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Half a million Badgers and counting

October 6, 2025

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.

Alumna Felicity Klingele awarded top scholarship for graduate study at Oxford

April 14, 2025

Klingele is the first Badger to win the Barry Scholarship, which provides full funding for a minimum of two years of graduate study at the University of Oxford.

Day of the Badger celebrates the spirit of giving while bringing all the good vibes

April 8, 2025

From April 8-9, UW–Madison is celebrating the Day of the Badger, an annual campaign sponsored by the Wisconsin Foundation and Alumni Association to raise funds for campus.

UW–Madison to name new Computer, Data & Information Sciences building for John and Tashia Morgridge

April 11, 2024

The building will be the first to bear the name of UW–Madison’s largest benefactors.

UW entrepreneurial awardees model innovation, shape Wisconsin’s entrepreneurial ecosystem

April 27, 2023

Honorees have achieved entrepreneurial success that contributes to economic growth and social good, offers models for the UW community and inspires the campus culture of entrepreneurship.

Jerome Chazen leaves lasting impact on UW–Madison and the arts

February 7, 2022

“Jerry was deeply devoted to the arts and to education,” says Chancellor Rebecca Blank. “His commitment to UW–Madison will live on in the Chazen Museum of Art and the many lives he touched.”

UW alum helped pack James Webb telescope for space travel

January 25, 2022

Wei-Di Cheng, a 1993 engineering graduate, analyzed mechanical ground systems to propose, design, fabricate, test and deliver ground systems to support spacecraft and payload integration.

Virgil Abloh: A visionary designer and artist

November 30, 2021

Abloh, a UW–Madison graduate in civil engineering who became the artistic director of menswear for Louis Vuitton, died of cancer Sunday at age 41.

Kyle Cranmer chosen to lead American Family Insurance Data Science Institute

October 21, 2021

Cranmer, a UW–Madison alumnus and executive director of the Moore-Sloan Data Science Environment at NYU, played a significant role in the discovery of the Higgs boson.

Generous lead gift helps launch Bakke Recreation & Wellbeing Center

September 30, 2021

A new state-of-the art facility to support student and community health will nearly triple the size of the former Natatorium, serving more students and community members with recreational and well-being services.

New André De Shields Fund will support BIPOC artists

September 21, 2021

The Wisconsin Union Theater has started the fund, named after the Broadway star and UW alumnus, to support artistic projects and performances by BIPOC and other people who are historically underrepresented on stages and in audiences.

Class of 2020 Celebration: Better late than never

September 18, 2021

Alumni from UW–Madison's class of 2020 are gathering on campus this weekend to celebrate their commencement in-person.

Sculpture dedicated in Germany to honor UW alum and hero of Nazi resistance

September 16, 2021

Justus Liebig University in Germany held a ceremony Sept. 15 to celebrate the installation of “Mildred,” a reproduction of John Burbow’s sculpture located at Middleton’s Marshall Park.

Recent UW grad, an Afghan Kurdish poet, wins $90,000 scholarship for immigrants with exceptional potential

April 13, 2021

Hajjar Baban already has achieved considerable success. She’s now poised for more.