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Recent sightings: Grandparents U.

July 25, 2008

Sam Iida and his grandfather take part in a hands-on learning exercise highlighting dairy science during Grandparents University on July 22. Grandparents University…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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.

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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:…

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…

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…

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.

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…

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…