Around the World of Dairy in 5 Days! The annual World Dairy Expo, hosted at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison, provides an opportunity for producers, industry representatives, and members of academic and professional organizations to meet, compete, showcase and exchange ideas regarding the dairy sector.
Information, for all dairy enthusiasts who wish to attend this unique event, can be found at the Expo’s General Information page.
Come celebrate the 60th Anniversary of Babcock Hall on October 14 (3:00-5:30 PM) in Rooms 205, 222 and Food Application Lab, Babcock Hall. The festivities will include a social hour and tour of the Food Applications and Ice Cream Lab. You are invited to register online by October 3, 2011. Babcock Hall first opened for use in 1951 and was named for pioneering agricultural/dairy chemist and professor, Stephen Babcock. Professor Babcock was also instrumental in the genesis of Steenbock Library with the donation of his first paycheck to seed a library for the University’s College of Agriculture.
Madison Public Library invites all Madison residents to sign up for its free library card. This additional library card will give you access to the public library system’s materials and resources which include its research databases, job and business resources, magazines, media, and popular reading collections--including an extensive collection of audiobooks and e-books.
While campus and public library systems are not set up for mutual book retrieval and return, there are many public branch libraries throughout the city to make for a convenient visit. Within its own network of libraries, resources can be delivered to the branch location nearest to you.
The public library system is a great way to extend your reach to library materials and to supplement that which you obtain from our campus system.
For more information on signing up for a library card, visit one of Madison’s nine public branch libraries or visit its FAQ page for borrowing materials.
What do you get when you mix one part Aldo Leopold, another part Georgia O’Keeffe, and add a pinch of Albert Einstein? Are you curious? Discover some answers and cultivate a few more questions as you join in the fun at the Wisconsin Science Festival, September 22-25. Visit the festival website to plan your days--most events and programs will take place at the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery. And, look for your campus librarians as they staff a table at the Town Hall Street Fair, "Ask a Librarian".
The UW Horticulture Society is hosting its annual indoor plant sale, September 23 - 25 at the Stock Pavilion. Society members will be selling a variety of houseplants including cacti, succulents, and orchids. Sale hours will run from 8:00 AM until 7:00 PM, Friday & Saturday, and from 9:00 AM until 5:00 PM (or until sold-out) on Sunday. Additional plant care supplies will also be available for purchase and include pots, saucers, soil, fertilizer, and watering tools. Proceeds from the plant sale fund society activities, travel (of horticultural interest), speakers and special programming for meetings. Add a lively touch to dorm, home or office décor!
For more information, visit the UW Horticulture Society Plant Sale page.
