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Homecoming Week 2025
From pink flamingos and silent disco to fireworks and a parade, see how UW–Madison students and alumni celebrated community the Badger way.
During Fill the Hill, we wear pink
UW students, faculty and alumni temporarily replace their Badger red with flamingo pink to celebrate the annual day-of-giving initiative.
UW–Madison’s summer snapshot
Camp Randall was filled with music again, several new buildings rose up, students learned both indoors and out and research continued.
Wildlife finds home on the campus lakeshore
A springtime stroll through UW–Madison's Lakeshore neighborhood showcases the wildlife that inhabits campus.
APIDA Heritage Month explores a far-reaching universe of cultures
This year’s Asian Pacific Islander Desi American (APIDA) Heritage Month theme, “Into the APIDA-Verse” – a play on the popular animated Spider-Man movies – took…
Campus welcomes Ash Perez as APIDA Heritage Month Speaker
Writer, director and producer Ash Perez headlined this year’s Asian Pacific Islander Desi American (APIDA) Heritage Month keynote event.
On campus: A sprinkling of spring
Students shed their coats while early blooms peeked out of their winter hiding spots during one of the first showings of spring on campus.
Sun spot: Badgers enjoy a taste of early spring
Badgers flock to the Terrace during an unexpectedly warm day, just in time for this year's spring break recess.
Still / Moving 2024
Experience UW–Madison in 2024 through the camera’s lens.
APIDA Heritage Month builds community through food and fellowship
April at the University of Wisconsin–Madison marks the annual celebration of APIDA Heritage Month. This year’s theme, “Ingredients, Identities, and Intersectionality,” recognized the close connection between food and identity, particularly within the APIDA community.
175th anniversary celebration keeps bringing the wow with ultimate community open house
As the University of Wisconsin nears the close of its 175th anniversary year, there’s one final flagship event you won’t want to miss. It’s the biggest and best yet, with more than 60 events.
Fall scenes color UW–Madison’s campus
After an extended summer, UW–Madison's campus transitions to fall colors and cooler weather.
Family Weekend 2023: We’re all Badgers now!
Planned activities included everything from cheering on the women's hockey team to walking on Lakeshore Path to making crafts at Wheelhouse Studio.
Connection, reflection and celebration mark this year’s Latinx Heritage Month
This year’s Latinx Heritage Month reflected on the connected yet distinct Latinx customs and traditions that have been transplanted across multiple generations, through many spaces, and have found their way to UW–Madison.
Ojibwe birchbark canoe returns to Lake Mendota after 10 years, connecting to 1,000s of years of art and culture
Ten years after it first cut through Lake Mendota, a traditional birchbark canoe returned to the water, paddled by its maker, Wayne Valliere, who shared the experience with members of a first-year experience group focused on Indigenous arts and science.
A look at lasting legacies and tailgating traditions from Homecoming 2023
Fans turned out on a bright and crisp fall morning to celebrate Homecoming 2023 ahead of the Badger football game, with many adding their own traditions to the game day experience.
Moments in time: photos from 2022
We've captured some of the most memorable and captivating images from our staff photographers, Jeff Miller, Bryce Richter and Althea Dotzour and student photographers Colton Mansavage Taylor Wolfram.
Autumn colors grace campus
With campus ablaze in color and a waning number of warm days before winter comes, hardly anyone let a light drizzle stop them from getting outdoors on Oct. 11.
Scenes from start of semester
The semester started Jan. 25 with routines both familiar – moving briskly to class through the cold, masking up indoors – and new – picking up free surgical masks and take-home COVID-19 antigen tests at the unions.
Campus, community celebrate Juneteenth through weekend
Students, faculty, and staff are encouraged to take advantage of the many virtual and in-person opportunities in Dane County this week in celebration of Juneteenth.