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• The Wisconsin Experience–Purposeful Action: Parkland, Protest, and You

  Posted on June 9, 2020

  SOAR has begun this week! Though the university isn’t able to welcome the incoming students to campus just yet with SOAR being […]

• A Brief History of UW-Madison Student Activism

  Posted on May 14, 2020

  Over the time that UW-Madison has been an established institution, it has garnered a reputation as a place of social change and […]

• Earth Day Activism in the Time of Coronavirus

  Posted on April 23, 2020

  With the 50th anniversary of Earth Day having just passed, what is usually a big day for climate activists, the streets remained […]

• Go Big Read Celebrates Eleven Years

  Posted on April 16, 2020

  The Go Big Read Program was started in 2009 by past Chancellor Carolyn “Biddy” Martin with the goal of the engaging members […]

• Student Activism Focus of 2020-2021 Go Big Read Book

  Posted on April 8, 2020

  The 2020-2021 Go Big Read book has been announced! This year’s book will be Parkland: Birth of a Movement by two-time New York Times […]

• The Poison Squad Primary Sources Exhibit

  Posted on March 13, 2020

  Memorial Library has just recently put together an exhibit to showcase the primary sources available at UW-Madison that pertain to this year’s […]

• One Alumni Place Interview with Deborah Blum

  Posted on February 10, 2020

  Last month, the Wisconsin Alumni Association posted an interview with our 2019-2020 Go Big Read author, Deborah Blum which was conducted by […]

• American Experience: The Poison Squad

  Posted on February 4, 2020

  On Tuesday, January 28, PBS’s historical series, American Experience, aired an episode that focused on Dr. Harvey W. Wiley and his pioneering […]

• Go Big Read Is Searching for Its Next Book!

  Posted on November 6, 2019

  It’s that time of the year again… the Go Big Read Program will now be taking suggestions for the 2020-2021 Go Big […]

• Capitol Lakes Go Big Read Display

  Posted on October 23, 2019

  Since 2010, Capitol Lakes, a retirement community in downtown Madison, has used the Go Big Read book for community events and programming. […]