. After the election, he and his team will use their algorithms and their passion to help other causes.
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UW–Madison loves politics and, from time to time, politicians even return that love.
During this campaign year, we look back to one of the first occasions when a presidential candidate visited campus.
In October 1911, Woodrow Wilson (seated at right…
When her mother died of Huntington’s, Shana Martin Verstegen ’02 didn't want to know if she’d get it, too — until deciding to become a mom herself.
The effects of a warmer Earth will last and last and last.
When former student Leon Varjian passed away last September, UW–Madison lost one of its true legends.
UW computer sciences professor Gurindar Sohi developed technology that is at the heart of a legal dispute with Apple, Inc.
Benjamin Franklin was right. Taxation is an absolute certainty in life — even life near the South Pole.
UW-Madison seeks help from alumni and friends with its fourth comprehensive campaign.
Paintings show horticulture students how fruits and vegetables have changed over the centuries.
Japanese artist Manabu Ikeda’s work is massive, but the overall size is only a small part of his unique vision.
UW’s Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center researchers identified a method to make paper easier to produce.