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There’s no mistaking Jeanne Nye for a Raging Granny. Her rubber ducky earrings bounce as she laughs, her wide grin is contagious and she energetically waves her hands as she speaks. But before Nye ever picked up a protest sign, she spent 44 years in the classroom, teaching children in Michigan, Texas and Wisconsin.
Wisconsin men’s hockey has been a national name since the 1970s, bringing home six national championships. While legendary players and coaches have come and gone, the traditions that make the program unique have stood the test of time.
Most Division I athletes juggle over 60 hour weeks of training and classes. For Wisconsin Badgers soccer player Matthew Zachemski, that’s just the beginning. Between team lifts at dawn and late night lectures, you can find Zachemski mixing his own essential oil colognes for his small business — Organic Scent.
When the University of Wisconsin-Madison launched a Women’s Physical Education Department in 1912, Wisconsin women did not have the right to vote. Women, only reluctantly admitted to UW-Madison in the first place, faced scientific misconceptions, double standards and restrictions from administration. But the department itself was always years ahead of its time, alumni said, from its early days to its eventual merger with the men’s program in 1976.
A flurry of color converged at Bascom Hill, syncopated drum beats bumped through the crowd and the voices of congregating students wrapped in the colors of their heritage filled the center of the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus last Friday, Sept. 12.
The Yahara River watershed and Dane County's other lakes create the lifeblood for farmers, residents and Wisconsinites. With increasing threats such as runoff and pollution amplified by climate change, local partners have taken steps to keep Dane County’s lakes clean, preserving the valuable resource they offer.
At the end of July, Jeff and Jackie Rood began renovating the space at 328 W. Gorham St. In just six weeks, the two University of Wisconsin-Madison alumni transformed Danny’s Pub, an Irish-style bar that had occupied the venue since 2017, into Moon Bar.
September is the start of many new beginnings — a new school year, season and stressors. Over 500 students attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison Wheelhouse Studios’s annual “Free Group Painting: Paintacular,” Monday on the Memorial Union Terrace.
Wisconsin Public Radio (WPR) announced plans in late June to cancel “University of the Air” along with three other legacy shows in part because of federal and state funding challenges.
LGBTQ+ students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are preparing to acknowledge and celebrate June’s pride month, despite looming political threats from the Trump administration and cuts to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) funding.
Lining up on the grid for the Indy NXT Milwaukee Mile in 2024, Yuven Sundaramoorthy’s red and white racing helmet stood out to the Wisconsin crowd. The helmet was emblazoned with a large red W, an homage to the University of Wisconsin-Madison, his alma mater.
When former University of Wisconsin-Madison director of tribal relations Aaron Bird Bear was hired in 2003, he was shocked at the lack of representation and resources for Native American students. He saw Native American students’ need for support.
Growing up, University of Wisconsin-Madison Language Sciences Instructor Rebecca Shields was always curious about her Irish heritage.
Fleeing civil war in Sudan, Deng Lual spent nine years in a refugee camp in northwest Kenya. He’s one of the thousands of Lost Boys of Sudan, young refugees who fled the war-torn African nation throughout the 1980s and 1990s.
For University of Wisconsin-Madison sophomore Audrey Catlin, dance is where she feels most connected to her Irish culture. Catlin comes from an Irish family and grew up going to Milwaukee Irish Fest, where she first experienced traditional Irish dance.
In 1855, Milwaukee architect James Douglas designed a gothic-revival style church on Capitol Square to house Madison’s oldest Christian congregation: Grace Episcopal Church. One hundred and seventy years after breaking ground, much has changed around West Washington Avenue. But inside, remarkably little is different.
The number of pinball machines released each year is much smaller today than it was in the 1960s or 70s, but that doesn’t stop Will DeGoey, a senior engineering student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, from keeping these neglected contraptions alive.
For some students, reading is a chance to learn about the amazing world around them or escape to a far away fantasyland. But for some second graders in Madison, reading is a chance to create lasting positive memories with Badgers football players.
Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) and the Milwaukee Health Department (MHD) alerted families at Golda Meir School to a lead poisoning case on Jan. 13. Kristen Payne, whose third-grader started at Golda Meir this year was one of the parents on the receiving end of a troubling email explaining how the case was traced back to the school’s lower campus.
Frances Huntley-Cooper has dedicated her life to public service. She was a social worker for 28 years, an alderwoman and in 1991 — against all odds with little political ambition — became the first elected Black mayor in Wisconsin.
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