Alumni & Friends

Communication Arts alum Steve Bornstein ’74 receives Wisconsin Alumni Association Distinguished Alumni Award. The award is the Association’s highest honor and most high-profile and long-standing award. It celebrates prestigious graduates for their professional achievements, contributions to society, and support of the university over the course of their career or lifetime.

Computer Sciences alum Rajiv Batra MS’83 receives Wisconsin Alumni Association Distinguished Alumni Award. The award is the Association’s highest honor and most high-profile and long-standing award. It celebrates prestigious graduates for their professional achievements, contributions to society, and support of the university over the course of their career or lifetime.

Sarah Smith Pancheri (Political Science ‘98) is a driving force behind Milwaukee’s annual Summerfest music festival.

African American Studies and Economics alum Alexander Gee ’85 receives Wisconsin Alumni Association Luminary Award. The Luminary Award, in its inaugural year, recognizes alumni who serve as aspirational examples for others through their accomplishments in the areas of leadership, discovery, progress, and service.

Sociology alum Alex Hannah MS’13, PhD’16 receives Wisconsin Alumni Association Forward Award. The Forward Award acknowledges rising stars in various fields who exemplify the Wisconsin Idea through an emphasis on service, discovery, and progress.

Will Bernstein (Classical and Near Eastern Studies ’18) preserves a critical moment in history.

“This facility is going to allow us to do something that no other university in the country is doing — to bring together three top-ranked departments under one roof and anchor them in a high-tech corridor that links computing to biomedical research to engineering to medicine,” Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin said.

L&S is #1! Last month alumni, friends, faculty and staff celebrated Letters & Science during 2023’s Day of the Badger, raising critical support for the college’s students and programs.

The profound impact of Day of the Badger’s matching gift opportunities.