She has spent her career documenting both unthinkable human suffering and the daily lives of ordinary people in faraway places.
Social sciences
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Paintings show horticulture students how fruits and vegetables have changed over the centuries.
If these shoes could talk: Students learn the art of making objects speak.
Think the Badgers are underrated? There's proof.
Meet a Badger who is one of the caretakers of the Wisconsin Idea.
Becoming “Facebook official” is a milestone in modern romance, but can it also help love last?
Descended from a family who helped found a historic African-American community, Thulani Davis gained a unique perspective that allows her to bring the Reconstruction era alive for her students.
In his recent book, Brian Williams PhD’99 sets the record straight on Afghanistani general and now vice president Abdul Dostum, who, along with his cavalry of two thousand Uzbek horsemen, helped the United States defeat the Taliban in a key battle in late 2001.
India’s Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru ended his 1949 U.S. tour with a UW visit.
UW Professor William Bleckwenn 1917, who first used sodium amytal to treat people with schizophrenia, had little idea that his pioneering work would lead to what is popularly known as truth serum.
As a student, UW sociology professor Alice Goffman spent six years immersed in a poor Philadelphia neighborhood. What she learned shaped her understanding of urban policy and inspired a break-out book.
Can spending time online translate into citizen action?
Fans of Harry Potter and other pop-culture touchstones transform into activists.
Democracy is the worst form of government except for all those other forms that have been tried.
Does separating boys and girls boost achievement? Not so fast.
Personal peace and forgiveness strike a chord.
On Wisconsin dispatches a bevy of reporters to track down UW experts and ask for advice on everyday stuff.
A UW professor guides those who have been seriously harmed by others along a path to forgiveness. And a UW alumna encourages leaders to take a new approach to conflict: honoring dignity.
A UW professor guides those who have been seriously harmed by others along a path to forgiveness.
A UW alumna encourages leaders to take a new approach to conflict: honoring dignity.