Teaching and learning
Grandparents Eeeeuw-niversity
Grandparents U is a lifelong learning event that brings children ages seven to fourteen to campus with their grandparents
The Class of 2011
These seven students are becoming diploma-carrying Badgers this year, joining the ranks of more than 380,000 UW-Madison alumni around the world. They have a firm grasp of reality — but also an inspiring take on what’s to come.
Tasty Invaders
Students and professors find crayfish study to be rewarding — and delicious.
The Peace Corps at 50
UW’s connection to the volunteer program runs deep
Students learn to print with limestone, oil, and ink
Art 316: Lithography
Home-Field Advantage
Despite the hurdles, campus dining facilities are incorporating locally grown foods.
Family Man
Steven Levitan reaches new heights by writing what he knows.
Brave New Blogs
Blogs aren’t just about trivial pursuits anymore. UW faculty are using these online diaries to share ideas and discoveries with colleagues around the world.
Bipartisan Partners
Chancellor Biddy Martin believes that UW-Madison can help Wisconsin on the road to financial stability. The best path, she says, lies in greater flexibility for the university.
Sifting and Winnowing in New York City
Meeting of the Minds sparks lively debate on pressing contemporary issues.
Mary Beltrán
When she watches television, it’s with an eye on diversity, as well as entertainment.
By the Numbers
It’s easily the best deal on campus, but there’s an age requirement.
From Hospital to Home
Research leads to a smoother transition for patients and caregivers.
The Art of Medicine
Erin Kimball says choosing the rural track in medical school taught her “what it really means to be a physician.”
What goes on inside a prison’s fences
You never know where a story might take you
Family Matters
Philosophy 104: Childhood, Marriage, and Family
Opening the Door to Forgiveness
An innovative program staffed by law professors and students pairs crime victims and offenders who are willing to meet — and willing to learn lessons from each other.
Let’s Give Them Something to Talk About
Book choice for second Go Big Read offers plenty to ponder and discuss.
Building a Better Biology
Boot camp program helps students navigate the biosciences.
Live and Learn
Campus learning communities are growing, thanks to a new initiative.
Adventures in a Tiny Universe
A creative partnership brings youthful enthusiasm to the scientific method.
Dissolving Borders
Dairy Science 375: Evaluation of Dairy Agroecosystems in Wisconsin and Mexico
The Tug of War
The welcome mat is out when today's soldiers return to campus, unlike what their Vietnam counterparts experienced while reentering civilian life during an uncivil era.
How to Stage a Lynching
As a graduate student, theater professor Patrick Sims became engrossed in the story of lynching survivor James Cameron. For a decade, he's been working to create a one-man play that preserves Cameron's place in history.
State of the Arts
From the university's earliest years, the arts have held a special place on campus — for those who create or perform and for those who experience the results.
A Semester at the Museum
Zoology 400: Introduction to Museum Studies
Winning Gold (Medalists)
Chancellor forges new ties in China.
Manga Mania
East Asian 376: Manga
What Motivates UW Students to Learn Foreign Languages?
UW offers students choices that span the globe.
Someone to Watch over Earth
The UW’s legacy with environmental issues started in the 1860s when student John Muir embraced nature. It continues evolving on today’s campus, where classes meld filmmaking skills with community activism.
Student Watch
Whose ’bot is the best?
Strategic Study Group
Web-based history course reaches out to members of the military.
Quick Takes
UW news in brief.
How Wired are UW Students?
Technology is an intrinsic part of campus life.
Lights, Camera, Music!
Communication Arts 613: Film Score: Theory and History
Big Man on Campus
Author Michael Pollan addresses a crowd at the Kohl Center.
Big Red Book Club
A new common reading program puts campus on the same page.
Faulty Forensics
Wisconsin Innocence Project goes beyond DNA to ferret out bad courtroom science.
Catalog of Horrors
Comparative Literature 203: Scary Monsters
The World at Their Feet
Today’s students know that by graduation, their portfolios of knowledge and skills need to include global competence. But the UW, along with its peers, is grappling to define what that means, exactly, and why in the world it matters.