Fallout

In keeping with this year’s Go Big Read selection, Radioactive: A Tale of Love and Fallout, Ebling Library has organized an exhibit featuring articles, books and various ephemera from its collections and those from other campus libraries and the Radiology Department that speak to the history of x-ray technology, the occupational hazards of working with radiation and radioactive materials, and the legacy of the Curie’s research.

An opening reception will be held on November 1 from 4:00 until 6:00 PM in the Historical Reading Room/Third Floor Gallery.  Rumor has it that something "glowing" will be served!

Exhibit Information:

Fallout: The Mixed Blessing of Radiation and the Public Health
November 1, 2012 - April 1, 2013
Historical Reading Room and 3rd Floor Gallery

Manage Your Research Data, Workshop

Are you frustrated by the challenge of organizing your research data?  Do you need to submit a data management plan as part of your grant application?  If you can say yes to either query, then save the date for a free, drop-in workshop at Steenbock Library devoted to examining some practical solutions that you can implement immediately.  

What:  Manage Your Research Data

When:  Thursday, October 25 (4:00 PM)
Where:  Steenbock Library, Room 105 (first floor instruction lab)

All workshops are free and generally include hands-on time to explore resources.  No reservations are necessary in order to attend. Questions encouraged.  We look forward to seeing you there!

Research Seminar for Undergraduates

Interested in biosciences? Considering graduate school?

UW alum and current University of Utah doctoral student Amelia Barber
will present her research on using zebrafish to model E. coli septicemia.

She will also share information on her decision to pursue a graduate degree, helpful tips for choosing a graduate program in the biosciences, and what her experience in graduate school has been.

If you are thinking about a research degree in the biological sciences,

come listen in and bring your questions!

Room 340, Steenbock Library. 2:30-4 pm.

Get Spooked for a Good Cause

Photo by Jeff Miller, from
http://photos.news.wisc.edu/photos/2687/view

October is here and Halloween is just around the corner. What better way to celebrate this ghoulish time of year than visiting a haunted house?  And better still, what if having a bit of Halloween fun can help others?

As advertised on eCALS, this year's annual UW Saddle and Sirloin Haunted House is a great way to enjoy an exciting Halloween adventure while supporting a good cause!  On October 18th and 19th from 7 - 10 p.m., the Old Horse Barn on 520 Elm Drive will be transformed into a
haunted house.  Admission is $1 or a non-perishable food item, and all
admission fares will be donated to the Second Harvest Food Bank of
Southern Wisconsin.  Lights-on hours will be 7-8 p.m. for children (and
perhaps nervous grownups), and then from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. the lights
will go out and the hardcore haunting will begin!

So, if you look forward to a good hair-raising haunting at Halloween and
you want to help a good cause, be daring...your spooktacular experience
awaits at the the UW Saddle & Sirloin Haunted House.

Celebrate Agriculture with a "Class-Grass" Concert!

Hey music lovers!  Here's an opportunity to experience a unique new spin on classical and bluegrass music with an agricultural flavor! 

The CALS Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems is co-sponsoring a pair of concerts on Saturday, October 13th at and Sunday October 20th that celebrate the culture of agriculture.  The first concert will be at 3:30 p.m. in St. Boniface Catholic Church at 105 Church Street in Lime Ridge (near Reedsburg), and admission will be $8 regular and $5 for students at the door.  The second concert will be at Mills Hall on the UW-Madison campus and tickets will be $10 regular and $8 for students at the door.

The concerts will feature the Graminy class-grass quintet.  CALS professor Michael Bell plays the mandolin, joined by Shauncey Ali with the fiddle and viola, Chris Powers with the guitar, Chris Wagoner with the fiddle, and Mary Gaines with the cello.  At these performances, Graminy will debut a new bluegrass piece entitled Germinations: A Bluegrass Symphony in D. 

For more information, check out the eCALS News post and the CIAS web page about the upcoming Graminy concerts. Co-sponsors include: the Wormfarm Institute, the Aldo Leopold Foundation, Wisconsin Farmer's Union and the Milk Marketing Board.

Print an event poster!