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Tasty, cheap and eco-friendly, Goodie Bag is growing at an app-ealing rate
With help from a Badger alum, a fast-growing app is helping people access surplus food at a steep discount.
What it feels like to …
Step into the shoes of UW–Madison alumni who’ve had extraordinary experiences — the kind that change lives, test limits, attract a national spotlight and even shape history.
How to beat phone addiction
Two Badgers have created the Brick, a small device that you tap with your phone to temporarily block apps and eliminate digital distractions.
Badgers head to Wisconsin’s capitol
The annual UW–Madison Day at the State Capitol highlighted the university's economic power and campus momentum.
From Bascom Hill to Hall of Fame: The Allee Willis Archive, Creativity Commons coming to UW–Madison Libraries
The donation is coupled with a $1.5 million gift that will fund the construction of a multidisciplinary makerspace in Memorial Library.
Tia Nelson, champion of environmental stewardship, to receive honorary degree from UW–Madison
Nelson, who has been instrumental in advancing local, national and global conservation efforts, will be honored on May 8 at the spring commencement ceremony.
Cheering for the champs
Badger fans packed The Sett for the Olympic women’s hockey gold medal game featuring 11 current and former UW–Madison players.
With a gift honoring Sen. Herb Kohl’s legacy, Music Hall to be renamed and serve as future home of La Follette School
The gift from Herb Kohl Philanthropies, totaling $30 million, dedicates $10 million to support ongoing programming and $20 million for building renovations.
Badger love matches
Some UW–Madison grads gain not only a degree, but also a partner. UW sweethearts share stories of how they met — and even popped the question — on campus.
From art student to game changer
As co-founder of Raven Software, UW alum Brian Raffel has remained deeply committed to his Wisconsin roots and his belief in the power of education — values that recently inspired a major donation to his alma mater.
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.
Alumna Felicity Klingele awarded top scholarship for graduate study at Oxford
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
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
The building will be the first to bear the name of UW–Madison’s largest benefactors.
For these multigenerational Badger families, UW–Madison is a beloved tradition
Badger families come in all sizes — some of them super-sized. In honor of the University of Wisconsin’s 175th anniversary, here are five families whose love for UW–Madison cannot be questioned.
Unfinished business: Group of PhD students will walk in commencement 50 years after earning degrees
More than a dozen 1970s alumni of the Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics program are expected to attend commencement, and they'll attend several days of events.
UW entrepreneurial awardees model innovation, shape Wisconsin’s entrepreneurial ecosystem
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.
What’s the Big Idea?
UW faculty and alumni talk about what motivates them.
Charlie Berens gets interrogated — by his little sister
Ahead of his winter commencement address this Sunday, comedian Charlie Berens sat down with his sister and current UW student Bridget Berens to answer her questions about his undergraduate days at UW–Madison.
Chancellor Mnookin meets with leaders in central Wisconsin
Chancellor Mnookin met with Wausau and Marathon County leaders as well as the Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council. She also toured a prominent alum’s ginseng farm and production facility.