Students
The Big Dig
With shovels in tow, a UW program is tackling two crises at once: a shortage of students in science and a growth of antibiotic resistance.
Reckoning with History
Bryce Richter
Between 1919 and 1926, two UW student organizations took the name Ku Klux Klan, and a report delving into that …
Lake Invaders
How zebra and quagga mussels native to the Caspian Sea came to wreak environmental havoc in the Great Lakes and beyond.
Bridge Builder
Rod Hassett ’62 has sourced his hometown to inspire the next generation of engineers — diversifying his profession along the way.
Bryson Williams
How the Lincoln, Nebraska, native chose the Badgers over the Cornhuskers.
Alnisa Allgood
The UW’s LGBT student center opened its doors 26 years ago.
Audio Philes
Students study podcasts as the medium takes off.
Surprise Package
First-year students link arms and sing ‘Varsity’ at the end of the Chancellor’s Convocation for New Students, a Wisconsin Welcome event. Jeff …
Get Happy
A popular consumer science course digs into our relationship with money.
Mystery Solved
The List Issue featured four University Archives images in search of captions. Readers answered the call and helped identify three of them, with …
Taking Safety Seriously
A new app transforms smartphones into personal safety devices.
Spring Break
Can we have class outside today? Environmental science students enjoy the environment on a spring day in 2017. Science Hall houses the Nelson Institute for …
4 Classes You Wish You Had Taken
Jeff Miller
Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences 323:
Science of Climate Change
Communication Arts 540:
Superhero TV and Cultural Power
Computer …
Dow: 50 Years Later
A moment in history that transformed the lives of many students and the UW campus.
9 Student Clubs
There’s no shortage of choices for UW students in search of a group to match their interests.
4 Photos in Search of a Caption
UW Archives is working to digitize each piece of UW history for people to both use and share, but with limited resources, that’s easier said than done.
5 Campus Rivalries
Competition has always been a part of student life.
24 UW-Madison Firsts
From the beginning, the UW has been a higher education pioneer in research, education, and innovation.
Wisconsin Singers
For five decades, the Wisconsin Singers have taken their act on the road to serve as goodwill ambassadors for the university. Former WAA …
SERF’s Down
Jeff Miller
For years, overcrowding and long lines have been the norm at the SERF (Southeast Recreational Facility), built in 1983 to …
Physics Museum
Above and below: Students from the Milwaukee Excellence Charter School explored hands-on exhibits during a tour of the L. R. Ingersoll Physics Museum …
Football Fight
As the sport’s popularity swelled in the 1900s, a UW professor took on college football and tried to reform it, facing the wrath of students and fans.
Brain Trust
UW professor Tony Stretton is well into his fourth decade of teaching undergraduates the wonders of brain science — and still has a lot of fun doing it.
Jake Lubenow
Jake Lubenow x’18
With more than 300 dues-paying members, the College Republicans of UW–Madison is one of the organization’s largest …
Lake Laboratory
Dawn patrol on Lake Mendota: Carolyn Voter PhDx’18 (right) and Alexandra Linz ’13, PhDx’18 collect water samples before sunrise. The work was part of a …
Class of 2020
Sources: Academic Planning and Institutional Research; UW–Madison Office of the Registrar …
“Yes, and …”
Improv techniques help medical professionals learn creativity and spontaneity.
Protest vs. Disrupt
Free-speech guidelines address a delicate balance.
Russia in Focus
The new Wisconsin Russia Project aims to help the U.S. be more prepared to manage a calculating Kremlin with yet-to-be-determined ambitions.
Maddie Wanamaker
A Badger rower renews her love for the sport.
Classrooms Mobilized
From telegraphy to auto repair to engineers, the UW campus organized to prepare student soldiers for war.
Food as Ammo
From meatless Tuesdays to research aimed at improving agricultural production, food was deemed a key weapon against the Germans.
Women Make Waves
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The war yielded some positive outcomes for female students. Many gained leadership positions on campus that had previously …
Spring Fashion Show
In the moments before the music begins, the nervous energy is palpable.
Nearly three dozen student models line up along a …
Eric Brown II
The road to becoming a college athlete wasn’t always a smooth one.
Taking a Stand
“Inside College Basketball’s Most Political Locker Room” was the New York Times headline for a fall story that featured Badgers Nigel Hayes, Jordan Hill, and …
All Hands on Deck
Scientists weren’t the only faculty members to assist the government — historians, geologists, and others pitched in, too.
Diversity’s Complex History
Jeff Miller
When some schools barred the door, UW–Madison welcomed black students from around the country who then went on …
Brandon Shields
MBAx’17
A care package in Afghanistan leads a former marine to seek an MBA from the Wisconsin School of Business.
Then and Now
After 25 years of covering UW–Madison, a university photographer revisits the people and places he’s captured to show how they’ve changed.