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Get Social: Back to school, and to the lake, the dorm and Well Red
The first week back at school made its appearance on Badgerland's social media this week. Pretty lake views, dorm rooms, excited freshmen, and traffic dominate this week's Get Social. Oh, and dogs, as always.
Move-in 2019: A Wisconsin welcome
Thousands of new students and their families moved in to campus residence halls this weekend with the help of fellow students and staff. Bucky stopped by to lend a paw as well.
Get Social: Goodbye to family, hello to campus
Plenty of Badgers said farewell to their families and headed to campus this week. In this week's get Get Social, take a look at some of those tearful goodbyes, and excited talk of promising futures at UW–Madison.
Brand New Badger: Music provides a salve for freshman following life-altering injury
His desire to attend UW–Madison never wavered throughout his recovery, with a focus on gaining the skills to run his own music studio.
Get Social: A glance at the best of this #UWSummer
In this week's Get Social, a look at some of the best, most popular posts of this #UWSummer.
Witte Residence Hall renovations focused on benefiting students
Originated as a part of a student capstone project, this major renovation to the 55-year-old residence hall is centered around the students that will inhabit it.
First Wave alumna awarded major graduate fellowship
Mackenzie Berry is the recipient of a $20,000 Marcus L. Urann Fellowship from The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation's oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines. She is one of only six recipients nationwide this year to receive the fellowship.
Organizational structure, leadership posts announced for Student Affairs
The university’s vision for student-related services takes shape, with Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Lori Reesor announcing an organizational structure and key leadership posts for the units reporting to her.
If it’s not the tundra, it’s the heat: 5 ways to cope
Extreme temperatures have been predicted in Madison for the next couple of days and we all know what that means. Desperately…
Badgerloop team sets sights on top prize in international competition
Students from the University of Wisconsin–Madison are facing off against teams from around the world with their concept for an ultrafast futuristic form of transportation in the fourth annual SpaceX Hyperloop Competition.
New ropes course brings people together through challenges
“One of our mantras is ‘choose your challenge’ which really means everyone is supposed to challenge themselves to their own level and hopefully step out of your comfort zone but not into a panic zone."
A day in the life of a student tour guide, the red-polo-wearing ambassador for thousands of campus visitors
Often the first point of contact between the UW and the roughly 80,000 people who visit it each year, student tour guides wear many hats: trivia savants, de facto university ambassadors, academic advisors, elementary school teachers and dad joke connoisseurs.
Watt to grads: ‘When you figure your dream out, remember it will not be a straight path’
NFL star and philanthropist J.J. Watt's teleprompter-free speech was one of the more freewheeling — and perhaps memorable — commencement addresses in Badger history.
Photo gallery – Commencement 2019
Experience the weekend's celebrations in images.
Friday ceremony inspires with words from honorary degree recipients
Commencement weekend kicked off with a ceremony at the Kohl Center for about 900 doctoral, medical professional, and master of fine arts students.
Three students named Goldwater Scholars for science excellence
All three recipients have conducted research as undergraduates and plan to pursue doctorates in their respective fields.
Commencement spotlight: UW grad uses brother’s injury as inspiration for research
Stefanie Henry will graduate from UW as a double major in neurobiology and French, along with an extensive background in nervous system trauma research that is inspired by her brother’s spinal cord injury.