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Recent sightings: Terrace rally

March 30, 2012

U.S. Representative Ron Paul addresses a crowd estimated at 2,500 at the Memorial Union Terrace on Thursday, March 29 as he campaigns for the… Read More

Recent sightings: A study in color

March 28, 2012

Below the glow of multi-colored lights, students are seen studying in a common area of 333 East Campus Mall on March 21, 2012. Read More

Recent sightings: Welcome warmth

March 16, 2012

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

March 16, 2012

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

February 24, 2012

  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

February 20, 2012

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

January 4, 2012

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

December 20, 2011

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

Recent sightings: UW produces another crop of alumni

December 20, 2011

A graduate displays a cap with a unique message during a winter commencement ceremony at the Kohl Center at the University of Wisconsin–Madison on… Read More

Slide show: 2011 in review

December 15, 2011

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

December 8, 2011

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

November 30, 2011

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

November 22, 2011

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

November 15, 2011

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

November 15, 2011

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

November 7, 2011

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

November 2, 2011

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

October 27, 2011

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

Slide show: Taking the High View

October 25, 2011

Aerial photos show an ever-changing campus Read More

Recent sightings: Book Club

October 21, 2011

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