It was 50 years ago, on 20 July, 1969, that man first set foot on the moon. That step was taken by Neal Armstrong, an Ohio native, Purdue University graduate, and US Navy Aviator who …
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Chief Designer
12 January marks the birth of Soviet engineer, Sergei Korolev, in 1907. Korolev was the driving force behind the Soviet space program from the 1950’s until his death in 1966. Fearing that he might be …
Frozen
It was in the October, 1959 issue of the magazine, ‘Literaturnaya Gazeta’, that a graduate of the Soviet Academy of Mining, Petr Mikhailovich Borisov proposed the construction of a dam spanning the 55 mile Bering …
The Nature of Things
21 April marks the birthday of conservationist and nature writer John Muir, in 1838. He is frequently referred to as the ‘Father of the National Parks’, having petitioned the Congress for passage of the National …
A Genius…A Refugee…An American
It was on 15 January, that Albert Einstein declared his intention to become an American Citizen. Albert Einstein was born in Ulm, in the Kingdom of Württemberg in the German Empire on 14 March 1879. …
The Great Outdoors
13 January marks the day that Sigurd Olson died in 1982. Sigurd Olson was an American author and environmentalist. Born to Swedish, Baptist parents, Olson grew up in northern Wisconsin where he developed his lifelong …
What goes up, must come down
It was on 4 January, in 1958, that Sputnik 1, the world’s first artificial Earth satellite, fell from orbit after having completed 1,440 orbits of the Earth. On the first orbit the Telegraph Agency of …
Inside the Forensics Lab
Today the Classified Staff Shared Governance Blog takes you on another tour of a corner of campus where classified staff is doing important work:
Jonas Salk – This Week’s “Profile in Jewish American Heritage
In 1955, Polio was affecting more children than any other communicable disease. In 1956, a vaccine was declared to be safe and effective. It’s developer was a 40 year old medical researcher and virologist named …
A People, A Planet, A UW Graduate
Gaylord Nelson was born and raised in the Wisconsin North Woods. He would graduate from the Law School of UW-Madison, serve in the US Army, and be elected both Governor and United States Senator from …