In this episode of Discover Wisconsin’s The Cabin podcast, Fran Puleo Moyer, associate director of outreach programs in the UW-Madison Office of State Relations and a WIS’25 alumna, introduces listeners to Badger Talks, a UW-Madison …
Forest + River 2025
Connected by common threads: WIS’25 journey book cover designer Edward Xiong learns from Hmong communities in Vietnam through Hmong Design Studies Internship
Edward Xiong, designer of the 2025 Wisconsin Idea Seminar journey book cover, and three other UW-Madison undergraduates studying textiles and fashion design in the School of Human Ecology traveled to Vietnam for six weeks over …
Video: WIS’25 alum Jessica Stovall leads the SoulFolk Collective, amplifying the stories of Black community members in Madison
The SoulFolk Collective is a multidisciplinary research lab led by Jessica Stovall, an assistant professor in the Department of African American Studies, that engages in scholarly inquiry to amplify the voices, stories, and lived realities …
Wisconsin Idea Seminar conversations spark international connections
On the last day of the 2025 Wisconsin Idea Seminar, Angela Johnson, teaching faculty in the Art Department, mentioned her upcoming trip to Nepal to Jay Stokes, King-Morgridge Scholars Program manager in the International Division. …
WIS 2025 Collaborator Kevin Masarik Featured on Badger Talks
Kevin Masarik is a groundwater education specialist with the University of Wisconsin-Madison Division of Extension and the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. He has assisted tens of thousands of well owners through locally organized well water …
A photo essay of the 2025 Wisconsin Idea Seminar
Forty years ago, in 1985, the Wisconsin Idea Seminar emerged out of the commitment to introduce new faculty and staff to the people and places of Wisconsin. Since then, more than 1,300 University of Wisconsin–Madison …