Recent sightings

1,200-step program
Tina Lanza runs up the stairs at Camp Randall on a recent early morning as part of assistant faculty associate Ron Carda’s marathon training class in kinesiology. (Photo: Jeff Miller)

The UW Jazz Band plays at Luther’s Blues in a free concert as part of the All-Campus Party sponsored April 24-27 by the Wisconsin Alumni Student Board, the student arm of the Wisconsin Alumni Association. The program was organized by students to celebrate spring and the end of the semester. (Photo: Jeff Miller)

Hiba Bashir, left, a junior in the College of Letters and Science, donates blood at the Red Cross blood drive at the Red Gym. About 125 students donated blood during the drive. Doris Splinter, right, administered the needle. (Photo: Michael Rothbart)

“Dyzzie” shows off some upending dance moves at Hip Hop Generation’s recent “Hip Hop As A Movement” conference at Memorial Union. In addition to the music and movement, the conference focused on youth activism, the global influence of hip hop and the role of youth and elders in the social justice movement. (Photo: Jeff Miller)

Chemical engineering student Ben Hackel, right, shows a group of visiting middle school students how to manufacture super-absorbent “Bucky pillows” at the recent Engineering Expo. The pillows contain a combination of polymers and pulverized wood fiber that can hold 250 times its weight in liquid. The material is used in some commercial products including diapers. (Photo: Jeff Miller)