Tag Recent sightings
Recent sightings: Homecoming parade
A parade float with energetic students makes its way down State Street during the Homecoming Parade on Oct. 24, 2008. Photo: Bryce…
Recent sightings: Garden prep
Student Susie Drahos (left) and the Daughters of Demeter, a volunteer group from the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, plant approximately 1,500 bulbs…
Recent sightings: Pumpkin Regatta
Students Bridget Maniaci (left) and Karl Haro von Mogel (right) paddle in hollowed-out pumpkins secured to inner tubes during the 4th Annual Giant Pumpkin…
Recent sightings: Green acres
Above and below, volunteers from the F.H. King Students for Sustainable Agriculture harvest green beans and weed their 30,000-square-foot garden plot, UW–Madison’s…
Recent sightings: Michelle Obama visits campus
Michelle Obama, wife of Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama, speaks to a crowd of approximately 1,800 during a campaign rally on Sept. 22, at…
Recent sightings: An Evening of Celebration
Photos: Jeff Miller Soprano Emily Fink and the University Symphony Orchestra perform during “An Evening of Celebration to Benefit Artists of…
Recent sightings: University Gospel Choir
Students from the University Gospel Choir perform on stage at the Wisconsin Union Theater during the Multicultural Student Orientation and Reception on Sept. 5,…
Recent sightings: Chancellor’s Convocation
Photo: Jeff Miller Chancellor Carolyn “Biddy” Martin talks with students enjoying lunch outdoors following the Chancellor’s Convocation for New Students. Visit the…
Recent sighting: Picturing Friends
House fellow Jerrod Walker photographs Lisa Bacon (left) and Colleen Larsen, also house fellows, as nearly 175 residential life student staff within…
Recent sightings: Waning days of summer
As the feeling of endless summer days begins to fall to earlier sunsets, a few quiet moments were recently enjoyed at the Memorial Union Terrace.
Recent sightings: Safety 24/7
Dean of Students Lori Berquam (right) talks with (left to right) students Nick Lang, Natasha Flatt and Meagan Walsh as they move into a…
Slide show: Bucky (and friends) go to the fair
Cream puffs and the giant slide aside, the Wisconsin State Fair is a great venue for learning new things about the world — making it an ideal spot for UW–Madison to settle in for a day. On Wednesday, Aug. 6, the university did just that by bringing a sampling of science, music and athletics to the citizens of the state during UW–Madison Day at the Fair.
Recent sightings: Summer SOAR
Photos: Jeff Miller A New Student Leader tour guide leads incoming first-year undergraduates and their parents across Bascom Hill while on a…
Recent sightings: Grandparents U.
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: Wisconsin flooding
View a map showing all of southern Wisconsin WisconsinView developed this map — a June 15 snapshot of the severe flooding…
Recent sightings: Peterson demolition
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
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
Following approximately 15 inches of rainfall during the first two weeks of June, algae collects on the surface water…
Recent sightings: Up for air
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!
A group of friends relax on a Lake Mendota pier near the Memorial Union Terrace on Friday, June 6.