A new column celebrating the weird, wild, and wonderful work of academic staff at UW–Madison Most UW–Madison staff are familiar with the skills—both soft and technical—required by a job when they apply. We know our work requires specialization and subject matter expertise. And yet, working at a nationally ranked public research institution also requires next-level …
Many events that have shaped UW–Madison’s history are well documented while others are more obscure. In this issue, we reveal some happenings from years gone by that may have missed the headlines, including a student worker strike, ski jumping on Bascom Hill, hockey on Library Mall and a rare campus snow day. January, 1914 – …
A quick scan of Wisconsin newspapers from December 1924 reveals that the university has always received more than its share of year-end coverage in a city whose population reached 47,973 that year (and this figure does not include 7,000 university students). Enjoy excerpts of articles from a century ago or follow the link for the …
Academic Staff at UW–Madison can often find themselves in an alphabet soup of acronyms. Can you find the Academic Staff acronyms in the word search below? You can use the Alphabet Soup Decoder Ring to learn more about each acronym. Download a PDF for printing. Solution
A quick scan of Wisconsin newspapers from September 1923 reveals that UW-Madison has always been newsworthy and that reporting from one hundred years ago may sound familiar to readers today.