University of Wisconsin-Madison
12/16/2025 | News release | Distributed by Public on 12/16/2025 15:38
Still/Moving
UW-Madison's capsule of 2025 in striking images.
December 16, 2025
Year's end has a way of slowing things down. And that's a good thing: It invites us to rewind, reflect and find meaning in the moments that carried us here.
Because sometimes you need to look back to move forward.
So come along with us as we revisit it all and see what shaped campus in 2025: triumphs in labs and on the field, stepping out on stage and on the ice, explorations that reach from Lake Mendota to the cosmos. Amid a year of shifting ground, our research community - and the university as a whole - kept advancing work that improves lives, showing how focus and resolve endure.
This is our year in pictures, still and moving.
A compilation of scenes on the UW-Madison campus showing movement (leaves blowing in the wind, people walking, juggling, ice skating; geese crossing a path)
A campus in motion
Speaking of moving … this campus hums with the energy of transition. Everywhere you look, something's underway: a rush onto the field, a first step into a buzzing arena, runners logging miles in prairie grass, oars slicing the lake, umbrellas weaving through the rain. From ground level to drone-high, we thrive on the energy of becoming.
A compilation of scenes showing Badgers enjoying themselves (winning championships for hockey, dancing) and working hard (studying, teaching, conducting research).
At work and at play
Work hard, play hard? We practically invented it. Precision in the lab, strength in the gym, breakthroughs in classrooms, care in every service job. But don't forget parades of pink birds, bubble-filled ceremonies, snow-fueled showdowns, skates cutting across winter ice. That's what being a Badger means. Working and playing together. Many ideas, many efforts, one Wisconsin.
The moment before the game-winning penalty shot at the NCAA women's hockey national championship.
She shoots; she scores! And Badger women's hockey celebrates.
Family and friends stand and roar as Badger women's hockey secures its record eighth national championship.
A mighty campus made miniature
Travel to new highs above our bustling campus as camera magic makes formidable campus landmarks look like a tiny model world.
And somewhere in between still and moving, this place comes alive. In every frame, something stays, and something shifts. Still. Moving. Always both.
See you in '26. ■
Credits
Words: Angela Barian
Photo: Bryce Richter, Althea Dotzour, Jeff Miller, Xiaomeng Shen, Paige Valley, Taylor Wolfram
Video: Amy Gill, Elise Mahon, Ariadna Marquez, Ma Vue, Jason Weiss
With thanks to our extended team for their contributions behind the scenes.
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