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UW Makerspace puts no limits on a student’s imagination.
The official UW–Madison tour brings a magical campus to life.
The Mercile J. Lee Scholars Program reflects its namesake's humane approach.
Participants in UW Adventure Learning Programs (ALPs) ride a giant swing at a new facility in Stoughton, Wisconsin. ALPs — a student organization — administers the facility and runs team-building workshops for students and nonstudent groups. Photo by Jeff Miller…
Mackenzie Straub x’22 (pictured) was one of 796 incoming students during the 2018–19 academic year receiving free tuition through Bucky’s Tuition Promise. Jeff Miller The first brainchild of the UW’s new Student Success Through Applied Research (SSTAR) Lab, Bucky’s Tuition Promise, has provided financial…
Jeff Miller After a doctor affiliated with Michigan State University was convicted of sexually assaulting numerous young women under his care, including student-athletes, UW Athletic Director Barry Alvarez requested a wide-ranging review of his department’s health- and safety-related policies and procedures. “We are treating this…
Mason Muerhoff Nomen est omen, said the ancient Romans, who liked their maxims to rhyme: one’s name is one’s destiny. And while there’s little empirical evidence about this aphorism, put Anna Pidgeon PhD’00 down on the side of support. The professor with the columbiform name has…
Valerie Donovan ’11, MA’12 coordinates resources and support networks across campus.
An aspiring journalist chooses an unexpected stop on his career path: his hometown newspaper.
Pull out the brooms: a magical Harry Potter sport has taken on a life of its own at UW–Madison and around the world.
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.
Bryce Richter Between 1919 and 1926, two UW student organizations took the name Ku Klux Klan, and a report delving into that era of campus history “does not make for comfortable reading, nor should it,” says Chancellor Rebecca Blank. In the wake of a white nationalist…
How zebra and quagga mussels native to the Caspian Sea came to wreak environmental havoc in the Great Lakes and beyond.
How the Lincoln, Nebraska, native chose the Badgers over the Cornhuskers.
Rod Hassett ’62 has sourced his hometown to inspire the next generation of engineers — diversifying his profession along the way.
First-year students link arms and sing ‘Varsity’ at the end of the Chancellor’s Convocation for New Students, a Wisconsin Welcome event. Jeff Miller For Mackenzie Straub x’22, the good news just kept coming. Shortly after being accepted to UW–Madison, she learned that her tuition and fees…
A popular consumer science course digs into our relationship with money.
The List Issue featured four University Archives images in search of captions. Readers answered the call and helped identify three of them, with the first image (below) generating the most replies. The dueling knights were part of an event sponsored by the Society for Creative…
A new app transforms smartphones into personal safety devices.
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 Environmental Studies — when it’s not outdoors. Photo by Jeff Miller…
Jeff Miller Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences 323: Science of Climate Change Communication Arts 540: Superhero TV and Cultural Power Computer Sciences 540: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence Food Science 535: Confectionary Science and Technology…
There’s no shortage of choices for UW students in search of a group to match their interests.
A moment in history that transformed the lives of many students and the UW campus.
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.
From the beginning, the UW has been a higher education pioneer in research, education, and innovation.