Category Society & Culture
Scholars gather in Madison to discuss impact of language
For the first time in its 40-year history, the World Congress of Applied Linguistics will be held in the United States, specifically at UW–Madison, on Sunday-Friday, July 24-29 at the Pyle Center and the Monona Terrace.
Simona and Jerome A. Chazen: A lifelong love for the arts creates a powerful legacy
Simona and Jerome Chazen have always been interested in the arts.
Design students to show ‘Fashion Fury’
UW-Madison design students to show 'Fashion Fury'
Arts faculty, students to be honored April 29
Creative arts faculty and students in disciplines spanning film studies, textile design, music and visual art will receive awards from the Arts Institute this spring.
Four a cappella groups present musical banquet
A cappella fans can feast on the university's groups no less than twice in one weekend.
Javanese gamelan troupe will present epic excerpt
Grave danger befalls a princess, her husband and his brother, the result of an encounter with an enchanted golden deer in an excerpt from the Javanese epic "Ramayana."
‘Art of Note’ to benefit Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestra
Ten acclaimed visual artists have put their talents to the Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestra's Art of Note project. Each has used a retired violin as a blank canvas. Their work, exhibited around town for the last few months, will be raffled at 7 p.m. on Friday, May 6, at the University Club.
Design students to engage in ‘Fashion Fury’
Original clothing designs, the work of some 30 apparel design undergraduate students, will star in the Textile and Apparel Design Students' Association annual fashion show, "Fashion Fury," on Sunday, May 8.
Groups celebrate spring through performances
Performing arts groups across campus are blooming in the new season, offering presentations to cap off the semester. Embedded in each event is an opportunity for audiences and performers alike to scale new educational and personal horizons.
Calendar briefs
‘Traveler’s Field’ celebrates the prairie When lightning damaged a tree in rural Nebraska, inspiration also struck artist Wendy Weiss and musician Jay Kremer.
Elvehjem features Indian miniatures
Indian miniature gouache paintings collected by UW alumna Jane Werner Watson will be on exhibit at the Elvehjem Museum of Art.
Grad students organize Mesoamerican exhibit
About 10 years ago, a Mexican elder passed along a section of an 1847 map of what is today New Mexico to Roberto Rodriguez and Patrisia Gonzales, now graduate students at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.