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Family Horticulture Day set for April 30
Purple potatoes, red popcorn, and giant green caterpillars – horticulture will go Technicolor at Family Horticulture Day. A variety of indoor and outdoor exhibits, staffed by Dane County Master Gardeners and Dane County 4-H youth and adult volunteers, will give visitors hands-on experience with horticultural science (but nobody has to handle the giant caterpillars).
Presentation highlights women, leadership
Women, leadership, politics and public policy will be addressed by Georgia Duerst-Lahti, a Beloit College political science professor, at 4 p.m. on Thursday, April 28, at the Pyle Center.
Weeks Hall addition to be dedicated May 6
A sparkling new addition to Weeks Hall, home to UW–Madison's Department of Geology and Geophysics, will be dedicated next week.
CIVC plans health, wellness events
The Campus Information and Visitor Center, in cooperation with a variety of on- and off-campus partners, is providing a series of free, interactive events emphasizing health and wellness.
Recent sightings
Canned construction Members of the Alpha Chi Omega and Sigma Phi Epsilon use more than 500 canned food items to…
Four a cappella groups present musical banquet
A cappella fans can feast on the university's groups no less than twice in one weekend.
Javanese gamelan troupe will present epic excerpt
Grave danger befalls a princess, her husband and his brother, the result of an encounter with an enchanted golden deer in an excerpt from the Javanese epic "Ramayana."
‘Art of Note’ to benefit Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestra
Ten acclaimed visual artists have put their talents to the Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestra's Art of Note project. Each has used a retired violin as a blank canvas. Their work, exhibited around town for the last few months, will be raffled at 7 p.m. on Friday, May 6, at the University Club.
Design students to engage in ‘Fashion Fury’
Original clothing designs, the work of some 30 apparel design undergraduate students, will star in the Textile and Apparel Design Students' Association annual fashion show, "Fashion Fury," on Sunday, May 8.
For the Record
Announcements Wisconsin Welcome events sought Orientation and New Student Programs invites program announcements for the fall 2005 Wisconsin Welcome brochure and Web site.
Milestones
Honored Mike Eaves, head coach for UW men’s hockey, was selected as the Ice Hockey National Coach of the Year for the U.S.
Book Smart
Endless Forms Most Beautiful: The New Science of Evo Devo (W.W. Norton & Co., 2005) Sean Carroll, professor of genetics and molecular biology…
A few dollars buy a dream
For the last 23 years, Dorothy Keenan has not missed making a gift to benefit the School of Human Ecology.
Mifflin Street Block Party information from the Dean of Students
Happy spring from the Office of the Dean of Students! While you’re enjoying the good weather and the closing weeks of the semester,…
Public forum slated April 26 for campus natural areas
The Campus Natural Areas Committee will hold a public input session on Tuesday evening (April 26) to solicit views on the future of the Campus Natural Areas.
Noteworthy upcoming events at UW–Madison
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TIP/Campus Master Plan
A draft version of the University of Wisconsin's campus master plan - a blueprint for campus development in the next 20 years - will be discussed by campus officials in a media briefing Tuesday, April 26 at 11 a.m. in room 1420 of the WARF Building, 610 Walnut St.
The Violent Femmes headline All-Campus Party concert
The student-planned All-Campus Party (ACP) will present the Violent Femmes as the headline band for this year's Badger Blowout Concert on Friday, April 29, at the Memorial Union Terrace.
Plant pathway may treat human disease
A newly discovered pathway by which cells protect themselves from a toxic byproduct of photosynthesis may hold important implications for bioenergy sources, human and plant disease, and agricultural yields, a team of UW–Madison bacteriologists announced Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Seven student service professionals honored
The UW–Madison Student Personnel Association honored the efforts of seven individuals with its 2005 Outstanding Achievement Awards. The honors were distributed at a luncheon held on April 20.