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Stormy sunset

July 22, 2013

In this three image series, a summer thunderstorm with cloud-to-cloud lightning moves in to overtake a fiery sunset above Lake Mendota and the University of…

Photographer is named Master of the Profession

July 2, 2013

The University Photographers’ Association of America (UPAA), a national organization of visual communicators, has selected Jeff Miller, senior photographer in University Communications, a recipient of a 2013 Master of the Profession award.

Recent Sightings: Garden party

June 4, 2013

A group of staff and volunteers plant a spiral-patterned display of annual flowers at the Allen Centennial Gardens on June 3. Photo:…

Recent sightings: Calming canine

May 16, 2013

Sacajawea, a 10-year-old Newfoundland weighing more than 100 pounds, soaks up attention as she helps to alleviate stress for students during a Dogs On Call session held outside Helen C. White Hall May 13.

Recent Sightings: Leafy retreat

May 14, 2013

Surrounded by a sea of flowering bluebells, undergraduate Sydney Rearick works on her laptop computer while studying under a historic bur oak tree…

Recent sightings: Bright night

April 23, 2013

UW-Madison graduate student Matthew Piepenbrok, center, maintains candle flames on his candelabra-shaped and neon-lit glass star on display during the 2013 Biennial Neon and Light Exhibit held inside the Stock Pavillion at the University of Wisconsin–Madison on April 19, 2013.

Recent sightings: Buzz talk

April 5, 2013

Internationally recognized artist and barber Faisal Abdu’Allah talks about his work while cutting the hair of volunteer Alison Jones-Chaim during a live salon held…

Recent sightings: Going up!

March 15, 2013

Students from the Hoofer Mountaineering Club practice their skills on the rock-climbing wall at Union South.

Recent Sightings: Frosty Morning

February 3, 2013

Steam and heat hit frigid air on Feb. 1, 2013, as the sun begins to rise over the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus and downtown Madison isthmus during a winter morning when the temperature was six below zero. The dawn view is from the roof of the Engineering Research Building. (Photo by Jeff Miller/UW-Madison)

Recent sightings: Fireworks for pediatrics patients

July 1, 2012

More than 250 pediatrics patients and their families were invited to the Pyle Center Rooftop Terrace and lakeside Alumni Lounge on campus for a…

Recent sightings: Inside out

June 28, 2012

On June 21, 2012, catering staff set out glassware in advance of an event being held at the Chazen Museum of Art. Outside in…

Recent sightings: Union Theater’s ‘Curtain Down Party’

May 14, 2012

Anita Laabs (right) helps Savanna Shropshire (left) try on an assortment of costumes in a dressing room backstage at the Wisconsin Union Theater’s “Curtain…

Recent sightings: No worries

April 27, 2012

As the days between now and commencement begin ticking down, students danced the night away at Club Bucky held in the backyard of Witte…

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…

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.

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…

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…

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…