Recent Sightings: Posters in the Rotunda March 12, 2014 Share UW-Madison student Bronte Mansfield (left) speaks with Wisconsin state Rep. Terese Berceau about her undergraduate research display during the Posters in the Rotunda event at the Wisconsin State Capitol on Wednesday, March 12. Photo: Bryce Richter 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.