UW-Madison’s common reading program, Go Big Read, account. The ‘24-’25 book is Rebekah Taussig's 'Sitting Pretty.' Book related items shared and discussed.
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Congratulations to this year's @GoBigRead author and just announced PULITZER PRIZE WINNER Percival Everett!📚Wow! What a well-deserved honor and I can't wait for our Badger community to dig into the award winning 'James.' washingtonpost.com/books/202…
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International Day of People with Disabilities is a time to learn, educate, and take action to support our community members with disabilities.
Learn about ways to champion accessibility on campus by visiting accessible.wisc.edu.
#IDPWD #IDPWD2024
ALT Graphic for International Day of People with Disabilities featuring five individuals set against a pink background with decorative foliage.
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From the UW Archives: 13 photos that are creepier than they need to be... 👻 Happy Halloween! 🎃 Check out more if you dare: uwalumni.com/news/from-the-u…
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The iconic prank lives on 💗🦩Thanks to Fill the Hill, pink plastic flamingos flock to Bascom Hill every year on the Friday of homecoming week!
Want to be a part of something unflappable? Join us for a day of giving and goofiness: uwflamingos.com/wisalumni24
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Big thank you to Rebekah Taussig, our fabulous 2024 @gobigread Author of Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body for sharing insightful thoughts, stories, & knowledge with our campus & broader community. An important and inspiring book and conversation.
ALT Chancellor Mnookin and author Rebekah Taussig engage in a discussion on stage at the 2024 Go Big Read event.
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Rebekah Taussig visits @UWMadison tonight to discuss her Go Big Read book, Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body. @UWMadEducation's @CarlynMueller thinks the book helps build community around the experiences of disabled people.
onwisconsin.uwalumni.com/tea…
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Join the #WIBookFest & @GoBigRead for an evening with Rebekah Taussig and her memoir SITTING PRETTY, which challenges us as a society to be patient and vigilant as we set to work to write an entirely different story. See you on 10/16 at Union South @ 7pm! wisconsinbookfestival.org/ev…
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Thank you to the 600 talented volunteers who made State Street blossom with new color this Sun! The project helps jumpstart the pedestrian mall experiment, which will feature new street art, benches & planters. #FlockToState
More via @WiStateJournal here: ow.ly/ysEW50RlgCR
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Thank y’all. Yesterday was a big day. How Minds Change went to number one in a few categories and then they stamped this label on here and my inbox got out of hand and then I got over-caffeinated and now I’m going to order some tiramisu
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THANK YOU, Badgers! Your #DayOfTheBadger gift (no matter the size) makes a HUGE impact across our university. I thank you for supporting your school and your fellow Badgers. And, On, Wisconsin!
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Badgers filled Bascom Hill and Library Mall today to get a glimpse of the 89% #SolarEclipse above campus. 😎
ALT Badger students view the eclipse with safety glasses from Bascom Hill.
ALT Badger students view the eclipse with safety glasses from campus.
ALT Badger students view the eclipse through a telescope from campus.
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If there are two things we love at Evans Transportation, it's springtime and softball season.
Wisconsin's 3PL proudly supports Badgers outfielder Molly Schlosser and wishes her and the team luck this season. @EvansTrans1985 is a Proud Partner of Wisconsin Athletics.
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How do you balance free speech with making all students feel welcome and valued? @UWMadison Chancellor Jennifer L. Mnookin shares wisdom from a campus interfaith group and insightful students to address this challenge.
onwisconsin.uwalumni.com/nav…
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Support local journalism! Starting next Monday, March 4 at 6 p.m. through Tuesday, March 5, @madcommons is participating in @CommSharesWI Big Share, a 32-hour online time of giving! All gifts benefit freelance student journalists who work to innovate community-based journalism.
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We're one week away from Printing Audobon's The Birds of America! Join the @uwmadfriends for their in-person event on Monday, February 19.
No RSVP is necessary!
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At last night's @GoBigRead event, @davidmcraney explored how minds are changed.
“Rationalizing & justifying is part of what human brains do, and that indicates you must be very careful about what it is that motivates my desire to rationalize & justify.”
news.wisc.edu/go-big-read-au…
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Good times with science journalist and bestselling author, @davidmcraney. @uwchancellor selected his book, How Minds Change as the 2023 – 2024 @GoBigRead book. This week he gave the keynote address at Mem U and connected with @UWPsych and L&S Honors communities.
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The @UWMadLibraries are ready. 🦩
Fill the Hill is coming back — and this year, the flamingos are celebrating the university’s 175th anniversary! Starting at 5 p.m. on Oct 5, every gift the UW receives from Badgers and friends will add one pink lawn flamingo to our flock on Bascom Hill. uwflamingos.com
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Contrary to the lies we tell ourselves, US history is seldom glorious. It is invariably messy and often petty, ignorant, brutal, or shameful.
In “How the Word Is Passed,” author Clint Smith reveals how we grapple—or not—with slavery and its legacy. motherjones.com/media/2021/0…
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Each year, UW–Madison chooses a "Go Big Read" book to spark campus-wide conversation. This year's choice is David McRaney's "How Minds Change," a book about challenging one's assumptions. Learn more about the book and @GoBigRead at gobigread.wisc.edu/
