March 2, 2026
UW–Madison graduate student and alumnus Christian Bonner, a general music teacher at Kennedy Elementary School, has been awarded a 2026 Wisconsin Arts Celebration Grant from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) and the Wisconsin Arts Board.
February 27, 2026
A new exhibit at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Indian celebrating the career of the late Truman Lowe was recently featured on Wisconsin Public Radio’s “Wisconsin Today” program.
February 25, 2026
UW–Madison alumna Tyanna J. Buie, who earned her MFA from the School of Education’s Art Department in 2010, has been commissioned to create a site-specific installation for the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago.
February 25, 2026
UW–Madison’s vibrant, interdisciplinary campus arts culture attracts students and professors from around the world. But don’t just take our word for it.
February 17, 2026
“cullud wattah,” a powerful and award-winning play by UW–Madison alumna and First Wave graduate Erika Dickerson-Despenza, is the latest production from University Theatre, opening Feb. 26.
February 2, 2026
Raven Software co-founder and UW alum Brian Raffel is empowering the next generation of Wisconsin creators with a gift of 200 computers, boosting art, game design, and computer science programs on campus.
January 29, 2026
Norm and Barbara Berven make several School of Education scholarships possible.
January 13, 2026
UW–Madison alumna Carrie Coon was recently featured in the New York Times in an article headlined “Carrie Coon and Tracy Letts Want to Get Under Your Skin.”
December 19, 2025
UW–Madison alumnus Philip Althouse has received the C. Lyonel Jones Lifetime Achievement Award from the Legal Aid Society, an honor bestowed on full-time employees in recognition of their longstanding commitment to the nonprofit’s mission.
November 11, 2025
Born in rural Illinois in 1927, Marge Engelman’s parents had a traditional path planned for her: marriage, children and a life dedicated to family. But Engelman had other plans.