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Birchbark Canoe/Carrots/Homeless Students

September 25, 2014

Stories from UW–Madison about how bridges are being built to strengthen community.  See how the was of the tribal ancestors are passed to a new…

First Wave: World class creativity, academics and outreach

September 25, 2014

The First Wave Hip Hop and Urban Arts Learning Community, housed in the Office of Multicultural Arts Initiatives at UW–Madison is a cutting-edge multicultural artistic…

UW-Madison: The Idea Factory

September 25, 2014

Being a large research institution has profound benefits on the state of Wisconsin and on the students that study at UW–Madison.  Many undergraduate students work…

Weird Science

July 10, 2014

For more than 40 years, UW–Madison Chemistry Professor Basam Shakhashiri has been making science outreach fun.  His partner in crime in the Physics Department is…

More Than Movement

June 27, 2014

Say Cheese!

January 6, 2014

A family that has been making cheese for four generations in Wisconsin gets some help from the Wisconsin Dairy Research Center to make their great…

First in Glass

January 6, 2014

Housed in the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, the Glass Lab is the first collegiate program that focuses on artistic glass blowing.

A Different Kind of Hat Trick

January 6, 2014

Badger Men’s Hockey Coach Mike Eaves may have been a high-scoring, physical player and is a tough-minded coach, but when he spends a day teaching…

Real World Smart

November 20, 2013

At the UW–Madison, college isn’t just about books and lectures. Several programs, made possible in part by donations from the UW Foundation, help students obtain…

The Sweet Science of Making Candy

November 20, 2013

Want to learn the science behind making candy?  There’s only one place in the nation to do so – UW–Madison.  Take a look at how…

UW Band 5th Quarter

November 20, 2013

The UW–Madison Marching Band goes into overtime every home football game to give the fans a final set of musical fun in their 5th quarter…

Coach Bobbi Kelsey trades buckets for Babcock

October 3, 2013

UW Women’s Basketball coach Bobbie Kelsey was the one getting the coaching when she visited the UW Babcock Dairy. Watch as she shovels cheese, battles…

Coach Andersen’s Day at the Vet School

October 2, 2013

Badger head football coach Gary Andersen was the one getting the coaching when he visited the UW–Madison Veterinary Medicine Clinics. He works his way through…

Nothing But the Truth

June 28, 2013

Falsely convicted of murder and imprisoned for 12 years, meet the man who survived this ordeal and the Innocence Project that help free him.  A…

SPOT-Bot

June 28, 2013

A team of UW–Madison engineering students create a robot that gives a paralyzed surgeon the chance to return to the operating room..