BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:icalendar-ruby CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;TZID=America/Chicago:20260407T093820 UID:219284@calendar.wisc.edu DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260227 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260228 DESCRIPTION:*Note: actual end time may vary.* \n February 23 – 28. In Ts iʔnú· tsyowehtáun Ohwáskʌ Kayaʔtuní (Origin of the Cornhusk Do ll)\, Jami Balicki visually narrates the origin story of the corn husk dol l through Van Dyke photographic prints on handmade paper. Tracing back to her matriarchal lineage and connecting to her current self\, she performs as a corn husk doll\, reflecting on various intersecting aspects of her id entity\, from indigeneity to gender. Across photography\, papermaking\, fi ber arts\, and installation\, she preserves the corn husk.\n\nCONTACT: 262 -1660\, artfrontdesk@education.wisc.edu\n\nURL: https://art.wisc.edu/2026/ 02/16/tsi%ca%94nu%c2%b7-tsyowehtaun-ohwask%ca%8c-kaya%ca%94tuni-origin-of- the-cornhusk-doll-a-master-of-fine-arts-qualifier-exhibition-by-jami-balic ki/ LOCATION:Gallery 7\, Mosse Humanities Building SUMMARY:Tsiʔnú· tsyowehtáun Ohwáskʌ Kayaʔtuní ~ Origin of the C ornhusk Doll: An MFA Qualifier Exhibition by Jami Balicki URL;VALUE=URI:https://art.wisc.edu/2026/02/16/tsi%ca%94nu%c2%b7-tsyowehtaun -ohwask%ca%8c-kaya%ca%94tuni-origin-of-the-cornhusk-doll-a-master-of-fine- arts-qualifier-exhibition-by-jami-balicki/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;TZID=America/Chicago:20260407T093820 UID:217909@calendar.wisc.edu DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260227 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260228 DESCRIPTION:*Note: actual end time may vary.* \n Exhibition at the Mandelb aum &\; Albert Family Vision Gallery. An exhibition sharing artworks th at combine individual components into visual units using collage and const ruction\, assemblage\, and mosaic techniques. Featuring artists Eugenia Sh erman Brown\, Jane Foos\, Angela Johnson\, Dan Ott\, Stacey Stewartson\, a nd Peggy Flora Zalucha. Gallery hours: 8:30am - 5:00pm\n\nCONTACT: 239-324 3\, gmstirr@wisc.edu LOCATION:9th floor Vision Gallery\, Wisconsin Institutes for Medical Resear ch SUMMARY:SYNTHESIS -- Bits and Pieces END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;TZID=America/Chicago:20260407T093820 UID:215193@calendar.wisc.edu DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260227 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260228 DESCRIPTION:*Note: actual end time may vary.* \n The Macro Scale. SoundWav es combines scientific lectures about the world with live classical music performances. Each event revolves around a theme\, exploring it first from many scientific angles and then through the lens of music. The program co ncludes with a live performance of music related to the evening’s theme. \n\nThe science lectures are delivered using language that the curious lay man can understand\, with a minimum of jargon and formulas.\n\nCONTACT: me dia@wid.wisc.edu\n\nURL: https://illuminatingdiscovery.wisc.edu/soundwaves / LOCATION:Collins Recital Hall\, Hamel Music Center SUMMARY:SoundWaves URL;VALUE=URI:https://illuminatingdiscovery.wisc.edu/soundwaves/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;TZID=America/Chicago:20260407T093820 UID:213471@calendar.wisc.edu DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260227 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260228 DESCRIPTION:*Note: actual end time may vary.* \n \n\nURL: https://uwbadger s.com/sports/mens-swimming-and-diving/schedule LOCATION:Soderholm Family Aquatic Center\, Nicholas Recreation Center SUMMARY:Men's Swimming and Diving: Big Ten Championships URL;VALUE=URI:https://uwbadgers.com/sports/mens-swimming-and-diving/schedul e END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;TZID=America/Chicago:20260407T093820 UID:217610@calendar.wisc.edu DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260227 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260228 DESCRIPTION:*Note: actual end time may vary.* \n Access the Graduate Progr ams Virtual Open House website from February 1 - 28\, 2026. \n\nConnect wi th enrollment coaches live and gain exclusive access to the Graduate Progr ams Virtual Open House website\, which features campus and program resourc es available to graduate students at UW–Madison.\n\nCONTACT: 400-7459\, coach@pdc.wisc.edu\n\nURL: https://uwmadison.tfaforms.net/5183517\n\nONLIN E: https://uwmadison.tfaforms.net/5183517 LOCATION: (Online) SUMMARY:Graduate Programs Virtual Open House URL;VALUE=URI:https://uwmadison.tfaforms.net/5183517 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;TZID=America/Chicago:20260407T093820 UID:219499@calendar.wisc.edu DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260227 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260228 DESCRIPTION:*Note: actual end time may vary.* \n February 24 – 28. Recep tion: Friday\, February 27\, 5-8pm. This exhibition examines the literal s ites that link the aboveground and subterranean worlds\, and wants to find out what the conduit connecting the two worlds might be. Nika McKagen wor ks in the field finding and documenting abandoned mines and caves as well as the landscapes around these openings. Most everything we do has to do w ith the void\, and especially with the way that we choose to approach it.\ n\nCONTACT: 262-1660\, artfrontdesk@education.wisc.edu\n\nURL: https://art .wisc.edu/2026/02/19/conduit-master-of-fine-arts-thesis-exhibition-by-nika -mckagen/ LOCATION:Art Lofts Gallery\, Art Lofts SUMMARY:Conduit: Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition by Nika McKagen URL;VALUE=URI:https://art.wisc.edu/2026/02/19/conduit-master-of-fine-arts-t hesis-exhibition-by-nika-mckagen/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;TZID=America/Chicago:20260407T093820 UID:219656@calendar.wisc.edu DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260227 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260228 DESCRIPTION:*Note: actual end time may vary.* \n February 23 – 27. Explo re the undergraduate pop-up exhibit Bloom: Explore the Beauty and Strength of Florals and Life by Lydia Malen and Caroline Brennan at the Gelsy Vern a Gallery in the Art Lofts. This collection of floral paintings\, clothing \, and household items invites the viewers to interact with florals in a r ange of sentiments\, surveying a range of flowers\, how they manifest in t he most meaningful parts of our lives\, and the power they hold for each a nd every one of us.\n\nCONTACT: 262-1660\, artfrontdesk@education.wisc.edu \n\nURL: https://art.wisc.edu/2026/02/23/bloom-explore-the-beauty-and-stre ngth-of-florals-and-life/ LOCATION:Gelsy Verna Gallery\, Art Lofts SUMMARY:Bloom: Explore the Beauty and Strength of Florals and Life URL;VALUE=URI:https://art.wisc.edu/2026/02/23/bloom-explore-the-beauty-and- strength-of-florals-and-life/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;TZID=America/Chicago:20260407T093820 UID:216510@calendar.wisc.edu DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260227T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260227T235900 DESCRIPTION:The Wisconsin Union Directorate Art Committee presents a curati on of topical art pieces from the Wisconsin Union Art Collection. These wo rks are being shown together to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy and those who fought for civil rights through visual art. This curation hi ghlights historical struggles for justice and includes artworks from notab le Wisconsin artists and former students on campus.  \;They will be di splayed on the 2nd floor of the Memorial Union\, located and secured outsi de the Play Circle from January 27th - February 28\, 2026.\n\nCONTACT: art @union.wisc.edu\n\nURL: https://union.wisc.edu/events-and-activities/event -calendar/event/curation-artworks-honoring-dr-martin-luther-king-jr LOCATION:2nd Floor\, Play Circle\, Memorial Union SUMMARY:A Curation of Artworks Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. URL;VALUE=URI:https://union.wisc.edu/events-and-activities/event-calendar/e vent/curation-artworks-honoring-dr-martin-luther-king-jr END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;TZID=America/Chicago:20260407T093820 UID:218501@calendar.wisc.edu DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260227 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260228 DESCRIPTION:*Note: actual end time may vary.* \n An interdisciplinary symp osium hosted by the Department of African American Studies featuring the w ork of 21 undergraduate and graduate students from across the University o f Wisconsin-Madison whose work centers Black studies and Black people. \n\ nFeatured panels: \n—Pedagogies of Resistance and Possibility: Histories of Black Education\n—Mapping Resistance and Reclaiming Space: Collectiv e Action in Community\n—Praxis of Protest \n—Interdisciplinary Approac hes to African American Studies\n\nCONTACT: kelham@wisc.edu\n\nURL: https: //africanamericanstudies.wisc.edu/2026-student-symposium/ LOCATION:Tripp Commons\, Memorial Union SUMMARY:2026 African American Studies Symposium URL;VALUE=URI:https://africanamericanstudies.wisc.edu/2026-student-symposiu m/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;TZID=America/Chicago:20260407T093820 UID:219249@calendar.wisc.edu DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260227T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260227T171500 DESCRIPTION:Hear from Joe Thomas (NFL Hall of Famer)\, Josh Glessing (Bucks President)\, and 30 + more sports executives (listed at our website www.w isconsinsbc.com) at this CAN'T MISS EVENT for any student/professional int erested in sports and entertainment!\n\nNearly 100 industry professionals will be there seeking to network with other students and industry leaders! Recruitment opportunities with IBM\, the Milwaukee Bucks\, Morgan Stanley \, and more are available.\n\nCONTACT: 414-369-0471\, devin.mehta@wisc.edu \n\nURL: https://www.wisconsinsbc.com LOCATION:Main Atrium (330 N Orchard Street)\, Discovery Building SUMMARY:Wisconsin Sports Business Conference 2 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.wisconsinsbc.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;TZID=America/Chicago:20260407T093820 UID:210598@calendar.wisc.edu DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260227T091500 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260227T100000 DESCRIPTION:Join us Fridays from 9:15am to 10am for an open discussion with Didier Contis\, UW–‍Madison’s vice provost for information technolo gy and chief information officer.\n\nCONTACT: communications@doit.wisc.edu \n\nURL: https://it.wisc.edu/news/virtual-office-hours-with-uw-madison-cio /\n\nONLINE: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/96232767475?pwd=VkcxeHZBUE5Kc3BSQ mNzcTUrRTJFdz09 LOCATION: (Online) SUMMARY:Virtual Office Hours with CIO Didier Contis URL;VALUE=URI:https://it.wisc.edu/news/virtual-office-hours-with-uw-madison -cio/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;TZID=America/Chicago:20260407T093820 UID:216944@calendar.wisc.edu DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260227T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260227T120000 DESCRIPTION:Drop-in Advising Sessions. Did you know you may be able to appl y your financial aid towards a study abroad experience?\n\nBring your ques tions to a drop-in advising session with Pahouachua Thor from the Office o f Student Financial Aid!\n\nURL: https://studyabroad.wisc.edu/funding/fina ncialaid/ LOCATION:Study Abroad Resource Center (3rd Floor Red Gym) SUMMARY:Using Financial Aid towards Study Abroad URL;VALUE=URI:https://studyabroad.wisc.edu/funding/financialaid/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;TZID=America/Chicago:20260407T093820 UID:215291@calendar.wisc.edu DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260227T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260227T110000 DESCRIPTION:Small Matter recognizes the innovative talents of the children who make rag balls\, arguing that making is a universal language and a pow erful form of expression\, especially for underprivileged people\, who tra nsform inert matter into vibrant artifacts through creative intervention i nto the social life of things. Creatively crafting rag balls from material s found in the local environment grants voice and agency to African childr en.\n\nCONTACT: 262-1162\, cdmc@sohe.wisc.edu\n\nURL: https://cdmc.wisc.ed u/event/small-matter/ LOCATION:Nancy Nicholas Hall SUMMARY:Small Matter URL;VALUE=URI:https://cdmc.wisc.edu/event/small-matter/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;TZID=America/Chicago:20260407T093820 UID:217236@calendar.wisc.edu DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260227T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260227T120000 DESCRIPTION:So you’re familiar with R\, but want to do more with your plo ts than the base graphics package. This code-along workshop will show you how to use the ggplot2 package in R. After this session\, you will be able to create a variety of plot types\, alter their aesthetics\, and create c ustom themes. \n\nPrerequisite: working knowledge of R\, RStudio\, and the dplyr package is helpful. \n\nRegister: go.wisc.edu/f7n0ww\n\nCONTACT: he ather.shimon@wisc.edu\n\nURL: https://www.library.wisc.edu/steenbock/2026/ 01/12/learn-how-to-analyze-data-using-python-and-or-r-programming-language s/ LOCATION:Online\, connection information will be sent in advance SUMMARY:R Programming 3: Data Visualization for Research Projects (online) URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.library.wisc.edu/steenbock/2026/01/12/learn-how-t o-analyze-data-using-python-and-or-r-programming-languages/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;TZID=America/Chicago:20260407T093820 UID:209334@calendar.wisc.edu DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260227T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260227T160000 DESCRIPTION:Parallel Lines: Quilts and the American Landscape explores the parallel processes of quilt-making within the American home and place-maki ng on the American landscape. Featuring nineteenth- and twentieth-century American quilts drawn from the Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection\, the exhibit will examine some of the most familiar quilt forms – such as ni ne-patch squares\, eight-pointed stars\, and “log cabin” blocks with c loth strips radiating outward from a central square “hearth”.\n\nCONTA CT: 262-1162\, cdmc@sohe.wisc.edu\n\nURL: https://cdmc.wisc.edu/event/para llel-lines-quilts-and-the-american-landscape/ LOCATION:Lynn Mecklenburg Textile Gallery\, Nancy Nicholas Hall SUMMARY:Parallel Lines: Quilts and the American Landscape URL;VALUE=URI:https://cdmc.wisc.edu/event/parallel-lines-quilts-and-the-ame rican-landscape/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;TZID=America/Chicago:20260407T093820 UID:209493@calendar.wisc.edu DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260227T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260227T160000 DESCRIPTION:Find Your Quilt invites visitors to make their own personal con nection to at least one quilt on display\, offering a range of ideas and p erspectives through which to make their selection. This bright and bold ex hibition presents quilts and quilted objects that span the globe\, materia ls\, and time periods\, showcasing the breadth and variety of this form.\n \nCONTACT: 262-1162\, cdmc@sohe.wisc.edu\n\nURL: https://cdmc.wisc.edu/eve nt/find-your-quilt/ LOCATION:Ruth Davis Design Gallery\, Nancy Nicholas Hall SUMMARY:Find Your Quilt URL;VALUE=URI:https://cdmc.wisc.edu/event/find-your-quilt/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;TZID=America/Chicago:20260407T093820 UID:219657@calendar.wisc.edu DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260227T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260227T110000 DESCRIPTION:CS Education Research Landscape. Newly formed group for graduat e students (by graduate students) interested in CS education as a primary or secondary research interest!\n\nEver wonder what kinds of research take s place in the CS ED or what CS ED research looks like? We will be discuss ing and mapping out the various categories of research in the vast landsca pe that is CS education!\n\nCONTACT: mejensen5@wisc.edu LOCATION:6530 Morgridge Hall SUMMARY:CS EDU Weekly Seminar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;TZID=America/Chicago:20260407T093820 UID:218760@calendar.wisc.edu DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260227T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260227T160000 DESCRIPTION:MFA Qualifier Exhibition. Inspired by her experiences living in several disparate environments\, Alexandra Riesco creates records of plac e &\; movement through printed and handmade paper pieces. In images tha t oscillate between abstract &\; representational\, microscopic &\; macroscopic\, she studies the ground closely through a scientific lens\, e xploring the idea of home in a time of uncertainty and the integral connec tion between humans and the environment. Feb 27-Mar 27\, 2026. Reception: Friday\, March 6 5-8pm at Tandem Press.\n\nCONTACT: 263-3437\, info@tandem press.wisc.edu\n\nURL: https://tandempress.wisc.edu/exhibitions/alexandra- riesco-pathways/ LOCATION:Tandem Press\, 1743 Commercial Ave\, Madison\, WI 53704 SUMMARY:Alexandra Riesco: Pathways URL;VALUE=URI:https://tandempress.wisc.edu/exhibitions/alexandra-riesco-pat hways/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;TZID=America/Chicago:20260407T093820 UID:217477@calendar.wisc.edu DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260227T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260227T133000 DESCRIPTION:A lecture by Abdel Razzaq Takriti\, Rice University. Abdel Razz aq Takriti is Associate Professor of History &\; the Arab-American Educ ational Foundation Chair in Arab Studies at Rice University. He is a histo rian of anticolonialism\, revolutions\, intellectual &\; political curr ents\, and state formation in the modern Arab world. He has published exte nsively in edited volumes &\; major scholarly journals such as the Amer ican Historical Review &\; Radical History Review. Professor Takriti re ceived his doctorate from St Antony’s College\, University of Oxford.\n\ nCONTACT: 772-4103\, pagac@wisc.edu\n\nURL: https://havenswrightcenter.wis c.edu/event/takriti/\n\nONLINE: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/havens wrightcenter/2013910 LOCATION:8108 Sewell Social Sciences (Also offered online) SUMMARY:Visiting Scholars Program Lecture Series: Gaza and the US Academy: Scholasticide and Educational Resilience in Palestine URL;VALUE=URI:https://havenswrightcenter.wisc.edu/event/takriti/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;TZID=America/Chicago:20260407T093820 UID:217467@calendar.wisc.edu DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260227T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260227T133000 DESCRIPTION:Center for Teaching\, Learning &\; Mentoring. \n\nCONTACT: j ulie.johnson@wisc.edu\n\nURL: https://explore.wisc.edu/SP26TaUW\n\nONLINE: https://explore.wisc.edu/SP26TaUW LOCATION: (Online) SUMMARY:Teaching at UW: Support Strategies That Stick URL;VALUE=URI:https://explore.wisc.edu/SP26TaUW END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR