Tag Recent sightings
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.
Recent sightings: Swan slide
Student Tom Beste “swan dives” down Observatory Hill using a cafeteria tray as a sled after five more inches of snow…
Recent sightings: I can see my house from here
Space Science and Engineering Center Space Science and Engineering Center student Jarek Sromovsky works to string holiday lights on a…
Recent sightings: Winter scenes
Bundled for winter weather, pedestrians walk along a snow-covered sidewalk along Park Street. More than five inches of snow fell on the…
Recent sightings: AIDS Memorial Quilt
A roll of red stickers with the shape of an AIDS ribbon fill the foreground as audience members listen to a music…
Recent sightings: Christmas Tree Sale
Members of the UW Forestry Club assist patrons buying Fraser fir, balsam fir and white pine Christmas trees and wreaths during the…
Recent sightings: Family huddle
Freshman Emily Monske, along with her parents Colleen and Steve Monske, pose for a family portrait while attending the Badger Huddle —…
Recent sightings: Anatomy, labeled
Medical terminology identifies the features of a human skull on a teaching skeleton during a gross anatomy class lab in the Medical…
Recent sightings: Immediate seating
With the temperature hovering at 40°F and gusty northwest winds, white-capped waves on Lake Mendota slam into Alumni Pier at the…
UW-Madison, College of the Menominee Nation enter historic partnership
Students from the College of the Menominee Nation will have a new and easy path to transfer to the University of Wisconsin–Madison as a result of a historic new partnership agreement between the two institutions.
Recent sightings: Red-letter day
Dressed in uniform, a Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps student walks past a bed of red and white flowers, planted to…