Tag Recent sightings
Recent sightings: Seismometer image of Midwest earthquake
A UW–Madison geology department seismometer in Weeks Hall recorded the tremors of an earthquake that shook Madison and many other areas…
Recent sightings: Jeopardy! tapings
Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek is accompanied on stage by mascot Bucky Badger during the opening of the Jeopardy! 2008 College Championship taping…
Recent sightings: Rubble-rousers
Construction workers use heavy-duty moving equipment to remove rubble — all that remains of aged and now demolished buildings once standing along…
Recent sightings: Rainy-day blues
Huddled under her umbrella, a pedestrian walks across Library Mall during a blustery spring rain on April 10. Photo:…
Recent sightings: Science Expeditions 2008
A UW–Madison student demonstrates to Natalie Rodenkirch how DNA is isolated in the lab at an activity booth during the “Science is…
Recent sightings: Brittany Zimmermann vigil
Undergraduate students Kelly Conrad (left of center) and Danielle Schumerth (right of center) join more than 200 members of the campus community…
Recent sightings: In the form of a question
More than 800 students rose to the challenge to take part in auditions for the "Jeopardy!" 2008 College Championship television game show.
Recent sightings: Ketchup with that?
Ketchup packets, still taped to a hallway wall, spell out the greeting “Happy Birthday Sam” outside the Ogg Hall room of undergraduate…
Recent sightings: Over the hump
Photo: Jeff Miller Thanks to round-the-clock care provided by the UW–Madison Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital, Seymour, a newborn…
Recent sightings: YESSSSSSSS!
Photos: Jeff Miller Nicholas Maaseen, a soon-to-graduate medical student at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH),…
Recent sightings: Move ’em out!
Photo: Jeff Miller Undergraduate student Lara Nicol organizes her luggage as others board two…
Recent sightings: Election day
Students make their way into the polling station located at Gordon Commons to participate in the Wisconsin presidential primary.
Recent sightings: So much for privacy
Photo: Jeff Miller Habitat for Humanity Restore volunteers Vince Perkins and Bill Bumby (wearing red hat) remove…
Recent sightings: Polar Plunge
Groups of UW–Madison students jump into the ice-cold water of Lake Monona on Feb. 16, 2008, during the…
Recent sightings: Bill Clinton at the Stock Pavilion
Photo: Bryce Richter Former president Bill Clinton makes a stop on the campaign trail for his wife, New…
Recent sightings: Barack Obama at the Kohl Center
Photo: Bryce Richter Illinois senator and Democratic presidential primary candidate Barack Obama makes a campaign stop at the…
Recent sightings: Icy test drive
Photo: Jeff Miller An underwater robot is lowered by crane into an opening cut in the ice covering…
Photo, seismograph from Mendota ‘Ice Quake’ posted
The shaking felt Thursday afternoon in areas near Lake Mendota was most likely an ice quake, according to University of Wisconsin–Madison geologists. A tremor was recorded by a geology department seismometer at 12:50 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008, and lasted approximately two or three seconds.
Recent sightings: Winter solitude
A lone cross-country skier passes by as nighttime falls over a snow-covered oak savanna at the UW Arboretum’s Curtis Prairie New…
Moments in time: 2007 photographers’ choice
In and out of the classroom, from the research lab to the athletic field, through all four seasons — the staff photographers in University Communications have captured the scenes that defined this energetic public research university during 2007. From thousands of photographs made this year, they have selected these as favorite moments in time at UW–Madison. After you play this multimedia slide show, learn more by clicking on “captions” in the bottom bar and viewing the photos one by one.