Stories indexed under: Recreation
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- Three vie to lead RecSports May 2, 2013 Three finalists have been selected in the search for a new director of recreational sports at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration Darrell Bazzell announced today.
- Spring Sprint 5K benefits UW Arboretum March 19, 2013 Inviting runners to kick off Earth Week, help welcome spring and celebrate its 50th anniversary, the Friends of the UW Arboretum is hosting the Spring Sprint for the Arb on Saturday, April 13.
- Engineering students win 2013 Clean Snowmobile Challenge March 12, 2013 A group of UW-Madison College of Engineering students took first place in the internal combustion division of the SAE 2013 Clean Snowmobile Challenge, their fifth time doing so in the 14-year history of the competition.
- Adaptive ski project gives people with disabilities a new chance to participate March 8, 2013 Back in 2005, "sit-skis" for cross-country skiers with disabilities were expensive, uncomfortable and largely unavailable - except to a handful of Paralympic athletes, at price tags of more than $2,000. Today, more than 300 sitting-position skis, with an adaptable, user-friendly design, enable a much wider group of people with lower-body limitations to participate in the popular winter sport, at a cost of only about $250 per ski.
- Strike against cancer at Bowlin' for Colons Feb. 12, 2013 Bowlers from across Wisconsin plan to “pin” colorectal cancer by participating in the twelfth annual Bowlin’ for Colons fundraiser on Sunday, March 3.