Tag Recent sightings
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…
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.
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…
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.
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…
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.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Recent sightings: Hoofer Resale
People shop for bargains on new and used cross-country ski boots and related gear during first day of the two-day Hoofers 47th Annual Ski…
Recent sightings: Go Big Read
Rebecca Skloot, author of the book “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks,” speaks to a large crowd during a Go Big Read lecture at…