Category: Featured

• A century on, celebrating the first Yiddish-language college course

  Posted on Sep 20th

  By David Tenenbaum For news media One century ago, the University of Wisconsin became the first institution of higher education in the […]

• Shakespeare in Wisconsin 2016: Anna Deavere Smith showcases the power of words

  Posted on Jun 15th

  by Erin Doherty Throughout 2016, our Year of Shakespeare in Wisconsin, we will bring you stories, events, lectures, performances, and more. All are […]

• Historic Wisconsin recordings to be preserved through NEH grant

  Posted on Mar 23rd

  NEH awards $230,000 to UW-Madison’s Center for the Study of Upper Midwestern Culture and Mills Music Library (Madison) – The University of […]

• Libraries, Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum Partner to Preserve/Expand Silver Buckle Press

  Posted on Jan 21st

  2016 will usher in a new collaboration aimed at advancing the Wisconsin Idea, and preserving a treasured piece of University of Wisconsin–Madison […]

• ‘Just Mercy’ Author Bryan Stevenson to Visit Campus Oct.26.

  Posted on Oct 20th

  ~Story by Jenny Price, University Communications Archbishop Desmond Tutu calls Bryan Stevenson “America’s Mandela.” Stevenson has spent his career fighting for racial justice and […]

• Who Do You Think YOU Are? Wisconsin Historical Society Releases Genealogy Webinars, Workshops, and Class Schedule

  Posted on Sep 14th

  Do you know how far your family tree extends? Do you know where you REALLY come from and who makes up the […]

• The UW Band Tours the West in the Summer of 1915

  Posted on Aug 5th

  The following is an excerpt from a blog written by University Archivist David Null. To view the full blog, visit the UW-Madison Archives’ blog […]

• MAYRENT INSTITUTE NOW HOME TO OLDEST SURVIVING RECORDINGS OF YIDDISH MUSIC

  Posted on Jul 9th

  The Mayrent Institute for Yiddish Culture has acquired the twelve earliest known cylinder recordings of Yiddish music, released c.1901 by the one-time […]

• Emilie Songolo, Senior Academic Librarian at Memorial Library, honored as Outstanding Women of Color

  Posted on Jun 23rd

  The 2015 Outstanding Women of Color Selection Committee is pleased to announce the seven Outstanding Women of Color for 2015-16: Earlise Ward, […]

• Undergrads Receive Library Research Awards

  Posted on Jun 17th

  ~ By Pamela O’Donnell Two undergraduate library research awards were presented by Kelli Hughes at the Undergraduate Symposium at Union South on […]

• New Services Platform Offers Greater Access to Materials at UW—Madison’s Verona Shelving Facility

  Posted on Jun 1st

  With the rollout of a new unified library services platform across the University of Wisconsin System libraries, the UW—Madison Library’s Verona Shelving […]

• Gowns with a Message – Catharsis: An Exploration of Art, Disease and Healing

  Posted on Apr 20th

  Catharsis: An Exploration of Art, Disease and Healing will be on the 2nd floor landing of the Health Sciences Learning Center, just […]