Recent Sightings: Wintry chill November 27, 2013 Share Bundled pedestrians walk in silhouette across a snowy path on Observatory Hill as the sun shines during a chilly late-fall morning. In the background is Van Hise Hall, at left, and Washburn Observatory. Photo: Jeff Miller Tags: campus, weather 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.