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:20261005T214540 UID:223810@calendar.wisc.edu DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261008 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261009 DESCRIPTION:*Note: actual end time may vary.* \n Access the Graduate Progr ams Virtual Open House website from October 1 - 31\, 2026.\n\nHear from en rollment coaches and other staff to gain insight into the application proc ess\, and discover the array of services and resources available to gradua te students at UW–Madison.\n\nCONTACT: 400-7459\, coach@pdc.wisc.edu\n\n URL: https://uwmadison.tfaforms.net/5183725\n\nONLINE: https://uwmadison.t faforms.net/5183725 LOCATION: (Online) SUMMARY:Graduate Programs Virtual Open House URL;VALUE=URI:https://uwmadison.tfaforms.net/5183725 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;TZID=America/Chicago:20261005T214540 UID:222927@calendar.wisc.edu DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261008T073000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261008T083000 DESCRIPTION:Story Slam 2026: Adventures in Teaching and Learning. Moderator : Jessica Babal\, MD\nSpeakers: Michael Kim\, MD\, Heidi Kloster\, MD\, L ori Schultz\, Norm Fost\, MD\, MPH\, Jennifer Brady\, RRT\, RRT-NPS\, Kris tin McArdle\, MSW\, CAPSW\, Sarah Airozo\, and Marib Malik\, MBBS\n\nCONTA CT: 651-336-8117\, catherine.dougherty@wisc.edu\n\nURL: https://www.pediat rics.wisc.edu/education/professional-development/story-slam/\n\nONLINE: ht tps://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/99281934983?from=addon LOCATION:1335 Health Sciences Learning Center (Also offered online) SUMMARY:Pediatrics Grand Rounds URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.pediatrics.wisc.edu/education/professional-develo pment/story-slam/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;TZID=America/Chicago:20261005T214540 UID:224036@calendar.wisc.edu DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261008T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261008T100000 DESCRIPTION:John Lukens\, PhD - University of Virginia "Role of Innate Immu ne Dysfunction in Neurodegenerative Disease". \n\nCONTACT: ekammerud@wisc. edu LOCATION:1325 Health Sciences Learning Center SUMMARY:Pathology Seminar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;TZID=America/Chicago:20261005T214540 UID:223704@calendar.wisc.edu DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261008T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261008T150000 DESCRIPTION:This free event features information and assistance to help emp loyees enroll in benefits for 2027. Representatives from Madison Benefits Services will be on hand to answer questions. Employees will also discover resources and opportunities available from organizations across campus. All UW–Madison employees are welcome to attend. No pre-registration is r equired\, and no leave needs to be taken to attend. Employees should notif y their supervisor if they wish to attend during working hours.\n\nCONTACT : 265-2257\, benefits@ohr.wisc.edu\n\nURL: https://hr.wisc.edu/benefits/em ployee-resource-fair/ LOCATION:Union South\, Varsity Hall SUMMARY:Employee Benefits and Resource Fair URL;VALUE=URI:https://hr.wisc.edu/benefits/employee-resource-fair/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;TZID=America/Chicago:20261005T214540 UID:223666@calendar.wisc.edu DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261008T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261008T120000 DESCRIPTION:Real-world data can be messy. This workshop will cover a range of topics related to organizing and manipulating spreadsheet data for more effective analysis. We’ll use Pandas\, a popular and free data analysis library written for Python.\n\nPrerequisite: Understanding of basic Pytho n concepts (e.g.\, functions\, operators\, data types) is helpful.\n\nThe workshop will not be recorded.\n\nCONTACT: 262-3007\, david.bloom@wisc.edu \n\nURL: https://www.library.wisc.edu/steenbock/2026/08/18/learn-how-to-an alyze-data-using-python-and-or-r-programming-languages/ LOCATION:Online\, connection information will be sent in advance SUMMARY:Python Programming for Research Projects 3: Spreadsheets and Data M anipulation URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.library.wisc.edu/steenbock/2026/08/18/learn-how-t o-analyze-data-using-python-and-or-r-programming-languages/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;TZID=America/Chicago:20261005T214540 UID:222435@calendar.wisc.edu DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261008T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261008T140000 DESCRIPTION:Community & connection\, pumpkin painting\, photo booth\, givea ways\, fun!. \n\nCONTACT: brittany.howell@wisc.edu LOCATION:Library Mall SUMMARY:Mental Wellbeing Resource Fair END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;TZID=America/Chicago:20261005T214540 UID:226325@calendar.wisc.edu DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261008T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261008T160000 DESCRIPTION:This exhibition brings together the sculptures of Christina A. West and the photogravures of David Lynch in a dialogue that explores the figure as a site of psychological tension\, desire\, and uncanny transform ation. While Lynch’s dreamlike images\, published by Tandem Press in 202 1\, center and render surreal the female form\, West’s clay sculptures o f the male nude play with Classical art historical conventions\, introduci ng a wry humor into considerations of embodiment and the act of looking.\n \nCONTACT: 263-3437\, info@tandempress.wisc.edu\n\nURL: https://tandempres s.wisc.edu/exhibitions/in-tandem-david-lynch-christina-a-west/ LOCATION:Tandem Press\, 1743 Commercial Ave\, Madison\, WI 53704 SUMMARY:In Tandem: David Lynch & Christina A. West URL;VALUE=URI:https://tandempress.wisc.edu/exhibitions/in-tandem-david-lync h-christina-a-west/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;TZID=America/Chicago:20261005T214540 UID:224259@calendar.wisc.edu DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261008T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261008T130000 DESCRIPTION:Join Talkie-LM creators Nick Levine and Alec Radford for an int eractive working session bridging technical computing and humanistic resea rch. Through small-group discussions and hands-on demonstrations\, partici pants will explore optical character recognition (OCR) text processing\, l ocal model infrastructure\, and archival workflows for pre-1931 datasets. No previous experience is required\, though bringing a laptop is helpful. Lunch included\; registration required.\n\nCONTACT: brady.krien@wisc.edu\n \nURL: https://uwmadison.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1N6j0QjVFUwjSzI LOCATION:224 Memorial Library SUMMARY:Hands-On with Talkie-LM: A Working Session on Historic Text\, OCR\, and Open AI Models URL;VALUE=URI:https://uwmadison.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1N6j0QjVFUwjS zI END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;TZID=America/Chicago:20261005T214540 UID:225480@calendar.wisc.edu DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261008T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261008T110000 DESCRIPTION:Weekly seminar meeting for students and faculty interested in C S/computing education research and practice.\n\nCONTACT: mejensen5@wisc.ed u LOCATION:6631 Morgridge Hall SUMMARY:CS EDU Seminar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;TZID=America/Chicago:20261005T214540 UID:222567@calendar.wisc.edu DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261008T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261008T120000 DESCRIPTION:Info Session. Join us to learn about studying abroad as a psych ology major!\n\nWe'll cover:\n• Academics abroad\n• Choosing a program \n• Funding tips (scholarships & financial aid)\n• & MORE!\n\nThis inf o session is co-sponsored by the Department of Psychology.\n\nRegistration encouraged: https://cglink.me/26M/r375047\n\nCONTACT: 265-6329\, peeradvi sor@studyabroad.wisc.edu\n\nURL: https://cglink.me/26M/r375047 LOCATION:Berkowitz Room (338)\, Brogden Psychology Building SUMMARY:Study Abroad 101: Psychology Major URL;VALUE=URI:https://cglink.me/26M/r375047 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;TZID=America/Chicago:20261005T214540 UID:223919@calendar.wisc.edu DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261008T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261008T123000 DESCRIPTION:Don't leave your Works Cited section for the last minute. Bring your lunch and a laptop to Steenbock Library for a 30-minute workshop tha t will introduce you to Zotero.\n\nWith Zotero\, you can:\nAdd formatted c itations into your paper as you write\nOrganize\, annotate\, and color-cod e your sources\nInstantly create a Works Cited list at the end of your pap er\n \nLibrarians will walk you through the quick installation process and teach you the features that will help you make the most of Zotero.\n\nCON TACT: 262-8166\, eabekele@wisc.edu\n\nURL: https://www.library.wisc.edu/st eenbock/2026/08/21/register-for-zotero-the-secret-to-easier-papers/ LOCATION:105 Steenbock Library SUMMARY:Zotero: The Secret to Easier Papers URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.library.wisc.edu/steenbock/2026/08/21/register-fo r-zotero-the-secret-to-easier-papers/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;TZID=America/Chicago:20261005T214540 UID:222795@calendar.wisc.edu DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261008T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261008T133000 DESCRIPTION:How to Take Your Academic Presentations from Good to Great. Hav e you ever wondered how to give effective research talks that don’t bore your audience to tears? The answer is scientific storytelling. In this in teractive hands-on presentation\, Dr. Tiffany Green will equip you with sc ientific storytelling strategies that will transform your presentations fr om good to great.\n\nCONTACT: 604-316-4392\, edobson@morgridge.org\n\nURL: https://morgridge.org/event/the-art-of-scientific-storytelling/ LOCATION:Orchard View Room\, Discovery Building SUMMARY:The Art of Scientific Storytelling URL;VALUE=URI:https://morgridge.org/event/the-art-of-scientific-storytellin g/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;TZID=America/Chicago:20261005T214540 UID:225181@calendar.wisc.edu DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261008T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261008T130000 DESCRIPTION:Aparna Dharwadker\, "Indian Modernisms in a Global Frame: Langu age\, Theory\, Practice". In this talk\, Professor Dharwadker draws on her recent book\, Cosmo-Modernism and Theater in India: Writing and Staging M ultilingual Modernisms (Columbia University Press\, 2025) to discuss why I ndian-language modernisms in literature and theatre still appear on the ma rgins of the new modernist studies\, and how the theory and practice of th is vital post-independence movement can be successfully retrieved.\n\nCONT ACT: 262-4884\, info@southasia.wisc.edu\n\nURL: https://southasia.wisc.edu /lecture-series-archive-fall-2025-present/aparna-dharwadker/\n\nONLINE: ht tps://go.wisc.edu/2h831o LOCATION:206 Ingraham Hall (Also offered online) SUMMARY:CSA Fall 2026 Lecture Series URL;VALUE=URI:https://southasia.wisc.edu/lecture-series-archive-fall-2025-p resent/aparna-dharwadker/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;TZID=America/Chicago:20261005T214540 UID:223340@calendar.wisc.edu DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261008T121500 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261008T133000 DESCRIPTION:Institute for Research on Poverty Seminar - Fernando Saltiel. F ernando Saltiel\, Associate Professor\, Department of Economics\, McGill U niversity will present this talk as part of the 2026 Fall IRP Seminar Seri es.\n\nCONTACT: 262-6358\, erin.mcgroarty@wisc.edu\n\nURL: https://www.irp .wisc.edu/2026-fall-irp-seminar-calendar/ LOCATION:8417 Sewell Social Sciences SUMMARY:Unpacking the Returns to Apprenticeships: Evidence from Canada URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.irp.wisc.edu/2026-fall-irp-seminar-calendar/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;TZID=America/Chicago:20261005T214540 UID:224133@calendar.wisc.edu DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261008T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261008T143000 DESCRIPTION:A lecture by Lorgia García Peña\, Princeton University. Dr. L orgia García-Peña\, Nave Visiting Scholar\, is a writer\, activist and s cholar who specializes in Latinx Studies with a focus on Black Latinidades . Her work is concerned with the ways in which antiblackness and xenophobi a intersect the Global North producing categories of exclusion that lead t o violence and erasure.\n\nCONTACT: 772-4103\, pagac@wisc.edu\n\nURL: http s://havenswrightcenter.wisc.edu/event/garcia-pena/\n\nONLINE: https://www. tickettailor.com/events/havenswrightcenter/2379135 LOCATION: (Online) SUMMARY:Visiting Scholars Program Lecture Series - “Foreign” Black Wome n: Confronting Xenophobic Antiblackness Globally URL;VALUE=URI:https://havenswrightcenter.wisc.edu/event/garcia-pena/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;TZID=America/Chicago:20261005T214540 UID:225046@calendar.wisc.edu DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261008T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261008T140000 DESCRIPTION:Marianna Pensky. \n\nURL: https://today.wisc.edu/events/feed/46 1 LOCATION:7560 Morgridge Hall SUMMARY:Statistics Seminar URL;VALUE=URI:https://today.wisc.edu/events/feed/461 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;TZID=America/Chicago:20261005T214540 UID:224469@calendar.wisc.edu DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261008T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261008T140000 DESCRIPTION:Marianna Pensky: Networks\, multilayer networks\, and multilaye r networks with the groupwise structures. The talk will start with the int roduction to the variety of the random network models.\nIt will further pr oceed to the review of the methodologies developed for the multilayer netw orks\,\nand finally covering techniques developed for the multilayer netwo rks with the groupwise structures. LOCATION:7560 Morgridge Hall SUMMARY:Statistics Seminar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;TZID=America/Chicago:20261005T214540 UID:224634@calendar.wisc.edu DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261008T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261008T153000 DESCRIPTION:Learn the basics of knitting in this 3-week overview! We'll cov er knitting\, purling\, and all other skills you need to start. After this class\, you will be able to do various projects on your own.\n\nCONTACT: wheelhouse@union.wisc.edu\n\nURL: https://union.wisc.edu/events-and-activi ties/event-calendar/event/knitting-101-2 LOCATION:Studio G\, Memorial Union SUMMARY:Knitting 101 URL;VALUE=URI:https://union.wisc.edu/events-and-activities/event-calendar/e vent/knitting-101-2 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;TZID=America/Chicago:20261005T214540 UID:224524@calendar.wisc.edu DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261008T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261008T143000 DESCRIPTION:Connect with Language. Drop in this informal event to participa te in a fun\, interactive activity related to a language taught at UW-Madi son! Each month will feature a different language\, with an activity led b y an instructor who teaches that language.\n\nOctober's language feature w ill be Vietnamese.\n\nCONTACT: 265-8753\, advisor@languageinstitute.wisc.e du\n\nURL: https://go.wisc.edu/language-events LOCATION:Rebecca M. Blank Student Commons (2nd floor)\, Morgridge Hall SUMMARY:Flamingo Lingo URL;VALUE=URI:https://go.wisc.edu/language-events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;TZID=America/Chicago:20261005T214540 UID:222682@calendar.wisc.edu DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261008T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261008T150000 DESCRIPTION:Arboretum Curtis Prairie Area Seed Collecting. Help gather nati ve wildflower seed for Arboretum prairie and savanna restorations. Tools a nd training provided. Advance registration through VolunteerMatters is req uired by October 5: go.wisc.edu/4evdkt. Meet at the Visitor Center (locati on subject to change). Event capacity is limited. More information: (608) 265-5214 or mkloppenburg@wisc.edu.\n\nCONTACT: 265-5214\, mkloppenburg@wis c.edu\n\nURL: https://go.wisc.edu/4evdkt LOCATION:Meet at Visitor Center\, UW–Madison Arboretum SUMMARY:Ecological Restoration Work Party URL;VALUE=URI:https://go.wisc.edu/4evdkt END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR