Tag Recent sightings
Recent sightings: Welcome warmth
Students took in the unseasonably warm weather by relaxing on Bascom Hill in mid-March. In a string of days that hit the 70s and… Read More
Recent sightings: Classroom innovation
A laptop computer provides another resource as students discuss questions and answers in small groups during an open test in an undergraduate zoology class… Read More
Recent Sightings: Homage to Bucky
Taking advantage of freshly fallen snow — which has been unusually sparse this winter — an unknown artist creates Bucky Badger on Bascom… Read More
Recent sightings: Wonders of Physics
Physics student Blaine Law (right) uses the pressure of liquid nitrogen changing from a liquid to a gas to power a canon during a… Read More
Recent sightings: Cosmic dynamo installation
With the exterior doors temporarily removed from Sterling Hall, workers move a three-meter diameter, hollow aluminum sphere, an essential component of the Madison Plasma… Read More
Recent sighting: UW Mad Gaffers Holiday Glass Sale
Patrons browse a selection of glass artwork offered for sale during the annual UW Mad Gaffers Holiday Glass Sale at the glass lab at… Read More
Slide show: 2011 in review
University Communications’ photographers have culled through hundreds of options for favorite images from 2011 that capture the campus through four seasons, major building projects and initiatives, transitions in leadership, learning inside and outside the classroom, research in progress, the Wisconsin Idea in practice, and Badger spirit in its many forms. Read More
Recent sightings: Board of Regents meeting
UW-Madison Interim Chancellor David Ward speaks about strategic approaches to resource stewardship during the UW Board of Regents meeting at Union South on Thursday,… Read More
Slide show: A Building Abuzz
The Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery offers proof positive that promises can be kept. Since opening in December 2010, the 300,000-square-foot building is delivering on original plans for an innovative, sustainable space, and is providing an environment that fosters collaborative science and hosts public outreach activities. Read More
Recent sightings: Autumn glow
Autumn-colored foliage clings to the exterior windows of the Memorial Union as nighttime falls and visitors talk inside under the warm glow of lights… Read More
Recent sightings: EPA leader visits
Lisa Jackson (center right), administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency listens as James Thomson (right), director of regenerative biology at the Morgridge Institute… Read More
Recent sightings: Pulling together
The Wisconsin women’s crew team rows along Lake Mendota during an autumn sunset on Nov. 4, 2011. Photo: Jeff Miller… Read More
Recent sightings: Parents’ Weekend
Seen through a door window, Interim Chancellor David Ward speaks during the Chancellor’s Panel at the Pyle Center, one of several Parents’ Weekend events… Read More
Recent sightings: Prairie Burn
Representatives of the Lakeshore Nature Preserve and employees of Quercus Land Stewardship Services conduct a controlled prairie burn in the Biocore Prairie on Tuesday. Read More
Recent sightings: Personal Journeys
Both doing their best to wipe and laugh away a few tears, Odyssey Program student Beatriz Mairena-Kellman, left, shares a personal story with Pulitzer… Read More
Recent sightings: Book Club
Approximately 100 students from Middleton High School took part in group discussions on Oct. 19, 2011, at the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery. UW–Madison students… Read More
Recent sightings: Shadow art
On Oct. 12, 2011, a graphic shadow is cast as workers on a scissor-lift platform finish installing window trim on the exterior of the… Read More