On Wisconsin is published four times a year by the Wisconsin Foundation and Alumni Association (WFAA) and the offices of University Communications and University Marketing. One of the largest-circulation alumni magazines in the country, On Wisconsin mails each issue to some 356,000 University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni and friends.
Through this unique partnership, WFAA provides funding for the magazine, and editors, writers, graphic designers, photographers, and production assistants at WFAA, University Communications, and University Marketing produce the editorial content.
Madison, Revisted
The challenge: see, do, and eat what the UW’s hometown has to offer in 36 hours.
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Hooked on Comics
How Jeff Butler turned a childhood obsession into a career.
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How to Trust a Robot
UW expert Bill Hibbard is part of a growing national conversation on AI ethics.
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Dream Maker
Rachel Rose builds the Star Wars universe — virtually.
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From Wisconsin, With Humor
With the Manitowoc Minute, Charlie Berens lets the world in on the state’s inside jokes.
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The Pregnancy Puzzle
A UW scientist discovers humans aren’t alone in facing obstacles to bringing new life into the world.
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A Big Bounce Back
An NFL career left Brandon Williams ’16 bankrupt. But he’s reinvented himself and found success in multiple fields.
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Chazen Museum of Art
The Chazen presents 10 to 12 temporary exhibitions each year, featuring works from its permanent collection and pieces on loan from museums around the world.
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A Civil-Rights Pioneer
The influence of Lloyd Barbee LLB’56, a civil-rights leader and lawyer in the 1960s and ’70s, lives on through Justice for All: Selected Writings of Lloyd A. Barbee, which was edited by Barbee’s daughter and civil rights lawyer Daphne Barbee-Wooten ’75.
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Mystery Solved
The dueling knights were part of an event sponsored by the Society for Creative Anachronism, according to alumni. Memories varied as to what year the image was captured, but responses narrowed the time frame to the late 1970s or early 1980s.
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