An alum finds a niche converting Swedish bestsellers into English.
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Political science professor Yoshiko Herrera believes Ukrainians’ resolve for statehood will prevail.
Mildred Fish Harnack ’25, MA’26 lost her life in the German resistance to Hitler.
The popular travel influencer has visited all 197 countries, and he’s just getting started.
A new sculpture at the Chazen Museum connects agriculture on two continents.
Through four decades of Cold War, Lawrence Eagleburger ’52, MS’57 was the crisis manager of American diplomacy.
Mohamed Amin PhD’13 looks for healthy ways to go hungry.
Retrace the steps of UW limnologist Harriet Bell Merrill 1890, who defied the doubters to conduct pioneering fieldwork in South America.
The UW’s History of Cartography Project shows how world cultures have thought about space.
How Ben Schumaker ’03, MSW’06 helped an Afghan colleague flee to Pakistan.
Pao Lor PhD’01 chronicles his American journey in Modern Jungles: A Hmong Refugee’s Childhood Story of Survival.
On The Branch, Dina Kraft ’93 delves into stories of Israeli/Palestinian friendship.
The 19th-century building now boasts up-to-date student spaces.
Some things changed. Amazingly, others didn’t.
UW students learned to navigate a campus turned upside down.
New UN ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield MA'75 shares her secret recipe for fostering international dialogue.
Katie Lorenz ’12 sells alpaca-fleece products while ensuring fair wages for Peruvian artisans.
A face covering by Max Bock-Aronson ’13 is one of 2020’s best inventions.
Pandemic-related challenges keep some students home.
This Is How the Heart Beats documents a persecuted community.
Volunteers develop a course to help students help themselves.
A documentary profiles the crusading immigration lawyer Judy Wood.
A recent trip by university leaders strengthens ties in the region.
Born in war-torn Hong Kong to a prominent but absent father and his sixth concubine, UW physicist Sau Lan Wu has overcome stunning obstacles on her path to three major scientific discoveries.
The activist has long been on the front lines of women’s and peace movements.
A UW–developed portable weather lab journeys to the Philippine Sea.
It’s been two decades since the first human embryonic stem cell lines were derived at UW–Madison. What effect has the discovery had on scientific research and human health?
WAA recognizes the 2018 Distinguished Alumni Award recipients.