Tag Recent sightings
Recent sightings: Sewing seeds
Undergraduate Jenna Mertz, an intern with the Lakeshore Nature Preserve, uses a hand spreader to disperse a mixture of grass and wildflower seeds… Read More
Recent sighting: Auf Wiedersehen!
Chancellor Biddy Martin shakes hands with a long line of well-wishers at a cookout on Bascom Hill on Wednesday, July 13. The event, which… Read More
Recent sightings: WAA’s 150th birthday party
With a giant inflatable version of UW–Madison’s modern-day mascot, Bucky Badger, looming in the background, the 1st Brigade Band performs Civil War-era music during… Read More
Recent sightings: Ice cream social
As the temperature soared into the 90s on June 7, 2011, hundreds of people beat the heat by enjoying servings of Babcock Dairy ice… Read More
Slide show: Talk to the animals
Wagging tails and bright eyes — provided by University Health Services on May 5 — helped soothe stress levels as students prepare for final exams. Read More
Recent sightings: Undergraduate Symposium
Participants look at a poster presentation highlighting bottle biology — an outreach project aimed at K-12 education — and make takeaway samples during the… Read More
Slide Show: All hands on science
Touching it with their own hands — and seeing it with their own eyes — made science come alive for those who attended this year’s Science Expeditions, a campuswide open house at UW–Madison, on April 2. Read More
Recent sightings: Lakeside light journal
Working on a “light journal” assignment for his Communications Arts 350 class, undergraduate Michael Hebert films abstractions near the convergence of melting Lake Mendota… Read More
Slide show: Combat Catharsis
On March 24-26, 2011, the Combat Paper Project visited the Arts Loft on campus to help military veterans turn their combat uniforms into hand-made paper, which they can then use to create cathartic works of art. Read More
Recent sighting: A hint of spring?
A colorful reminder of milder seasons to come, plant markers indicate a dormant bed of lilies at the Botany Gardens as a heavy, wet… Read More
Recent sightings: New Badger Partnership chat
On Feb, 24, 2011, Chancellor Biddy Martin (left), Vice Chancellor for Administration Darrell Bazzell, Director of Human Resources Robert Lavigna (right), and Dean of… Read More
Recent sighting: Moment of Silence
Players and fans paused for a moment of silence before the start of the hockey game between Wisconsin and Minnesota on Feb. 19 at… Read More
Recent sightings: TAA organizes march to the Capitol
Responding to the call from the Teaching Assistants’ Association (TAA) for a “teach out” on Feb. 17, supporters gathered on Library Mall at… Read More
Recent sightings: Ready, set, answers!
With their laptops fired up, UW–Madison academic advisors and Parent Program staff answered a steady stream of questions during a live web chat on… Read More
Recent sightings: Selig Distinguished Lecture
Major League Baseball Commissioner Allan H. “Bud” Selig, center, and Jeremi Suri, E. Gordon Fox Professor of History, right, applaud as guest lecturer Adrian… Read More
Recent sightings: Board of Regents meeting
A group of Chinese student athletes, who were part of UW–Madison’s new Chinese Champions Program, listen as Chancellor Biddy Martin summarizes UW–Madison’s growing… Read More