After a quietly effective political career, Herb Kohl ’56 is helping UW–Madison find practical solutions for an ailing democracy.
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UW professor Howard Schweber discusses the majority’s approach to rights.
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.
Jesús Salas MA’85 battled owners and county officials to organize fellow migrant workers.
Through four decades of Cold War, Lawrence Eagleburger ’52, MS’57 was the crisis manager of American diplomacy.
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.
After the January 6 riot, the Forest Products Lab helped repair the U.S. Capitol.
Manu Raju ’02 rises to CNN’s chief congressional correspondent at a turbulent time for politics and media.
New UN ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield MA'75 shares her secret recipe for fostering international dialogue.
UW proposes new buildings, greater borrowing power in state budget request.
With a gift from Herb Kohl ’56, the La Follette School addresses critical issues.
After the failures of 2016, the UW’s Elections Research Center makes a significant contribution to the presidential race.
A century ago, UW–Madison grads spearheaded the suffrage movement.
Our article on the Sterling Hall bombing is a unique contribution to the historical record.
A 50-year perspective on the Sterling Hall bombing from alumni who lived through it.
In 2002, Gillian Laub ’97 made what would be the first of many trips to Mount Vernon, Georgia, to photograph the lives of teenagers in the South. What she discovered was an idyllic yet racially divided town struggling to confront longstanding issues of race and inequality. For the next decade,…
Sharing what’s on your mind — and welcoming the viewpoints of others on contentious issues — is a campus hallmark that could inform the wider world.
UW economics professor Menzie Chinn explains the tradeoffs of tariff policy.
Former U.S. Senator Russ Feingold ’75 returns to the UW to teach, calling on his experiences in the Great Lakes region of Africa.
Charlie Simokaitis When Barack Obama appeared before cheering crowds in Chicago on the night he won the 2008 election, Brian Stockmaster MFA’98 had a unique connection to the president-elect. The majestic stage in Grant Park had been mapped out, designed, and assembled in less than…
In a new book, former Wisconsin governor Tommy Thompson ’63, JD’66 recalls his partnership with UW–Madison and his support for biotechnology research.
A UW expert discusses the “dark side” of international relations: dictatorships.
A history course tackles the 1970s–90s through a generational lens.
John Becker LLB1890 lost his career in public service when his words were deemed a crime.
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…
The $43 billion Wisconsin industry has benefited from a long tradition of UW support.
A resource center for African American students has a new home on campus.