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WAA unveils two gifts at campus birthday party.
You’re invited to celebrate WAA’s 150th birthday.
We brought our whole selves to the table during those years, and we still do.
The McBurney Center fully integrates those with disabilities into campus life.
“We can learn plenty from the past,” says Estella Leopold ’48.
Who are the UW’s all-time awesomest alumni? On Wisconsin picks its list of greatest grads (and even one non-grad) in fields ranging from agriculture to technology.
UW’s connection to the volunteer program runs deep
A master’s program prepares students to use French in professions outside the classroom.
For the first time in more than sixty years, a current U.S. president visited campus when Barack Obama spoke before an estimated crowd of 17,500
What's that campus that looks so much like the UW? It's the fictitious Grand Lakes University, which 25 years ago hosted non-grad Thornton Melon (aka Rodney Dangerfield).
We offer seven examples of life-changing UW discoveries, knowing full well that it’s only a start. Think back and add a favorite to our list, then learn what’s afoot at the new Wisconsin Institutes of Discovery.
As with many eventful days, Monday, August 24, 1970, began in perfect normalcy.
An investigation into the center of a three hundred-year-old tree
New Charter Street power plant will include biomass.
Happy trails, Bernie. Thanks for keeping our UW memories alive.
The welcome mat is out when today's soldiers return to campus, unlike what their Vietnam counterparts experienced while reentering civilian life during an uncivil era.
Did the Zoological Museum's taxidermists take on the Easter Bunny?
The Babcock Hall Dairy Store churns out thousands of gallons of yummy ice cream annually — enough to evoke must-have memories for alumni and impromptu breakfasts for students dashing between classes.
The Wisconsin Historical Society has renovated its reading room.
The flamboyant Joseph Jastrow founded the UW’s psychology department and helped shape the fledgling science.
A visit with the Abe Lincoln statue is a high point of any UW commencement weekend, when graduates — not deterred by caps and gowns — clamber up into his lap for photos.