“It wouldn’t be unusual for an out-of-towner passing through a neighborhood in the Oregon School District (OSD) to notice someone from the University of Wisconsin-Madison dropping off medical testing supplies on a residential doorstep. Within …
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With pocket-sized Hello! Loom, weave got it made
“First, Marianne Fairbanks went big. Then, she went little. Very little. In 2016, then an assistant professor of design studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, she launched a “social weaving project” called the Weaving Lab, …
Media Mention: WIS’22 alum Alvin Thomas on depictions of fathers feeding children
WIS’22 alum Alvin Thomas, assistant professor in Human Development and Family Studies in the School of Human Ecology co-authors a piece in Salon. “As researchers who study the role of fathers in the lives and …
A photo essay on the 2022 Wisconsin Idea Seminar
Lake Michigan and the people who live along its shores shaped the contours of the 2022 Wisconsin Idea Seminar’s “Bay Tour.” For five days along 600 miles, the cohort of 29 faculty and academic staff …
Video: WIS’16 Alum Faisal Abdu’Allah Discusses Inspiration Behind 7-foot Limestone Statue of Himself
Faisal Abdu’Allah, a professor and the Chazen Family Distinguished Chair in Art at UW–Madison, is a printmaker and a trained barber whose artworks explore race, culture and identity. His most recent work is a 7-foot …
Oneida White Corn Featured on ‘Wisconsin Foodie’
In this episode of Wisconsin Foodie, show host Luke Zahm travels to the Oneida Reservation meet Laura Manthe and Rebecca Webster, cousins and members of the Oneida Nation. They are both part of cooperative of …
Oneida Foodways Honor Relationship and Understanding
Becky Webster, who will host the 2022 Wisconsin Idea Seminar at her family’s farmstead Ukwakhwa: Tsinu Niyukwayayʌthoslu, is teaming up with Oneida Executive Chef Arlie Doxtator to offer a special dinner featuring the ingredients and …
Looking Forward: Bay Tour 2022
We are super excited to be looking forward to the Wisconsin Idea Seminar’s BAY TOUR (May 16-20, 2022). The pandemic brought our bus journeys to a screeching halt, a hiatus that lasted two years. It …
In new First-Year Interest Group, students connect with the land through Indigenous lens
Wisconsin Idea Seminar director Catherine Reiland joined hands with colleagues to develop a special high-impact, community-building learning experience for first-year students that celebrates and honors our connections to land and water while considering Indigenous …
WIS’19 Collaborator Bakes Cookies for Essential Workers
Adija Greer-Smith, owner of Confectionately Yours at the Sherman Phoenix in Milwaukee, has been making 500 to 600 cookies a week since March to give away to hospitals, dialysis centers, testing labs, funeral homes, and fire departments …