UW-Madison

Wisconsin's flagship university

UW-Madison is the University of Wisconsin–Madison, the flagship campus of the University of Wisconsin System.

Located in Madison, Wisconsin, it's a major public research university known for academics, Big Ten athletics, and its lakeside campus: She got her PhD at UW-Madison.

The abbreviation is standard in the Midwest but may need explanation elsewhere.

athletics

football

Field sport with goals

volleyball · Big Ten · marching band · varsity · Rose Bowl · athletic director · tailgating · student section

academic

research

Systematic fact-finding effort

graduate school · undergraduate · professors · faculty · doctorate · liberal arts · STEM · tenure · curriculum · seminars

traditions

brats

Ill-mannered young ones

graduation · commencement · sunburst · cardinal · white

campus

Terrace

Street name designation

research

stem cells

Undifferentiated cells with regenerative potential

grants · innovation · discovery · Thomson · satellite · vitamins · warfarin · clinical trials · agricultural research

Opposites
public vs. private funding model

UW-MadisonHarvard

Prestigious Cambridge university

Yale · Princeton · Stanford · MIT · Duke

big ten vs. rival conferences

UW-MadisonAlabama

Deep South state

USC · Texas · Oklahoma · Georgia · Clemson

midwestern vs. coastal/regional identity

UW-MadisonUCLA

Westwood public university

UC Berkeley · University of Miami · University of Florida · Boston University

Family

Madison, Wisconsin

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G