Work–life balance — it’s a buzzy topic. For members of our L&S community, the conversation is of both personal and professional interest. We asked alumni, researchers and advisors to share their expertise.
After years of alumni going on to have stellar careers in the sports media industry, a new certificate in the College of Letters & Science has become an instant hit with undergrads.
The Wisconsin state map is wrong, and it’s also full of phantoms — but not the supernatural kind. A one-of-a-kind effort by a couple of L&S researchers is tracking down cartographic phantoms around the state.
The strongest solar storm in decades lit up the Madison sky on May 10 and 11 after a wind of charged particles from the sun crashed into Earth’s magnetic field. Collisions between the particles and molecules of oxygen and nitrogen produced the characteristic colors of the aurora borealis, seen here in a panorama of four combined images taken in rural Columbia County. This photo was taken by astronomy and physics undergraduate student Samuel L. Warfel, and it was picked as a winner of UW–Madison’s annual Cool Science Image Contest. You can see all of the winners at the McPherson Eye Research Institute’s Mandelbaum & Albert Family Vision Gallery on the ninth floor of the Wisconsin Institutes for Medical Research through the end of the year. Photo: Samuel L. Warfel
November 19, 2024
Lakeshore Nature Preserve — home to the beloved Picnic Point — is about to get a new, world-class visitor and education center. Department of Economics alumnus Jerry Frautschi (’56) made a $14.3 million gift to support the new building, which is planned for the area outside the stone wall at the Picnic Point entrance. The Lakeshore Nature Preserve Frautschi Center will showcase UW–Madison’s commitment to sustainability and support hands-on experiential learning and research for more than 25 academic programs. The plan is to have it certified as the state’s first Living Building, meaning it will produce more energy than it consumes. Photo: Jeff Miller
April 25, 2024
The Badger Pride Wall is especially spectacular at night, when the 80-foot-long artwork is backlit to show shadows of quintessentially UW–Madison symbols. Local artist Nate Koehler created the intricate design, which stands six feet tall at Alumni Park. In the wall, you’ll spot a flock of Bascom Hill flamingos, canes being flung into the Camp Randall endzone and, of course, Babcock Ice Cream, among many other Badger symbols. See the full wall and learn the histories of its many symbols at alumnipark.com. There’s an interactive map that allows you to click on each individual design to learn its story and significance. Photo: Taylor Wolfram
November 3, 2023
A tranquil walk awaits along Lakeshore Path, as the flowers are in full bloom and the trees provide cool shade. Photo: Colton Mansavage
June 22, 2023
Now inflatable, the statue on Lake Mendota has overcome acts of both man and nature since 1979. Photo: Colin Mansavage
