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Award-winning NPR podcasters to visit UW as fall Journalists in Residence

November 8, 2022

Rund Abdelfatah and Ramtin Arablouei of "Throughline" will meet with university students, faculty and staff to share their experiences and expertise.

UW’s Monica Kim named MacArthur Fellow

October 12, 2022

Historian and UW–Madison faculty member Monica Kim has been awarded a 2022 MacArthur Fellowship, also known as a "genius grant," for her work uncovering the experiences of ordinary people caught in war and complicating conventional narratives of conflict.

For students who worked on Public History Project, a rich and often emotional experience

October 11, 2022

Students played a crucial role in conducting research for the Public History Project and its exhibit, Sifting and Reckoning: UW–Madison’s History of Exclusion and Resistance. In the process, they learned much about the student experience during various points in the university's history.

Author Clint Smith to give Go Big Read keynote Nov. 1

October 3, 2022

Author of "How the Word is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America," Clint Smith will discuss his book, chosen as the 2022-23 Go Big Read, in a keynote address on Nov. 1 at UW–Madison's Memorial Union.

3,000-year-old canoe recovered from Lake Mendota

September 22, 2022

On a brisk and breezy first day of fall, divers recovered an ancient Ho-Chunk canoe from the depths of Lake Mendota, an effort coordinated by the Wisconsin State Historical Society and members of the Ho-Chunk Nation.

3D scan will reveal the stories hidden within 1,200-year-old Wisconsin canoe

May 24, 2022

Lennon Rodgers of the College of Engineering performed the scan on the 15-foot dugout canoe recovered in 2021 from the waters of Lake Mendota, part of the ancestral home of the Ho-Chunk Nation.

An update on the Public History Project

July 13, 2021

Director Kacie Lucchini Butcher discusses the UW–Madison Public History Project — "a multi-year effort to uncover and give voice to those who experienced, challenged and overcame prejudice on campus" — as it builds toward a public exhibit in fall 2022.

Why do we call it herd immunity?

April 27, 2021

The term first appeared in a British public health journal in 1923 in reference to bacterial transmission in mice. This study looked at vaccines, and how vaccinating some mice out of a group — or a “herd” — might begin to prevent bacterial transmission between them.

In virtual classrooms, UW–Madison instructors find meaningful ways to connect with students

March 3, 2021

Ever since the COVID-19 pandemic forced many courses online last year, UW–Madison instructors have been investing great thought and effort into making their virtual classrooms engaging and inclusive.

More than a footnote: Remembering the life of William S. Noland, the first known Black graduate of UW–Madison

March 3, 2021

Noland, a member of the first Black family to establish permanent residence in Madison, received his UW degree on June 17, 1875.

When perseverance is the only option: Mabel Watson Raimey

March 3, 2021

Raimey is believed to have been the first African-American woman to graduate from UW–Madison. And that is just the beginning of her story.

Student to student: Black History Month is more than just a month

February 10, 2021

Black history can mean appreciating an influential figure who lived long ago, or a deeply personal present-day connection. UW students tell what it means to them.

New public history collective focuses on neglected history of Latinx in Wisconsin

January 26, 2021

The project will not only add critical perspectives and missing facts to the historical record, but will also help combat ongoing racism and bias.

Born of activism, UW’s Afro-American Studies Department celebrates 50 years of scholarship, teaching excellence

September 22, 2020

Five decades after its founding, UW–Madison’s Afro-American Studies Department is being recognized this year for its contributions to campus — both scholarly and social — and for its groundbreaking work nationally.

When bomb tore through Sterling Hall 50 years ago, he was inside: ‘I still have flashbacks’

August 18, 2020

Bill Evans remembers feeling the building shudder, then seeing a wave of dirt and dust blow by a lab door. He immediately reported that something terrible had happened.