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:20261101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;TZID=America/Chicago:20260817T020923 UID:217950@calendar.wisc.edu DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260423 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260424 DESCRIPTION:*Note: actual end time may vary.* \n Exhibition at the Mandelb aum & Albert Family Vision Gallery. An exhibition sharing artworks that co mbine individual components into visual units using collage and constructi on\, assemblage\, and mosaic techniques. Featuring artists Eugenia Sherman Brown\, Jane Foos\, Angela Johnson\, Dan Ott\, Stacey Stewartson\, and Pe ggy Flora Zalucha. Gallery hours: 8:30am - 5:00pm\n\nCONTACT: 239-3243\, g mstirr@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:20260817T020923 UID:202836@calendar.wisc.edu DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260423 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260424 DESCRIPTION:*Note: actual end time may vary.* \n Sponsored by the Office o f Strategic Consulting. Showcase is designed to celebrate and strengthen a culture of continuous improvement and organizational excellence at UW–M adison. It offers an opportunity for colleagues from across campus to shar e best practices\, learn from each other’s successes\, and connect.\n\nT he free event features poster exhibits\, flash talks\, a keynote presentat ion\, and breakout sessions that highlight UW–Madison’s strategic init iatives\, innovations\, and best practices aimed at enhancing organization al effectiveness.\n\nCONTACT: 262-9744\, jennifer.erickson@wisc.edu\n\nURL : https://showcase.wisc.edu/ LOCATION:Union South SUMMARY:Showcase 2026: Fostering Continuous Improvement and Organizational Excellence at UW–Madison URL;VALUE=URI:https://showcase.wisc.edu/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;TZID=America/Chicago:20260817T020923 UID:221000@calendar.wisc.edu DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260423 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260424 DESCRIPTION:*Note: actual end time may vary.* \n April 22 – 26. Receptio n: Friday\, April 24\, 5-8pm. Exploring the concept of individuals inhabit ing loops of continuous activity\, and what it means to become aware of an d interrupt states of constant effort and motion\, this exhibition referen ces the experience of viewing solar eclipse events\, and that experience a s one that may temporarily pull individuals out of normal routine to be pr esent with an extreme natural phenomenon.\n\nCONTACT: 262-1660\, artfrontd esk@education.wisc.edu\n\nURL: https://art.wisc.edu/2026/04/09/punctured-l oops-master-of-fine-arts-thesis-exhibition-by-alex-mikev/ LOCATION:Backspace Gallery\, Art Lofts SUMMARY:Punctured Loops: Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition by Alex Mike v URL;VALUE=URI:https://art.wisc.edu/2026/04/09/punctured-loops-master-of-fin e-arts-thesis-exhibition-by-alex-mikev/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;TZID=America/Chicago:20260817T020923 UID:218982@calendar.wisc.edu DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260423 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260424 DESCRIPTION:*Note: actual end time may vary.* \n April 13 – 23. Receptio n: Saturday\, April 18\, 5-8pm. Oracle\, a disability-centered exhibition\ , holds wisdom of the ill body in foam\, glass\, and video. The works rang e from inspection of disabled bodies\, bodies under surveillance and disse ction\, to the figurative sculpture that holds and honors disabled people as oracles themselves. Throughout this exhibition’s creation\, I ruminat ed on the words of the disabled ancestor that recently passed\, Alice Wong \, who said: “My body you call broken\, I call an oracle.”\n\nCONTACT: 262-1660\, artfrontdesk@education.wisc.edu\n\nURL: https://art.wisc.edu/2 026/02/09/carly-car-riegger-final-master-of-fine-arts-thesis-exhibition/ LOCATION:Commonwealth Gallery\, 3rd Floor\, 100 S Baldwin St\, Madison WI SUMMARY:Oracle: Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition by Carly "Car" Riegge r URL;VALUE=URI:https://art.wisc.edu/2026/02/09/carly-car-riegger-final-maste r-of-fine-arts-thesis-exhibition/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;TZID=America/Chicago:20260817T020923 UID:220489@calendar.wisc.edu DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260423 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260424 DESCRIPTION:*Note: actual end time may vary.* \n April 11 – 30. Receptio n: Friday\, April 17\, 6-9pm. Curated by: Miranda Lile\, Sophia Longo\, an d Delna Oruc of the Artists as Curators/Curators as Artists class. This ex hibition approaches art through three intersecting lines of visual inquiry : responding to forms of nature and life-forces\, tracing the politics of embodiment within the everyday\, and resisting or departing from the artis ts’ autobiographies\, highlighting the conversations between artist and world as collaboration in a multi-media event.\n\nCONTACT: 262-1660\, artf rontdesk@education.wisc.edu\n\nURL: https://art.wisc.edu/2026/03/09/life-a fter-life/ LOCATION:6311 Mosse Humanities Building SUMMARY:Life After Life URL;VALUE=URI:https://art.wisc.edu/2026/03/09/life-after-life/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;TZID=America/Chicago:20260817T020923 UID:220703@calendar.wisc.edu DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260423 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260424 DESCRIPTION:*Note: actual end time may vary.* \n Earth Fest is for all mem bers of the Badger community: from students to alumni\, faculty to friends \, and seasoned experts to future Badgers. Dive into groundbreaking resear ch or dig in the dirt as you pot your own plant. Sift and winnow the lates t research or sort and filter recyclables. Make career connections for you r future or master sustainable techniques for your home.\n\nCONTACT: event s@nelson.wisc.edu\n\nURL: https://earthfest.wisc.edu LOCATION:Multiple venues and online SUMMARY:Earth Fest URL;VALUE=URI:https://earthfest.wisc.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;TZID=America/Chicago:20260817T020923 UID:220632@calendar.wisc.edu DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260423 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260424 DESCRIPTION:*Note: actual end time may vary.* \n April 21 – 26. Receptio n: Wednesday\, April 22\, 6:30-8:30pm. The APW exhibition features the wor k of Rachel Alcantar\, Reagan Andrews\, Maddie Ballentine\, Anna Bitonti\, Asucena Boyer\, Cruse Doty\, Ben Gosnell\, Parker Harmon\, Isabella Lawso n\, Lilly Ripberger\, Flora Sjachrani\, and Laurel Statz\, across a range of works that\, while distinct from one another\, share a dream-like quali ty reflecting the ways the works of the emerging painters of the undergrad program feature the surreal\, the nightmarish\, and the euphoric.\n\nCONT ACT: 262-1660\, artfrontdesk@education.wisc.edu\n\nURL: https://art.wisc.e du/2026/03/25/dream-logic-uw-madison-advanced-painting-workshop-exhibition / LOCATION:Gallery 7\, Mosse Humanities Building SUMMARY:Dream Logic: Spring 2026 Undergraduate Advanced Painting Workshop E xhibition URL;VALUE=URI:https://art.wisc.edu/2026/03/25/dream-logic-uw-madison-advanc ed-painting-workshop-exhibition/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;TZID=America/Chicago:20260817T020923 UID:221132@calendar.wisc.edu DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260423 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260424 DESCRIPTION:*Note: actual end time may vary.* \n April 21 – 25. Receptio n: Friday\, April 24\, 5-8pm. Mark Almanza’s research revolves around th e lens they view the world with\, residing as a Chicano “third culture k id” in this in-between state of cultural belonging. As a response\, they use film photography\, video installation\, textiles/weaving\, book arts\ , and referential analysis of media culture like films\, TV\, and music as tools to take back control of the narrative.\n\nCONTACT: 262-1660\, artfr ontdesk@education.wisc.edu\n\nURL: https://art.wisc.edu/2026/04/16/dont-ev erybody-like-the-smell-of-gasoline-master-of-fine-arts-thesis-exhibition-b y-mark-almanza/ LOCATION:Art Lofts Gallery\, Art Lofts SUMMARY:Don’t Everybody Like the Smell of Gasoline? Master of Fine Arts T hesis Exhibition by Mark Almanza URL;VALUE=URI:https://art.wisc.edu/2026/04/16/dont-everybody-like-the-smell -of-gasoline-master-of-fine-arts-thesis-exhibition-by-mark-almanza/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;TZID=America/Chicago:20260817T020923 UID:219922@calendar.wisc.edu DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260423 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260424 DESCRIPTION:*Note: actual end time may vary.* \n Da Hoodzeum. Da Hoodzeum presents: In Direct Action - A decade of Activist Art at University of Wis consin-Madison\n\nThis exhibition brings together student-created artworks from the past ten years that emerged through activism at the University o f Wisconsin–Madison. \n\nGallery Open: April 6 - April 24\, 2026\, 8 a.m . – 5 p.m.\n\nCONTACT: omai.staff@wisc.edu LOCATION:School of Education Gallery\, Education Building SUMMARY:19th Annual Line Breaks Festival END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;TZID=America/Chicago:20260817T020923 UID:219119@calendar.wisc.edu DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260423T073000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260423T130000 DESCRIPTION:Neurocircuits\, Hormones and the Understanding and Treatment of Psychopathology. The Wisconsin Symposium on Emotion is an annual conferen ce exploring the frontiers of affective neuroscience taking place April 22 -23\, 2026\, at the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery and via livestream . For the past 31 years the symposium has provided an intellectual containe r for researchers\, clinicians\, trainees\, students and others to learn a bout and discuss the biological mechanisms underlying mental health. Submi ssions are open for Travel Awards and Poster Sessions.\n\nCONTACT: 265-653 4\, conferences@union.wisc.edu\n\nURL: https://healthemotions.wisc.edu/ LOCATION:Forum\, Discovery Building SUMMARY:Wisconsin Symposium on Emotion URL;VALUE=URI:https://healthemotions.wisc.edu/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;TZID=America/Chicago:20260817T020923 UID:215802@calendar.wisc.edu DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260423T084500 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260423T193000 DESCRIPTION:Universities of Wisconsin Office of Professional and Instructio nal Development. Join a systemwide conversation about The Joys of Teaching & Learning: Reclaiming Hope by presenting at OPID’s 2026 Spring Confere nce. Please share your experiences\, ideas\, insights\, questions\, failu res\, and accomplishments so we can collaborate and learn together to expl ore possibilities for strengthening our teaching and learning for all stud ents.\n\nCONTACT: fay.akindes@wisconsin.edu\n\nURL: https://www.wisconsin. edu/spring-conference/opid-2026-spring-conference-for-wisconsin-educators/ LOCATION:Check T.I.T.U.\, Memorial Union SUMMARY:Spring Conference for Wisconsin Educators URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.wisconsin.edu/spring-conference/opid-2026-spring- conference-for-wisconsin-educators/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;TZID=America/Chicago:20260817T020923 UID:220134@calendar.wisc.edu DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260423T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260423T170000 DESCRIPTION:Sexual Assault Awareness Month. \n\nCONTACT: molly.caradonna@wi sc.edu\n\nURL: https://www.uhs.wisc.edu/connect-reflect/\n\nONLINE: https: //www.uhs.wisc.edu/reflect/ LOCATION:1st floor\, 333 East Campus Mall (Also offered online) SUMMARY:Survivor Art and History Gallery URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.uhs.wisc.edu/connect-reflect/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;TZID=America/Chicago:20260817T020923 UID:211431@calendar.wisc.edu DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260423T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260423T100000 DESCRIPTION:Xin Gao\, PhD - UW Dept. of Pathology. \n\nCONTACT: ekammerud@w isc.edu LOCATION:1345 Health Sciences Learning Center SUMMARY:Pathology Seminar - “The role of the bone marrow niche in regulat ing hematopoietic stem cells” END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;TZID=America/Chicago:20260817T020923 UID:220008@calendar.wisc.edu DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260423T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260423T100000 DESCRIPTION:Ying Chu presents Implementation of High-Quality Dual Language Immersion Programs in International Schools. This presentation will share findings from a qualitative study on implementing high‑quality Chinese –English dual language immersion programs in an international school con text. Drawing on interviews with program leaders from seven international schools\, the study identifies a phased implementation process and highlig hts the role of linguistically and culturally responsive leadership in ach ieving the core goals of dual language education.\n\nCONTACT: mlrc@wcer.wi sc.edu\n\nURL: https://mlrc.wisc.edu/speaker-series/\n\nONLINE: https://uw madison.zoom.us/meeting/register/Ma6s68I2TlWGdCmX41B5oA#/registration LOCATION: (Online) SUMMARY:Multilingual Learning Research Center Speaker Series URL;VALUE=URI:https://mlrc.wisc.edu/speaker-series/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;TZID=America/Chicago:20260817T020923 UID:221111@calendar.wisc.edu DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260423T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260423T150000 DESCRIPTION:The Puerto Rican Studies Hub at UW–Madison invites you to a t wo-day symposium featuring scholars\, artists\, and practitioners reflecti ng on the present and future of Puerto Rican Studies. Organized as a serie s of panels with no concurrent sessions\, the program marks the forthcomin g volume Interrogating the Future of Puerto Rican Studies (Duke University Press). Light breakfast\, coffee\, and lunch provided. RSVP via Linktree. \n\nCONTACT: prstudies.hub@wisc.edu\n\nURL: https://docs.google.com/forms/ d/e/1FAIpQLScxvIsilaYM-BHJSaaAAS--01ishDLYDDm2VjqVWiFj-3DnSw/viewform?usp= dialog LOCATION:ATT Lounge\, Pyle Center SUMMARY:Interrogating the Future of Puerto Rican Studies Symposium URL;VALUE=URI:https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScxvIsilaYM-BHJSaaAA S--01ishDLYDDm2VjqVWiFj-3DnSw/viewform?usp=dialog END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;TZID=America/Chicago:20260817T020923 UID:220176@calendar.wisc.edu DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260423T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260423T190000 DESCRIPTION:Where do we go when we make? exhibits collections by 15 graduat ing artists and designers at the culmination of their undergraduate work. This exhibition explores the liminal third space that makers enter when th ey move between the material and immaterial dimensions of creation: a spac e where time begins to soften\, memories surface\, and identities form. Co llections feature various techniques – apparel design\, weaving\, paper making\, and more.\n\nCONTACT: 262-1162\, cdmc@sohe.wisc.edu\n\nURL: https ://cdmc.wisc.edu/event/where-do-we-go-when-we-make/ LOCATION:Ruth Davis Design Gallery\, Nancy Nicholas Hall SUMMARY:Where do we go when we make? URL;VALUE=URI:https://cdmc.wisc.edu/event/where-do-we-go-when-we-make/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;TZID=America/Chicago:20260817T020923 UID:221172@calendar.wisc.edu DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260423T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260423T110000 DESCRIPTION:Prof Yannis Ioannidis (President of the ACM). User Defined Func tions (UDFs) in databases: An overview of recent approaches on how to embe d UDFs into relational database systems\, with special emphasis on my team ’s work on the YeSQL language and system\, optimizing processing of Pyth on-based UDFs inside SQL\, the universal standard database language.\n\nCO NTACT: 335-2928\, remzi@cs.wisc.edu LOCATION:3610 Morgridge Hall SUMMARY:User Defined Functions (UDFs) in databases END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;TZID=America/Chicago:20260817T020923 UID:209374@calendar.wisc.edu DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260423T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260423T160000 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:20260817T020923 UID:220233@calendar.wisc.edu DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260423T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260423T160000 DESCRIPTION:MFA Qualifier Exhibition. Merging printmaking\, painting\, & co llage\, Goodvin creates monumental self-portraits that chronicle the evolv ing story of becoming. Her practice examines how distinct eras of our live s are shaped & defined by pop culture movements\, media saturation\, music \, & the broader political\, environmental\, and sociological climates tha t surround us. Deeply personal & rooted in self-discovery\, her work depic ts the intimate process of navigating identity in a rapidly shifting world . \;Reception Fri\, May 1\, 5-8.\n\nCONTACT: 263-3437\, info@tandempre ss.wisc.edu\n\nURL: https://tandempress.wisc.edu/exhibitions/kate-goodvin- trust-fall/ LOCATION:Tandem Press\, 1743 Commercial Ave\, Madison\, WI 53704 SUMMARY:Kate Goodvin: Trust Fall URL;VALUE=URI:https://tandempress.wisc.edu/exhibitions/kate-goodvin-trust-f all/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;TZID=America/Chicago:20260817T020923 UID:217647@calendar.wisc.edu DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260423T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260423T120000 DESCRIPTION:Jordy Cheyem Lopez Garcia (Notre Dame) - Elimination without el imination. LOCATION:901 Van Vleck Hall SUMMARY:Applied Algebra Seminar END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR