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The world mourns the brilliant designer and UW alumnus.
Michelle Ranavat ’03 adapts ancient Indian beauty rituals for her skin- and hair-care line.
Amid constant change, these classic businesses have lasted more than half a century.
Michael Fishman ’11 creates bikes that are both unique and affordable.
With Danish pastry, Peter Olesen ’09 helps customers endure the pandemic.
For all their computer wizardry, the undergrads who created Spacebar got the word out through low-tech means. Courtesy of Spacebar
You’re a UW–Madison student who can’t go to clubs or parties during the pandemic. Is there any option besides staying home alone?
Now there is: you…
Katie Lorenz ’12 sells alpaca-fleece products while ensuring fair wages for Peruvian artisans.
Is it worth going back to the office?
Celebrating Ada Deer ’57, Gary Ebben ’82, and Thomas J. Falk ’80.
Lisa Skriloff ’77 helps companies reach out to underserved communities.
How to salute graduates during a pandemic? It takes creativity, and the Wisconsin School of Business rose to the challenge with a May 9 light show called “Business Badgers Light the Way Forward.” From 9 p.m. to midnight, the east façade of Grainger Hall glowed red with a four-story display…
Fetch Rewards takes a new approach to brand loyalty.
As society embraces maximum convenience, UW alumni are transforming the business of on-demand dining.
The honorees have made exceptional contributions to the world.
Erin Strepy MBA'15 plays with dolls every day because that’s her job.
From YouTube star to professional BMX rider, Badger alums have proven the versalitity of a UW diploma.
Renee Meiller
Nancy Spelsberg ’99, MBA’06 will gladly nudge students toward industrial engineering. And it’s not just because she’s a graduate of the UW Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE) and a member of its advisory board.
“You can go into business, you can…
Larzette Hale-Wilson, pictured with accountant Milton Wilson, became the first African American woman in the country to earn a PhD in accounting. Courtesy of Theresa A. Hammond
Larzette Hale-Wilson MPh’43, PhD’55 was the first female African American CPA to earn a PhD in accounting. Orphaned…
WAA recognizes the 2018 Distinguished Alumni Award recipients.
What Marie Moody ’90 started in her Manhattan apartment has turned into a multimillion-dollar pet-food brand, all thanks to a mutt named Chewy.
Sarah Morton
If you were looking for Lester Graves Lennon ’73 back in the late ’60s, chances are you found him at Der Rathskeller.
“I basically haunted the Rath,” says the English major from New York who came to UW–Madison because that’s where smart characters…
Joe Vericker
At a bakery where treats serve the greater good, keeping the fiscal house in order is a sweet gig.
Andy Rosengarden ’97 is chief financial officer of the social enterprise that owns Greyston Bakery, most famously known for the brownies in select
Rachel Schultz
Ten years after Cynthia Hornig ’91 and her friend Jen Jones left their jobs in 2001 to start a public-relations agency in New York City, they launched a website to fill a critical need. Women You Should Know features a collection of…
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A Store Grows In BrooklynThe planning took months. For a brief moment, when emotions ran high, they almost called it off. But when the big day arrived, it was glorious. Some might even say magical.
“The opening itself felt very…
Erik Iverson calls himself the consummate outsider: he is not a UW–Madison alumnus and he’s not from Wisconsin. But in 2016, he became the managing director for the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF), which helps UW researchers take their discoveries to the marketplace. Since then, Iverson has…
An NFL career left Brandon Williams ’16 bankrupt. But he’s reinvented himself and found success in multiple fields.
After his NBA career ended in 2010, Michael Finley ’14 took roles behind the scenes with the Dallas Mavericks and in Hollywood.