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For nearly a decade, the Wisconsin Alumni Association has honored UW–Madison alumni under the age of forty who have excelled in both careers and community service with the Forward under 40 award. This year’s eight winners have demonstrated their commitment to the Wisconsin Idea, the principle…
Doctors in training at the UW write down patients' memories — along with their symptoms — in a VA hospital program that documents the lives of military veterans.
Troy Vincent was a standout in Badger and pro football, but these days he’s determined to reach a different goal line for the NFL — and it’s personal. He’s a survivor of domestic abuse determined to find ways to help others.
UW-Madison seeks help from alumni and friends with its fourth comprehensive campaign.
Japanese artist Manabu Ikeda’s work is massive, but the overall size is only a small part of his unique vision.
For veterans who feel adrift upon returning home, Jake Wood ’05 has a suggestion: come along with us.
Meet a Badger who is one of the caretakers of the Wisconsin Idea.
A former governor sees “bright, committed” people taking us into the future.
He’s a golf champion and an unwavering basketball fan, but Andy North has a third passion.
The greatest threat to Wisconsin’s forests may not be pollution or urban sprawl.
Percent of people who typically bike to campus in good weather
By the time Roberto Rivera ’04 devised his own UW major, he had already experienced a life's worth of challenges. But that didn't stop him from showing other young people a way out.
A study finds that early mindfulness training leads to improved academics.
Alumni voices have played a role for more than 150 years.
The Wisconsin State Herbarium has added 60,000 samples to its collection.
Using her understanding of human decision-making, Laura Schechter is improving sanitation in Senegal — and in the process, she's changing the way that social scientists and economists think.
Citizen scientists provide clarity for lake researchers’ big questions.
Irwin Goldman packages seeds for the Open Source Seed Initiative. Using envelopes such as the one below, OSSI sent material to 6,000 people in 16 countries. Photo: Bryce Richter.
Free the seeds, feed the future.
Last April, professors Irwin Goldman of horticulture and Jack…
Mark Riccobono's UW–Madison experience served as an awakening.
Despite daily deluges, twelve students in this anthropology course spent most of June sifting and winnowing dirt.
How can we prepare our kids to participate in the highly polarized world of politics?
An innovative UW program is aiming to bring Madison and Washington closer together, one semester at a time.
Wherever she's gone in life, the medically underserved have always found Jenny Amani MD'09.
Children diagnosed with autism will grow up, and that presents entirely different challenges for them and their families. Now the UW's Waisman Center is offering guideposts for the journey.
Waisman’s legacy started with a different name: Kennedy.
Does religion have a place at a public university? The Lubar Institute contends that it does — not to proselytize, but to give students a safe place to explore beliefs and cultivate understanding.