Category Society & Culture

Indian author Arundhati Roy to visit

March 5, 2013

Indian author and activist Arundhati Roy will visit the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus March 20-21, 2013 to speak to Wisconsin high school students. Roy will offer the keynote presentation for the Great World Texts Student Conference, sponsored by the UW–Madison Center for the Humanities, and will spend the day interacting with students who have read her Booker Prize-winning novel, "The God of Small Things."

Wisconsin Film Festival expands to eight days

March 1, 2013

The Wisconsin Film Festival - the largest campus-based film festival in the United States, averaging over 100 films and up to 34,000 attendees each spring - will spread out beyond one weekend for the first time this year, giving audiences eight days to take in the wide range of cinema being offered.

Art in the public eye highlights community expression

February 27, 2013

A public humanities project that began as an effort to help Latino youth express themselves through art has produced a gigantic mural, a moving documentary, and a new Madison youth collective, thanks to a partnership between University of Wisconsin–Madison graduate students and community partner Centro Hispano.

Science + art exhibit focuses on the beauty of a cure

February 20, 2013

An unusual exhibit focusing on cancer recovery through the lens of art and science will open Feb. 22 in the Biochemistry Department on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus.

Stunning works featured in staff art gallery

February 7, 2013

The Academic Staff Art Gallery in Bascom Hall this semester is featuring works that combine art and science, encompassing the scientific impact of models of invertebrates, glassblowing and photography.

Artist in residence explores black cultural identity

February 6, 2013

Faisal Abdu’Allah, an internationally acclaimed British artist whose iconographic images of power, race, masculinity, violence, and faith challenge the values and ideologies society attaches to those images, is the The Arts Institute and the Department of Art History’s Spring 2013 Interdisciplinary Artist in Residence.

Speakers to be announced at Big Learning Event kickoff reception

January 29, 2013

Panelists for the second Big Learning Event (BLE) will be revealed at a kickoff reception in Gordon Dining and Event Center on Thursday, Feb. 7, from 4 to 6 p.m.

Book discussion and exhibit highlight Go Big Read selection

January 28, 2013

Even if you don't recall fallout shelters and duck-and-cover drills from the 1950s, a book discussion and exhibit will provide a window into that era and this year's Go Big Read selection.

Tandem Press to host printmaking symposium

January 19, 2013

Tandem Press will host "Printmaking: Steeped in the Past, Shaping the Future," a free printmaking symposium at the Chazen Museum of Art, on Thursday, Jan. 31 and Friday, Feb. 1.

Retired administrator joins words and art in new exhibits

December 13, 2012

After retiring in 1994 as associate dean in the College of Letters & Science, Blair Mathews has maintained his connection with the university through a variety of channels. Now, as a poet, Mathews brings a different kind of work back to campus.

Explore SoundWaves at the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery

December 11, 2012

What do genetics, plant infections, West Nile virus, the human brain and Bach have in common?

Film examines fate of prisoners after 1920 war

December 3, 2012

The Wisconsin Union Directorate Film Committee and the UW Center for Russia, East Europe and Central Asia present "What Can Dead Prisoners Do?" at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 11 at The Marquee in Union South.

Wisconsin Singers stage 45th anniversary show

November 15, 2012

The Wisconsin Singers’ 45th anniversary show will premier on the Overture Capitol Theater stage on Nov. 30 and Dec. 1 at 8 p.m.

UW experts weigh in on Lincoln as movie opens in theaters

November 13, 2012

President Abraham Lincoln is more monument than man to many Americans, with his image printed on our currency and seated atop Bascom Hill, among other places. On Friday, director Steven Spielberg’s movie “Lincoln,” with Irish actor Daniel Day-Lewis in the title role, opens in theaters.