Tag Recent sightings
Recent sightings: Vet Med open house
Photos: Bryce Richter Hayley Rothwell (left) practices the process of intubation using a model of a dog, while clinical instructor Elizabeth…
Recent sightings: Let ’em eat pie!
Student Marisa Kahler (center) plunges her face into a fudge-bottom pie during the pie-eating contest at the Taste of the Terrace event at the…
Recent sightings: To study or not to study
Settling into comfortable chairs, undergraduate Jim Liu takes a break while undergraduate Jian Li Zheng continues studying in the School of Library and…
Recent sightings: Butterfly exhibit
From left to right, visitors Shae Monson, 10, and Bree Monson, 8, observe a Caligo eurilochus butterfly, common to Central and South…
Recent sightings: Hammering together
Students and volunteers work to build garage walls for a house during the Hammering for Habitat fundraising event on Library Mall on April 2,…
Recent sightings: Eyes on UW
Photo: Two remote-controlled webcams, maintained by the Division of Information Technology and mounted on the roof of the Computer Sciences and Statistics building, document progress of different construction sites on campus.
Recent sightings: Spring cleaning
On March 16, Don Johnston, groundskeeper with environmental services in the Division of Facilities Planning and Management, uses a modified rototiller to sweep sand…
Recent sightings: Hall pass
Pedestrians walk past illuminated plaques displayed at the Ray Kubly Plaza at Camp Randall Memorial Shell. The plaques recognize and honor Wisconsin Athletics…
Recent sightings: Stairway study
As students stream out of a class session below him, freshman Brian Preiser studies on the stairway landing between the second and third floors…
Recent sightings: Up, up and away
Hanging on to a control bar while catching some air, kite skier Mike Bares enjoys the fresh snow on frozen Lake Mendota. Photo:…
Recent sightings: Game break
Three students compete in a game of Super Smash Brothers Brawl in the Memorial Union…
Recent sightings: Ice sweepers
Hoofers member Andy Fitzpatrick (left) and student Kyle Martell (right) battle it out in a game of broomball during the annual Hoofers Winter…
Slide show: Crowning glory—Lady Liberty rises on Lake Mendota again
In a repeat performance of one of the most popular college pranks ever, this week Lady Liberty once again appeared to rise from Lake Mendota with torch aloft, thanks to the Wisconsin Hoofers, UW–Madison’s outdoor recreation club.
Recent sightings: Table for four
The winter sun sets behind “Ice & Snow Furniture Raised From Lake Mendota,” an art project by art student Hongtao Zhou. Zhou created the…
Recent sightings: Inaugural day of class
More than 500 students watched the inauguration of President Barack Obama live during Professor Ken Goldstein’s Political Science 104 class on Jan. 20 in…
Recent sightings: Air lift
A helicopter airlifts a motor and other elevator equipment from a flatbed truck to awaiting workers on the roof of…
Recent sightings: It’s that time of year…
A variety of decorative items, including a fake laptop, a Santa hat, an orange T-shirt and a sign wishing students good luck on finals,…
Recent sightings: Swan Lake
Hundreds of tundra swans stop for a winter rest on an ice sheet that is beginning to freeze and cover Lake Mendota near the…