by Jason Smith | Apr 1, 2015 | Magazine Article
When Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker put forth his budget for the 2015–17 biennium, it arrived with some dramatic changes to the mission of the University of Wisconsin System. Particularly conspicuous were deletions to language central to the Wisconsin Idea, the...
by Nik Hawkins | Nov 6, 2012 | Magazine Article
What’s the Big Idea? The University of Wisconsin–Madison concluded its “Year of the Wisconsin Idea” last spring with the installation of a cast bronze plaque—a gift from the Class of 2012—to honor this long standing campus tradition of service to the state....
by Greg Hettmansberger | Sep 8, 2012 | Magazine Article
“Four rational people conversing” was how the brilliant writer and poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe described to a friend in 1829 the genre of the string quartet. By this time in history, the particular ensemble of two violins, viola, and cello had been established for...
