Category: Events & Exhibits

• Curiosity Unleashed! Librarians Take Part in the WI Science Fest, Oct 16-19

  Posted on Oct 17th

  Your campus librarians are on hand for this year’s Wisconsin Science Fest! They will be staffing an “Ask a Librarian/Ask a Science […]

• The Visual Narrative – Kohler Art Library Exhibit Showcases Impact of Book Art

  Posted on Oct 17th

  The Kohler Art Library is proud to announce its latest exhibit, “The Visual Narrative: Book Arts and Photography.” The display highlights the […]

• It’s Time for the 2014 Wisconsin Book Festival!

  Posted on Oct 15th

  The Wisconsin Book Festival is here! This year’s event runs Oct. 16 – Oct. 19, with the UW–Madison Friends of the Library […]

• It’s Time to Fall into a Good Book with the Friends Book Sale

  Posted on Oct 13th

  If you love books by the bag, you’ll want to limber up and hit the ground running at the Friends of the […]

• Dovie Horvitz Collection Showcases Extraordinary Evolution of Ordinary Women

  Posted on Oct 13th

  Bum pads, cockade feather fans, petticoats, talcum powder tins, postcards depicting the “10 Commandments for Wives,” and garters made by prisoners. The […]

• Often Overlooked Impacts of WWI Highlighted During Commemorative Events, Exhibit

  Posted on Oct 9th

  Photographs showing bombed out villages, battlefields and trenches littered with lifeless soldiers, and posters calling on citizens to heroically join the efforts […]

• The Power of a Story – Hundreds to Descend on Madison for 2014 Oral History Association Conference

  Posted on Sep 30th

  Wisconsin, and Madison in particular, will be front and center during the Oral History Association’s 48th annual meeting at the Madison Concourse […]

• UW–Madison Libraries Commemorate the Centennial of World War I

  Posted on Sep 24th

  The University Of Wisconsin–Madison Libraries, in coordination with the George L. Mosse Program and the Historical Society of Wisconsin presents a special […]

• Hundreds turn out for “Our Funny University” – Laughing on the Way to Success

  Posted on Sep 9th

  **This story has been updated with the link from WPT to watch the entire Funny University event/panel. Hundreds of plastic pink flamingos […]

• 6th Annual Helen C. House Party Set!

  Posted on Sep 5th

  Mark your calendar and plan to attend the Helen C. House Party, hosted by College Library on Thursday, Sept. 11. Stop by […]

• The Passenger Pigeon: Remembering A Lost Bird

  Posted on Sep 3rd

  Mark Your Calendars: On Tuesday, September 9, the Friends of the Libraries invite you to   commemorate the 100th anniversary of the extinction […]

• Steenbock Library Hosts Luau for Wisconsin Welcome

  Posted on Aug 25th

  Steenbock Library invites students to attend the third annual Steenbock Library Luau on Wednesday, September 3. The event is free and runs […]