Recent Sightings Recent sightings: Old school July 6, 2015 Share Sarah Krause writes on a manual typewriter on Library Mall on July 1, 2015. Krause was modeling for a Life Drawing 232 class taught by Leslie Smith III, an assistant professor of art. (Photo by Bryce Richter / UW–Madison) Photo: Bryce Richter Tags: recent sightings Editor’s picks Teaching students to deliberate, not debate In a public policy course, UW–Madison students put the science behind productive disagreement into practice. Smart farming UW‘s statewide network of hyper-local weather stations gives Wisconsin growers a powerful tool to reduce costs and improve yields. ‘Prepared for life’: UW–Madison awards the most degrees ever This spring UW–Madison reached a major milestone, awarding 13,733 degrees to new graduates — the most in university history. Half a million Badgers and counting UW–Madison has reached the milestone of 500,000 living alumni. See how they’re spreading the Wisconsin Idea around the state, country and world.