Moving crews installed South African artist Mary Sibande’s sculpture “Sower in the Field” at UW–Madison’s Chazen Museum of Art on Feb. 27. In her works, Sibande “not only interrogates the current intersections of race, gender, …
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UW-built spectrograph en route to South Africa
A near-infrared spectrograph—an instrument that splits light into its individual colors, or wavelengths, to form a spectrum like a rainbow—will soon be shipped to South Africa from UW-Madison. The next-generation instrumentation, custom-built by staff in …
From South Africa to Wisconsin: Engineering the future of nuclear energy
In eighth grade, Chumani Mokoena’s teacher organized a field trip for the class to visit a nuclear energy facility about an hour or two north of their school in Johannesburg, South Africa. The space acted …
UW student presents art exhibits in South Africa and the Met through internship
Children in Wisconsin and South Africa now share a special connection thanks to Shiloah Coley, a journalism major who is also pursuing certificates in art and African-American studies.
WHAT IT TAKES TO STUDY ARABIC
Olivia Mulford speaks a language many consider difficult. The 21-year-old UW student has studied Arabic for the past three years of her college career. She’s utilized her language skills twice while studying abroad – once …
Adventures in South Africa to follow ‘origins’ stories
A team of three from University Communications at UW–Madison – videographer Justin Bomberg, photographer Jeff Miller, and me, science writer Kelly April Tyrrell – have traveled 8,779 miles from Madison, Wisconsin to Johannesburg, South Africa …