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Corey Saffold, an Odyssey graduate in 2006, is celebrating receiving his bachelor’s degree this year. Saffold and Co-Director and Founder Emily Auerbach sat down with NBC15 Friday afternoon to talk about the impact of the …

“At a November 11 ceremony, Robert “Bob” Auerbach – UW professor emeritus and father of UW Odyssey Project Co-Director Emily Auerbach – accepted a 2021 Outstanding Individual Philanthropist award from the Association of Fundraising Professionals-Greater …

“For over a century, UW-Madison has been guided by the Wisconsin Idea: the principle that higher education should influence and benefit people’s lives outside the traditional boundaries of the classroom. The Odyssey Project, which offers …

In this episode, Otis shares the moments that shaped his manhood and led him to see himself in a different light. We listen to a story Otis Harris Jr told a few yeas ago as …

Despite battling COVID, deaths of loved ones, homelessness, domestic abuse, parenting stress, lost wages, and physical and mental health challenges, the UW-Madison Odyssey Class of 2021 beat the odds. Thirty-five students graduated in a virtual …

“We linked the George Floyd killing to centuries of racial injustice,” explained Auerbach. The program studied Frederick Douglass, Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, Langston Hughes and others. “We link today to what we’re reading from …