Teaching and learning
Get Happy
A popular consumer science course digs into our relationship with money.
A Perfect Storm
A UW professors teaches the science behind the news.
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…
Witness to History
Sarah Morton
Military history professor John Hall spent 15 years on active duty as an infantry officer and strategic planner 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…
58 Frozen Landmarks
Badgers have made their mark on Antarctica, thanks to the UW’s long history of research and exploration of the continent.
7 Objects of Affection
From scientific marvels to meaningful mementos, items found in the offices of UW professors help tell their stories.
Beyond the Game
UW program helps student-athletes chart a course for life after sports.
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…
Scene Setting
Jeff Miller photo
Elise Schimke ’17 sought solitude in campus libraries during her time at UW–Madison. So when the history and…
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.
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…
“Yes, and …”
Improv techniques help medical professionals learn creativity and spontaneity.
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.
Classrooms Mobilized
From telegraphy to auto repair to engineers, the UW campus organized to prepare student soldiers for war.
Women Make Waves
UW Archives [UWYearBk1920.p0371]
The war yielded some positive outcomes for female students. Many gained leadership positions on campus that had…
Danielle Evans
Danielle Evans is no stranger to praise. During her 33 years, the UW assistant professor of creative writing has graduated from the
Tradition, Reinterpreted
Bryce Richter
This isn’t your typical henna design — and it’s not intended to be. Students created the henna…
Spring Fashion Show
In the moments before the music begins, the nervous energy is palpable.
Nearly three dozen student models line up along a…
Pomp and Circumstance
UW hockey coach Tony Granato x’17 goes back to school.
The Great War at Home
When the U.S. entered the First World War, the UW joined the fight by training soldiers, conducting poison-gas research, and sending students to work on Wisconsin farms.
Stitching History
UW students connect to a designer’s lost legacy.
Better Aging Through Art
Changing our perceptions of aging is at the heart of The Penelope Project: An Arts-Based Odyssey to Change Elder Care,…
Climate Chameleon
UW–Madison is home to one of the most flexible and unique research facilities in North America.
Brandon Shields MBAx’17
A care package in Afghanistan leads a former marine to seek an MBA from the Wisconsin School of Business.
Physician, Heal Thyself
Burnout and depression are common among medical students, but a UW course teaches them tools to stay healthy, along with their patients.
Musical Theater Performance
When we start staging things, if you don’t know your lyrics, you are going to get killed
Story Time
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.
Shawn Peters
The instructor behind “The Wire course.”
History Book
If these shoes could talk: Students learn the art of making objects speak.
Art for Fruit’s Sake
Paintings show horticulture students how fruits and vegetables have changed over the centuries.
Get Real
RE 306: Real Estate Process
Kathy Cramer
Meet a Badger who is one of the caretakers of the Wisconsin Idea.
Research in the field (or forest)
At a tiny building in Wisconsin’s Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest, scientist Claire Phillips studies carbon in soil samples. The UW has been conducting research at the site for a decade, exploring how forests change over time, under the direction of Ankur Desai, an associate professor in atmospheric and oceanic sciences.
Budget Fallout
For UW–Madison, the hits just keep coming.
Chemic Book
Veronica Berns PhD’14 found a novel way to make chemistry easier to understand.
Jim Doyle
A former governor sees “bright, committed” people taking us into the future.
Badger Brewski
A food science course is putting a new meaning behind “microbrewery.”
Street-Dance Scientist
He does popping. He devotes time to his company. He teaches adults and kids about science. He works on his doctorate. Is there anything Jeff Vinokur ’12 isn't doing?