Thanks for reading about UW–Madison and our 175th anniversary celebration in our commemorative magazine. Read more about the stories included in its pages and learn how UW–Madison’s ideas are changing the world.
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Pathways and promises
A pathway to success
Through Bucky’s Pell Pathway, UW–Madison is ensuring that all Wisconsin students have an opportunity to pursue their potential.
Bucky’s Pell Pathway student recipients
Promises made, promises fulfilled
In the last decade, UW–Madison launched a series of programs that aim to fulfill its role in educating Wisconsin’s citizens.
The Badger Promise Bucky’s Tuition Promise The Wisconsin Teacher Pledge The Wisconsin Tribal Education Promise
Bucky’s promises
Read about the Foster triplets and other members of the first Bucky’s Tuition Promise graduating class.
Bucky’s Tuition Promise transforms livesTeach your children well
More teachers for all communities
As Wisconsin, as well as the rest of the country, tries to navigate a deepening shortage of K–12 teachers, the UW–Madison School of Education is working to inspire and enable more people to enter the profession.
Wisconsin Teacher Pledge Program
What students are saying about the Teacher Pledge
Teacher Pledge students share what they think about the program and their goals of becoming an educator.
Student voices
Solutions for a child care crisis
La Crosse and Outagamie counties partnered with the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s UniverCity Alliance and the La Follette School of Public Affairs to research innovative solutions to major child care challenges.
Ideas for rural child care
Head, heart, hands, and health
The UW reaches people outside the classroom, too. Learn how the UW Division of Extension supports more than 1,100 4-H clubs and groups.
The 4-H websiteWorld-class health care
WARM puts doctors in rural areas
If you’ve tried to see a doctor in a rural area in recent years, you’ll know an appointment isn’t always easy to find. A UW School of Medicine and Public Health Program is aiming to solve that and send talented physicians into communities that they’ve called home.
Physicians serve rural areas
Eyes on the nursing shortage
Wisconsin is projecting a shortage of 20,000 nurses by 2035, but the UW School of Nursing is poised to help.
School of Nursing's impact today
Carbone Cancer Center leads the way
The UW’s Carbone Cancer Center marked 50 years of innovation last year. See how Wisconsin has led the way in cancer research and patient care.
The Carbone timeline
Progress on Alzheimer’s disease
Watertown native Nathaniel Chin saw the devastation of Alzheimer’s when his father, Moe, developed the disease. Today, Nathaniel leads the UW’s Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, and he hosts a popular podcast to share Alzheimer’s information with the public.
UW's progress on Alzheimer’s preventionBuilding Badger businesses
Soy story
For half a century, Kikkoman, the world’s leading maker of soy sauce, has called Wisconsin home. The company partners with UW–Madison to ensure that the state continues to lead in agriculture.
Kikkoman's $3M gift to the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
UW-Madison State Tour
Celebrate 175 years of UW–Madison partnerships in your community! Join us at any of these locations this summer.
2024 State Tour schedule
From campus to corporations
UW–Madison grads have helped the Badger State’s biggest companies make their mark.
List of notable and famous alumni
Empower entrepreneurs
Discover UW–Madison’s $30.8 billion economic impact, and see how the university gives entrepreneurs the skills that enable them to turn their ideas and inventions into successful companies.
Voximetry Clarus Carbon Rapid RadicalsHomegrown innovation
Driving America’s dairyland
Universities of Wisconsin researchers are working to solve some of the most pressing challenges facing the state’s dairy industry.
The Dairy Innovation Hub
Caring for Wisconsin’s woodlands
UW–Madison Division of Extension’s Coverts Project helps landowners care for their forests.
About the project
Research across the state
UW–Madison established its first agricultural research station in 1909 in Spooner, Wisconsin, to study crop production. That station is now the northernmost of 12 that study everything from the well-manicured turf beneath your feet to the sweet cherries in your Door County pie.
Research stations across the stateCan't stop a Badger
New-look Wisconsin ready for new-look Big Ten
As we count down to the 2024 season, excitement and passion surround Badger football.
Badger Football
Six things Bucky Badger must do
If you want to be a Bucky, these are the skills you must master.
What it takes to be Bucky
22 winning seasons
The Badger football team has been to bowl games for 22 straight years, the longest active streak in the Big Ten.
A tradition of excellence
On (and around) Wisconsin
Badger athletes from every part of Wisconsin play important roles on every UW team. Meet a few of the state’s cardinal-and-white stars.
Jackson Acker, football Emma Jaskaniec, soccer Max Klesmit, basketball Natalie Leuzinger, basketball Kiley Robbins, sprinter Andrew Stone, shot put