Photo galleries
Spring’s arrival provides reassurance
With the COVID-19 crisis roiling life on campus and all over the world, it's reassuring to see that spring arrived on Thursday, March 19. This year's spring equinox arrived early, and it was welcome. Read More
Outstanding Women of Color honored
The twelfth cohort of Outstanding Women of Color awardees were honored at a reception on March 5. The honorees show a wide range of achievement and skill. Read More
Exploring Afrofuturism with Pierce Freelon
Black History Month keynote speaker Pierce Freelon discussed Afrofuturism with an enthusiastic crowd of more than 75 at Union South's Varsity Hall on Feb. 27. Read More
New home for Watrous mural
Workers with Methods & Materials Inc. of Chicago installed a 1951 mural by artist and former UW–Madison professor James Watrous into the Chazen Museum of Art's Elvehjem Building on Feb. 26. Read More
An exuberant, intercultural competition of dance
The Chinese Undergraduate Student Association held a Show Me Your Dance event at the Wisconsin Union Theater’s Shannon Hall on Feb. 22. Student performers and audiences from different cultural backgrounds all joined in, creating intercultural communication through art. Read More
A snowball’s chance
Hundreds of students engaged in “Battle for Bottom of Bascom," an epic snowball fight held on the lower half of Bascom Hill on Feb. 15. The spirited annual battle pits members of the Lakeshore and Southeast residence halls. The Lakeshore team once again claimed victory. Read More
The signs of love
Looking for signs of love on this Valentine’s Day? If you look closely, you can find plenty of them on the walls, desks and tables… Read More
Winning at winter: Carnival time
Plenty of people dashed out to skate, ski and play in the snow during the Wisconsin Union's weeklong Winter Carnival, which wrapped up on Saturday, Feb. 8. Read More
‘Afrofuturism’ comes to campus
More than 50 students kicked off Black History Month at an event called “An Afrofuturist Affair,” at the Pyle Center's Alumni Lounge at the University of Wisconsin–Madison on Friday, Feb. 7. Read More
All set for the Final Four
On Tuesday afternoon, a spirited group of nearly 80 Badger volleyball fans gathered at the Field House to send off the team to compete in the Final Four of the 2019 NCAA Tournament Championship in Pittsburgh. Read More
What’s going on underneath Bascom Hill?
Workers continue to make progress underneath Bascom Hill, where they're using a custom-made borer to drill a 640-foot-long tunnel to carry utilities. Read More
Photo gallery: Winter commencement 2019
Family and friends packed the Kohl Center on Dec. 15 to celebrate with 1,200 graduates taking part in winter commencement exercises. Read More
Badger volleyball team in final four
Wisconsin defeated Nebraska 25-18, 25-22, 25-19 to advance to the NCAA Women's Volleyball Championship Semifinal against No. 1 Baylor in Pittsburgh next Thursday. It was No. 4 UW's third sweep of the No. 5 Huskers this season. This will be the Badgers' third national semifinal in team history. Read More
Badger volleyball team advances to NCAA Sweet 16
The No. 4 Wisconsin volleyball team rolled into the Sweet 16 of the 2019 NCAA Tournament with a straight-set win over UCLA on Saturday night during the second round of Division 1 championship play at the UW Field House. The Badgers move on to face No. 13 Texas A&M. UPDATE: UW defeated Texas A&M Friday to advance to the Elite Eight. Read More
Badger volleyball advances in tournament
The No. 4 Wisconsin volleyball team rallied back to win its first-round NCAA matchup with Illinois State on Friday night at the UW Field House. On Saturday, the Badgers advanced to the tournament's Sweet 16 with a straight-set win over UCLA. Read More
‘Christmas in the Lab’ celebrates 50 years of chemistry and comedy
What began as a holiday treat for long-suffering freshman chemistry students has turned into a 50-year tradition for chemistry Professor Bassam Shakhashiri. Read More
A global Friends-Giving
Nearly 50 students, domestic and international, came together to share a Thanksgiving meal during a Friends-Giving dinner at the Memorial Union Tuesday. The event, hosted by the Wisconsin Union Directorate Global Connections committee, included food, turkey-themed crafts and a bit of karaoke. Read More
Graduation checklist: Cap, gown, Abe photo
It's a rite of passage for UW–Madison graduates, wearing their graduation gowns, to pose for a photo on the lap of the Abraham Lincoln statue atop Bascom Hill. Read More
The force is strong — at Gordon
Jedi knights turned out in force on Nov. 13 at the Gordon Dining and Event Center, for the Ultimate Star Wars Dining Experience. Read More
Tunneling under Bascom Hill
A huge, custom-made borer has started drilling a 640-foot-long tunnel under Bascom Hill to carry utilities. The borer, 11 feet in diameter, was lowered into a reinforced earthen pit between South Hall and the Law Building, where it runs on hydraulic tracks installed there, filling carts with earth as it excavates the face of the tunnel. Read More