Humanities
Changing Courses
It was very hard to leave Madison, and in a sense I never have.
En Français, S’il Vous Plaît
A master’s program prepares students to use French in professions outside the classroom.
Sports and Society
Allan H. “Bud” Selig ’56 often talks about how history guides the decisions he makes as the commissioner of Major League Baseball.
A Conversation with The Commish
Bud Selig looks back on his career, and ahead to a return to Madison, considering it all through “the retrospect of history.”
Family Man
Steven Levitan reaches new heights by writing what he knows.
Brave New Blogs
Blogs aren’t just about trivial pursuits anymore. UW faculty are using these online diaries to share ideas and discoveries with colleagues around the world.
Mary Beltrán
When she watches television, it’s with an eye on diversity, as well as entertainment.
Knotty Problem
Khipus are an ancient method of recording information, one that goes back to the Inca empire that pre-dated the arrival of Europeans.
Quick Takes: Fall 2010
UW news in brief
Family Matters
Philosophy 104: Childhood, Marriage, and Family
Rod Clark ’71: Literature in Bloom
As the editor of the literary magazine Rosebud, Rod Clark has published nearly 50 issues
Big Brother Is Searching?
Google magically begins completing your thoughts
The Tug of War
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.
On the World Stage
The UW’s student hip hop ensemble is picked for an elite project.
In a Manner of Speaking
When humans communicate, laughter plays a key role in comprehension.
Words, Wit, & Wild Hearts
It’s a writer-to-writer conversation when Mitchard sits down for a chat with Lorrie Moore, acclaimed fiction author and UW faculty member.
Manga Mania
East Asian 376: Manga
Heads & Hearts
Chancellor Biddy Martin PhD’85 describes the incomparable role of the humanities in helping us discover what it is to be human.
Someone to Watch over Earth
The UW’s legacy with environmental issues started in the 1860s when student John Muir embraced nature. It continues evolving on today’s campus, where classes meld filmmaking skills with community activism.
Moooovie Making
Can Tyler Knowles ’05 pull off his first film with a small crew, a fictional beer, a road trip peppered with Badgers, and a cow costume?
The Changing Face of Publishing
As profit margins shrink and technological change speeds up, academic publishers face an uncertain future — but the UW Press is adapting to the new realities of bookselling in the twenty-first century.
Lights, Camera, Music!
Communication Arts 613: Film Score: Theory and History
Faulty Forensics
Wisconsin Innocence Project goes beyond DNA to ferret out bad courtroom science.
Catalog of Horrors
Comparative Literature 203: Scary Monsters
WAA News: Wisconsin Storytellers
WAA honors outstanding alumni at 73rd annual awards program.
An excerpt from Joyce Carol Oates’s Nighthawk: A Memoir of Lost Time
I arrived by air, breathless with anticipation. I arrived alone. I see myself across an abyss now of four decades as a figure of uncertainty like a line drawing by Saul Steinberg.
DARE to Be Done
Dictionary of regional dialects nears completion.
Student Watch
UW Forensics makes a comeback.
Weight of the Words
When tribal elders die and take their languages with them, it’s akin to a culture burning its libraries. Henning Garvin ’03, other alumni, and UW researchers are hoping to put out the fire by pairing generations and creating enduring records of Wisconsin’s five native tribes.
Truth, Death, and Taxidermy
Errol Morris’s documentaries are known for being quirky — and brilliant. In the words of film critic Roger Ebert, “After twenty years of reviewing films, I haven’t found another filmmaker who intrigues me more ... Errol Morris is like a magician, and as great a filmmaker as Hitchcock or Fellini.”
Word Games
LCA Language 307: First Semester Hmong
Macroscopic
Blown-up images of the microscopic world become art.
Legal Aid
The Consumer Law Litigation Clinic takes aim at bad business.
UW Wall-to-Wall
A look at groups that Badgers have formed online.