Alumni & Friends

The All Ways Forward campaign is the largest comprehensive campaign in the history of UW-Madison. A committee of dedicated leaders offers their vision and generosity to inspire support for key College of Letters & Science campaign goals.

Art history alum Marcela Guerrero champions Latinx artists and advocates for accessibility in her curatorial role at the Whitney.

Geoff and Josie Fox combined backgrounds in physics and art history, an appreciation for adventure, and a willingness to change course to gain incredible traction in the action sports industry.

The YWCA Madison has announced the hiring of Vanessa McDowell (BA'03, Sociology) as its Chief Executive Officer today, a historic event as McDowell becomes the first woman of color to lead the organization in its 109-year history.

Patricia Bean McConnell (B.S.’81, M.S.’84, PhD’88, Zoology) of Black Earth, Wisconsin, is an internationally renowned zoologist and certified applied animal behaviorist who specializes in canine aggression.

Apartment hunting stinks. But it really doesn’t have to. That's the belief that spurred L&S alumni Alec Slocum and Adam Olien, and Chad Aldous to launch a website in 2012 that they envisioned could become a comprehensive, spam-free and accurate resource for Madison renters.

It took Rabbi Daniel Brenner (B.A.’92, Philosophy) until now to realize that he just wants to dance. Brenner has spent two decades finding innovative ways to connect young Jewish people with their faith. Now he’s working on a new idea for connecting kids with their culture.

Rabble LLC, a Madison startup with UW–Madison roots, offers software to libraries that presents the sound of local musicians in an easy-to-access format.

As a foreign correspondent in Germany, Louis Lochner, class of 1909, chronicled the rise of the Third Reich and helped Americans understand how Adolf Hitler amassed power.