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Recent sightings: In the form of a question

April 3, 2008

More than 800 students rose to the challenge to take part in auditions for the "Jeopardy!" 2008 College Championship television game show. Read More

Recent sightings: Ketchup with that?

March 29, 2008

Ketchup packets, still taped to a hallway wall, spell out the greeting “Happy Birthday Sam” outside the Ogg Hall room of undergraduate… Read More

Recent sightings: Over the hump

March 25, 2008

Photo: Jeff Miller Thanks to round-the-clock care provided by the UW–Madison Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital, Seymour, a newborn… Read More

Recent sightings: YESSSSSSSS!

March 21, 2008

Photos: Jeff Miller Nicholas Maaseen, a soon-to-graduate medical student at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH),… Read More

Recent sightings: Move ’em out!

March 14, 2008

  Photo: Jeff Miller Undergraduate student Lara Nicol organizes her luggage as others board two… Read More

Recent sightings: Election day

February 19, 2008

Students make their way into the polling station located at Gordon Commons to participate in the Wisconsin presidential primary. Read More

Recent sightings: So much for privacy

February 18, 2008

Photo: Jeff Miller Habitat for Humanity Restore volunteers Vince Perkins and Bill Bumby (wearing red hat) remove… Read More

Recent sightings: Polar Plunge

February 18, 2008

Groups of UW–Madison students jump into the ice-cold water of Lake Monona on Feb. 16, 2008, during the… Read More

Recent sightings: Bill Clinton at the Stock Pavilion

February 15, 2008

Photo: Bryce Richter Former president Bill Clinton makes a stop on the campaign trail for his wife, New… Read More

Recent sightings: Barack Obama at the Kohl Center

February 13, 2008

Photo: Bryce Richter Illinois senator and Democratic presidential primary candidate Barack Obama makes a campaign stop at the… Read More

Recent sightings: Icy test drive

February 12, 2008

Photo: Jeff Miller An underwater robot is lowered by crane into an opening cut in the ice covering… Read More

Photo, seismograph from Mendota ‘Ice Quake’ posted

February 2, 2008

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. Read More

Recent sightings: Winter solitude

January 4, 2008

A lone cross-country skier passes by as nighttime falls over a snow-covered oak savanna at the UW Arboretum’s Curtis Prairie New… Read More

Moments in time: 2007 photographers’ choice

December 17, 2007

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. Read More

Recent sightings: Swan slide

December 11, 2007

Student Tom Beste “swan dives” down Observatory Hill using a cafeteria tray as a sled after five more inches of snow… Read More

Recent sightings: I can see my house from here

December 6, 2007

Space Science and Engineering Center Space Science and Engineering Center student Jarek Sromovsky works to string holiday lights on a… Read More

Recent sightings: Winter scenes

December 5, 2007

Bundled for winter weather, pedestrians walk along a snow-covered sidewalk along Park Street. More than five inches of snow fell on the… Read More

Recent sightings: AIDS Memorial Quilt

December 3, 2007

A roll of red stickers with the shape of an AIDS ribbon fill the foreground as audience members listen to a music… Read More

Recent sightings: Christmas Tree Sale

December 1, 2007

Members of the UW Forestry Club assist patrons buying Fraser fir, balsam fir and white pine Christmas trees and wreaths during the… Read More

Recent sightings: Family huddle

November 12, 2007

Freshman Emily Monske, along with her parents Colleen and Steve Monske, pose for a family portrait while attending the Badger Huddle —… Read More