Alumni & Friends

When L&S students bring even an inkling of an interest to SuccessWorks, specialized advisors can connect them with focused recommendations, like-minded alumni and career-igniting opportunities.

Earning her PhD in computer sciences in 1965 was just one of many ways Keller was a trailblazer.

Director Sean Hanish will participate in a Q&A led by communication arts faculty after a screening on Saturday, March 9.

Badgers who work behind the scenes to create and produce must-see content reflect on how they got their start, what it’s like to work in the business, and what they’re binge-watching.

Even though his words show up in black and white, it’s clear through his columns that Wall Street Journal sports writer Jason Gay ’92 bleeds cardinal red.

Former Badger women’s basketball point guard Shawna Nicols ’05 — known today as DJ Shawna — is now the official disc jockey for the Wisconsin Badgers. She deejays at sporting events, including football and men’s and women’s basketball games, and tunes into her skills from the court to read both the players and the crowd.

Nic Mink ’02, PhD’10 is mad as halibut, and he’s not going to take it anymore. Mink likes fish. But he very much prefers his fish to be good fish. The world has too much bad-tasting seafood, he argues, and it doesn’t have to be that way.

As a student, Nancy Baym ’86 followed her favorite bands around the country, exploring the relationship between musicians and fans firsthand — long before she knew it could become a career.

When the UW Marching Band asked her to conduct the 2010 Homecoming halftime show, Allee Willis ’69 — the musical mastermind behind the lasting hit song “September” — confesses she had no idea what she was doing.