L&S News  Tag: History

Professor of History and Afro-American Studies says Wisconsin's history is "racially progressive and oppressive at the same time."

The practice persisted into the 19th Century.

Professor of history recalls attacks on Black Panthers' Breakfast Program.

For Department of History professor Neil Kodesh, a historical perspective bridges the gap for the next generation of doctors looking to practice medicine in East Africa.

Actor-aluma Sarah Day ('80) uses her love of history to fuel her onstage magic.

UW–Madison students who helped collect and process audio interviews about the 1967 Dow protests on campus say they learned some valuable lessons from the accounts.

The 2018 election in Mexico will have a big impact, not just for Mexico but also for multinational companies that operate in Mexico and north of the border in the US.

“When an object is uncontrolled, and its orbit is decaying, it starts tumbling,” Lisa Rand, a space junk scholar and a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Wisconsin’s Madison campus, told Quartz. The lab is subject to friction and pressure in the earth’s upper atmosphere and it will start to break apart, according to Rand.