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Recent sightings: Peterson demolition

July 8, 2008

The Peterson Office Building is transformed into a cutaway skeletal shell as deconstruction crews continue dismantling panels of the structure on June 25,… Read More

Recent sightings: Lakeside Cinema

June 30, 2008

Students and community members take part in a Wisconsin Union Lakeside Cinema event featuring a screening of the 1971 movie “Willy Wonka… Read More

Recent sightings: Algae on Lake Mendota

June 24, 2008

Following approximately 15 inches of rainfall during the first two weeks of June, algae collects on the surface water… Read More

Recent sightings: Up for air

June 10, 2008

A baby painted turtle — about the size of a quarter — rises between tiny blades of grass from a shallow puddle… Read More

Recent sightings: Someone is going in!

June 6, 2008

A group of friends relax on a Lake Mendota pier near the Memorial Union Terrace on Friday, June 6. Read More

Recent sightings: Bugged

May 19, 2008

Kindergarteners experience hands-on learning and exploration during a UW–Madison Insect Ambassadors program held at C.H. Bird Elementary School in Sun Prairie… Read More

Recent sightings: Sidewalk math

May 13, 2008

Mathematics teaching assistant Sam Eckels works with students from his second-semester calculus class during a “Sidewalk Math” session held May 13,… Read More

Recent sightings: Twilight at the track

May 12, 2008

Photos by Jeff Miller. James Groce competes in the 400-meter dash during the Wisconsin Twilight, a… Read More

Recent sightings: What’s the scoop?

May 8, 2008

Molly Jahn, dean of the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, serves Babcock ice cream to faculty and staff during an Employee… Read More

Recent sightings: Seismometer image of Midwest earthquake

April 18, 2008

A UW–Madison geology department seismometer in Weeks Hall recorded the tremors of an earthquake that shook Madison and many other areas… Read More

Recent sightings: Jeopardy! tapings

April 14, 2008

Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek is accompanied on stage by mascot Bucky Badger during the opening of the Jeopardy! 2008 College Championship taping… Read More

Recent sightings: Rubble-rousers

April 10, 2008

Construction workers use heavy-duty moving equipment to remove rubble — all that remains of aged and now demolished buildings once standing along… Read More

Recent sightings: Rainy-day blues

April 10, 2008

Huddled under her umbrella, a pedestrian walks across Library Mall during a blustery spring rain on April 10. Photo:… Read More

Recent sightings: Science Expeditions 2008

April 8, 2008

A UW–Madison student demonstrates to Natalie Rodenkirch how DNA is isolated in the lab at an activity booth during the “Science is… Read More

Recent sightings: Brittany Zimmermann vigil

April 7, 2008

Undergraduate students Kelly Conrad (left of center) and Danielle Schumerth (right of center) join more than 200 members of the campus  community… Read More

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