Dr. Alice Ruth McPherson was a trailblazer. Born and raised in Canada, she completed her undergraduate and medical degrees here at UW-Madison

Individuals who have served as Chancellor/President/Executive leader of the University of Wisconsin-Madison are listed below. See Presidents of the University of Wisconsin […]

Charles Adams was born in the township of Derby, Vermont on January 24, 1835, but his family moved to Iowa in 1856. […]

Glenn Frank was born in Queen City, Missouri on October 1, 1887. He attended the state normal school at Kirksville, Missouri before […]

On September 9, 1977, the regents named Irving Shain, certainly no stranger to the university, as chancellor, and he took office in […]

John Wiley assumed the office of chancellor on Jan. 1, 2001. Wiley was born on March 23, 1942 , in Nashville, Tennessee. He […]

John Karl Scholz served as interim chancellor for two months in 2022 between the administrations of Rebecca Blank and Jennifer Mnookin (from […]

Wisconsin Hoofers, UW’s outdoor recreation club, has a long and rich history. Hoofers had its start in 1931, when a professor, an administrator, […]

By the 1960s, the women’s liberation movement was on the rise, sports were on the rebound, and the call for intercollegiate activity […]

In December, 1902, an announcement appeared in the Daily Cardinal calling on interested students to attend a meeting to create an athletic […]

Mildred Fish Harnack 1929: Easing into life in Germany In late 1928, Arvid Harnack left for Germany. Mildred joined him the following […]

October 1940 The United League for Liberal Action protests against compulsory registration for selective service. 1944 The University Club refuses to accommodate […]

To commemorate the 50th anniversary of Gard’s “Arts in the Small Community Project,” the Robert E. Gard Foundation collected memories from artists, educators, and administrators whose reach extended from the University to the people of Wisconsin, inspiring them to write, paint, dance, make music,...