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Two tidy rows of frosty, single-serve Babcock ice cream cups sit on a table. The labels are red with white font and read Babcock Ice Cream.

Which flavor will get your vote for UW’s 175th anniversary ice cream?

October 2, 2023

Babcock Dairy is standing by to mix batches of anniversary ice cream in celebration of the University of Wisconsin’s 175th year. But before they can begin, we need your help choosing the flavor!

In this artist's rendering, a black and white photo from the 1960s shows men pushing a large telescope across a warehouse floor. It's tinted red and juxtaposed with a full color photo of the SALT telescope against a starry sky. Red dashes across the image add a sense of motion. Superimposed is the UW–Madison 175th anniversary logo in red and white.

UW’s 175th: Five ways UW–Madison ideas have changed the world

September 19, 2023

Some history-changing ideas that continue to reverberate around the globe got their start right here on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus.

A statue of Bucky Badger is posed sitting with his cheek resting on his hand. He is looking away toward Lake Mendota where a fireworks display lights the sky.

UW throws a summer Terrace bash to ring in its 175th year

July 27, 2023

The launch day festivities marked the beginning of UW’s 175th anniversary celebrations, which will continue through the academic year.

UW celebrates 175 years of life-changing ideas, achievements 

July 27, 2023

“This anniversary celebration is every bit as much about the future as the past,” Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin said. “We need to ask, ‘How can we make sure that our 175-year-old institution will shine even more brightly on its 200th birthday?’” 

A man stands face-to-face with the Bucky Badger statue as he paints details on it.

New Bucky on Parade celebrates 175 years, honors UW–Madison’s past, present, and future

July 24, 2023

The new statue, featuring iconography that represents the university’s past, present, and future, was painted by Art Professor John Hitchcock, with assistance from UW–Madison student Kaylee Herrmann, an undergraduate with the Art Department.

Memorial Union Terrace on Lake Mendota during a sunny, summer day.

Fun-filled campus event will kick off yearlong 175th anniversary celebration 

June 27, 2023

A community kickoff event at Memorial Union will officially launch the festivities on the evening of July 26, 2023 — 175 years to the day since the state’s first governor and legislature created the University of Wisconsin. 

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The University of Wisconsin–Madison Turns 175

February 2, 2023

This July, the University of Wisconsin–Madison will kick off a year-long celebration to mark 175 years of constant trailblazing, ground-breaking research discoveries and defining cultural movements.

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