by Rudy Molinek, Catie DeMets | Oct 23, 2023 | Magazine Article
Imagine you’re nineteen years old again. It’s a crisp fall afternoon, and you’re looking out the window of a cramped college fleet van. You’re watching the mini malls of Wisconsin’s Fox Valley evaporate into farm fields. It’s the first field trip of the year in your...
by Kristine Hansen | Oct 23, 2023 | Magazine Article
Jessica Ross, a conservation biologist for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, knew nothing about mushroom foraging before moving to Wisconsin. But trekking through forests in search of fungi was already in her DNA. “I have family members going back...
by Katie Vaughn | Oct 23, 2023 | Magazine Article
There’s nothing quite like holding a magazine in your hands. Amid the constant hum of our fast-paced, increasingly digital world, opening a magazine and getting lost in its stories and images feels deliberate, intentional, like a well-deserved and much-needed retreat....
by Erika Monroe-Kane | Oct 23, 2023 | Magazine Article
Often when we go through transitions, we discover that with the new reality comes a reinforcement of our core principles or values. As fall has arrived, my focus has been on change—in my personal life and at the Academy. As so many parents have done over generations,...
by Jessica James | Jul 31, 2023 | Magazine Article
Founded in a time of political upheaval and amid the Great Depression, Wisconsin Farmers Union (WFU) was chartered in 1930 by farmers who recognized they were stronger together. This member-driven organization continues to serve farmers and allies across political...
by Kaitlyn Berle | Jul 31, 2023 | Magazine Article
This collection of essays, compiled and edited by folklorists and UW–Madison Scandinavian Studies/Folklore Program alums Marcus Cederström and Tim Frandy, guides readers through the principles, processes, and products of public folklore and humanities initiatives....
