At Grandparents University, the Wisconsin Alumni Association’s intergenerational education program, learners young and old enroll for a taste of campus life, the chance to learn from college instructors and an opportunity to spend time with their loved ones.
Events include appearances on campus by journalist Carl Bernstein and U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin.
The project area is the Downtown entertainment area in and around State Street from Capitol Square to the edge of UW-Madison at North Lake Street, and two to three blocks on either side of State Street. The primary focus is weekend nights when people are frequenting bars, especially on Friday and Saturday nights between 10 p.m. and 3 a.m. and during special events.
Over the past few weeks, the Museum of Wisconsin Art (MOWA) in West Bend has opened two new exhibitions by indigenous artists to the public.
On July 23, the museum opened Ho-Chunk photographer Tom Jones’s first major retrospective, which features 120 photos from sixteen bodies of work over 25 years.
“There’s something that a friend of mine said once,” says Jones, a professor of photography at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “She came to a show, and she’s like, ‘Your work is so beautiful, but then when you really look at it and get up on it, it slaps you in the face.’”
Quoted: “Younger generations keep seeing this message of doom and gloom and the end of the world in 12 years, 15 years and so on,” Dominique Brossard, professor and chair in the Department of Life Sciences Communication at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said. “We know from research in the psychology of risk that if you keep on talking about doom, what you end up doing is fueling a feeling of helplessness, anxiety.”
Quoted: “It’s usually not just contact in passing, but really close skin-to-skin contact, that’s the major risk to spread,” said Dr. Dan Shirley, medical director of infection prevention at UW Health.
Kevin Zeitler is preparing for his 11th NFL season.
He has started all 140 games in which he has played.
The graduate of Wisconsin Lutheran High School and the University of Wisconsin has played for four NFL teams – Cincinnati, Cleveland, the New York Giants and Baltimore.
The most demanding, most detailed coach for whom Zeitler has played?
Bob Bostad, who is back overseeing Wisconsin’s offensive line.
The Big Ten Network on Monday announced what it called a groundbreaking partnership with Volleyball World to extend coverage of the conference across the globe.
The Badgers will face Dayton for the first time since they defeated the Flyers 105-93 in December 1961. The game is set for 1:30 p.m. Nov. 23 at the Imperial Arena in the Bahamas.
Don Gehrmann, one of the country’s top collegiate runners during his time at the University of Wisconsin and a 12-time Big Ten Conference individual champion, has died.
Known as “Mr. Mile” during his running career, Gehrmann was 94 when he died on July 23 at Stoughton Hospital, according to an obituary.
The votes are in, and the winning design for the 15th annual The Red Shirt competition features Bucky flashing the iconic “W” gesture … Every purchase of The Red Shirt will go to support students on campus by funding scholarships for need-based students.
