The Communication Arts community has lost one of its truly stellar figures. David Bordwell, the Jacques Ledoux Professor Emeritus of Film Studies at UW–Madison, died on February 29, 2024 at the age of 76 after a lengthy illness.

For more than 25 years, the American Indian & Indigenous Studies program has presented "An Evening of Storytelling." At the event, indigenous storytellers share stories in their language followed by an English translation. Listen to Menominee Tribe of Wisconsin Joey Awonohopay to talk about the importance of sharing these traditions.

The La Follette School of Public Affairs establishes the Jack Salzwedel Distinguished Faculty Chair in Business and Regulation to honor the former American Family Insurance Chair and CEO. This new endowed chair was made possible by a generous $3 million donation from American Family Insurance.

Meet four faculty couples in the College of Letters & Science and hear how they find ways to balance personal and professional bliss.

Assistant Professor of Physics Ke Fang and Assistant Professor of Computer Sciences Xiangyao Yu will each receive $75,000 to support their research.

According to Langston Collin Wilkins, an assistant professor of African American Studies, last week's 2024 Grammys represented progress.

“My job — our job — is to make this institution even a step stronger — by building on this excellence and also by thinking in big, bold ways about where we can take a quantum leap forward to serve this state and the world on a whole new level,” Chancellor Mnookin said.

The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) has elected George B. Dantzig Professor of Computer Sciences and Department Chair, Stephen J. Wright as a new member. Professor Wright receives this high professional distinction for Wright's theory and design of optimization algorithms and their application in signal processing and machine learning.

Jack McLeod, Maier-Bascom Professor Emeritus and a leader in political communication research, died January 28, 2024, at Agrace Hospice in Fitchburg, Wisconsin. He was 93. Jack leaves a legacy of inspiring teaching, thoughtful mentorship and field-leading research after his 38-year career in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication.