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Odd Wisconsin, Odd UW
The Badger State has a quirky past, and many of the tales that didn’t make it into Wisconsin’s official history have campus ties.
Capitan Courageous
A descent of Yosemite Park’s El Capitan, which is twice the height of the Sears Tower, is daunting enough at nighttime. But with an injured climber on a stretcher in tow, it drew on all the climbing skills that park ranger Eric Gabriel ’88 could muster, and won him a medal of valor for his efforts.
Lean on Me
Although The Oprah Winfrey Show has only one name in its title, pulling off the details to produce one of the most-watched daytime television programs takes a team with creativity and persistence — and, in this case, eleven Badgers.
Shaped by History
Mark Stein ’73 discovered a “splendid logic” when his lifelong curiosity about our states and their shapes took him on a journey through American history.
Remaking Medellín
As a mathematician and journalist by training, Sergio Fajardo MA’81, PhD’84 was an unlikely candidate to do the impossible: restore the peace and self-confidence of a city known worldwide for drug-related violence. But as mayor of Medellín, Colombia, Fajardo “changed the skin of the city” to accomplish just that.