News & Stories
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What is Day of the Badger, and how do people traditionally celebrate?
Alumni Profiles
Bike? Check. Helmet? Check. Floor pump? Allen wrench? Patch kit? Don’t worry — the
Angelina Huang ’24’s debut on wild ice involved six paramedics — not for a medical emergency, but to help her rekindle her lifelong passion for ice...
This UW professor revolutionized sports by studying the science of movement.
UW Now
Professors Yoshiko Herrera and Andrew Kydd join Mike Knetter for a conversation about the state of the conflict in Ukraine, three years after Russi...
As the U.S. adds more tariffs, things will be more expensive — but then that’s the point of tariffs.
Political scientist Jon Pevehouse breaks down Trump’s early international trade moves.
On Wisconsin
WisCARES provides veterinary services to clients experiencing homelessness or financial hardship.
The UW’s first prolific inventor, Magnus Swenson 1880, MS1882, inspired Madison’s water system and saved multitudes from famine after World War I. ...
Here’s our dream lineup, position by position.
Ask Flamingle HQ
What is Day of the Badger, and how do people traditionally celebrate?
Was the UW fight song featured in an episode of M*A*S*H?
Did female students have to walk around campus with an escort?
Campus Places & Spaces
In the summer of 2024, the Wisconsin Alumni Association launched a new program for its members: the
Raised in the Northeast, trained in the history of the South, and teaching in the Midwest,
The Hub
The HUB, opened in 2015, is technically on North Frances, but it takes up a good stretch of State Street frontage, as well. The HUB replaced the University Inn, but Badgers may also remember Buraka, an African restaurant, and Hüsn...
