The cultures of multiple homelands were stitched together in a School of Human Ecology class during fall semester.
Teaching and learning
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A UW professor inspires students to honor WW II soldiers.
Mark Riccobono's UW–Madison experience served as an awakening.
For Lisa Nett ’97, a tree doesn’t just grow in Brooklyn.
Take the tradition of storytelling and creativity within the humanities fields and blend it with a commitment to join the digital age, and you have the recipe for an exciting campus evolution.
What does it take to produce one of those courses with the funny name? We look at the intense planning, the in-the-field work, and the post-production effort required to create a MOOC.
How can we prepare our kids to participate in the highly polarized world of politics?
In an excerpt from his new book, UW professor Jordan Ellenberg argues that math is part of our daily lives and encourages us to embrace its power.
Chinese alumni create talk-show videos to educate, ease isolation.
Music professor by day and eccentric genius by night, Christopher Taylor is creating a double-keyboard instrument that could revolutionize the world of piano-playing.
Now a UW faculty member, renowned cartoonist and author Lynda Barry explores the genesis of creativity, teaching the powerful connection between our hands and our brains.
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.
Students create new recipe for a Wisconsin restaurant chain.
This is a class about HIV, but it’s also about critical thinking, about using the scientific method to conceptualize a complex problem . . .
Tips and tricks for the dinner table during a job search
Today’s successful artists are influenced by the greats of past eras.
As the university prepares to offer its first massive online open courses, we take a look at this new phenomenon and its implications for UW-Madison.