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Semester off to a snowy start
A winter storm dumped 6 inches of snow on campus on Madison on Jan. 22 and 23, greeting students at the start of semester. Classes continued as schedule, though, and students trudged through a glittering landscape.
As climate heats up, rising rainfall averages hide crop-killing droughts
Research performed in the Ethiopian highlands shows that even in years with above average rainfall, crops can be severely reduced by drought early in the growing season, when seeds must sprout and get established.
Get Social: A nice snowscape on campus
After a relatively dry winter, UW–Madison was hit hard by snowfall this week. And at the same time, local social media was inundated with snow and ice photos and jokes. Go figure.
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@UWMadison on Twitter
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Evening light show @UWMadison. https://t.co/jnqYmT7GWN
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snarky responses to snow day requests are a @UWMadison staple, obviously. https://t.co/mtKYeyh6XV
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Just another Science Hall photo @UWMadison ❄️☃️ https://t.co/Jc8o1YUl7y
@UWMadison on Instagram
uwmadison The 2019 “spring” semester is off to a snowy start ❄️ (📷: @uwmadison_brycerichter) #uwmadison
Events calendar
January
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"Mysteries of Glacier Slip and Landform Development"
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A lecture by Anna Muller, Assistant Professor and the Frank and Mary Padzieski Endowed Professor in Polish/Polish American/Eastern European Studies at the Department of Social Sciences at the University of Michigan-Dearborn4:00 pm, 206 Ingraham Hall
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Can Nuclear Power Help Solve Climate Change?4:15 pm, 1163 Mechanical Engineering Building
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The Impact of the Intersectionality of Gender, Race and Class on Academic Medicine4:30 pm, Health Sciences Learning Center