The Friends of the Waisman Center present seven awards each year to Waisman students, staff, and and family volunteers.
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Drawn to art: Waisman celebrates artists of all abilities with unique collection
Lang likes to draw buildings and geometric shapes. Most of his drawings focus on interior spaces or places that have meaning to him like different places he has lived, a favorite restaurant, or exteriors of his home.
Music for a Cause: The 21st Annual Friends of the Waisman Center Spring Concert
April 29, 2016 Niamh Rahman, Waisman Communications The Waisman Center opened its doors on Sunday, April 24, and welcomed friends, donors, faculty and students to the Friends of the Waisman Center’s 21st annual spring benefit concert. …
Ethel Waisman Tarkow (1917-2016)
April 18, 2016 Waisman Communications The Waisman Center mourns the passing of Ethel Waisman Tarkow, age 98, on Sunday, April 17. Ethel was married to the late Harry Waisman, MD, PhD. She and her family …
Help support autism, epilepsy research at weekend fundraiser
Anyone paying attention to these editorials knows we are passionate supporters of the Waisman Center, especially of the life-changing research into neurodegenerative diseases and causes of developmental disabilities done there.
2015 Spring Benefit Concert raises more than $25,000
The Friends of the Waisman Center held its 20th annual benefit concert on Friday, May 1. This was a milestone event celebrating not only the 20th concert, but also the 40th anniversary of the Friends of the Waisman Center.
Artwork by people with developmental disabilities shines in airport exhibit
If there is evidence that each of us, in our mind’s eye, has a unique and valuable take on the world, it hangs on walls of UW–Madison’s Waisman Center.