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Showcase will offer approaches for addressing complex issues
March 22, 2010Helping each other find ways to address complex issues that travel across traditional campus boundaries will be a primary focus of Showcase 2010.
Engineers revolutionizing Third World housing and infrastructure featured at WARF Gilson event
March 19, 2010The recent earthquake in Haiti graphically demonstrated to the world how the impact of a natural disaster is magnified by poorly constructed housing and unplanned infrastructure.
UW Marching Band delivers food and music to local seniors
March 18, 2010The UW Marching Band is spicing up the Meals on Wheels again this spring with its "March for Meals" program.
Editor of influential medical journal to deliver Rennebohm Lecture
March 17, 2010Jeffrey Drazen, editor in chief of the New England Journal of Medicine, will deliver the 2010 Rennebohm Lecture at the University of Wisconsin–Madison on Thursday, April 8.
Theory meets practice in fourth annual entrepreneurial bootcamp
March 17, 2010During the week of June 20, the Wisconsin School of Business will direct the fourth annual Wisconsin Entrepreneurial Bootcamp for graduate students in physical and life sciences, law and engineering, among others.
Journalism school to honor alumni communicators
March 15, 2010Marketing and strategic communication will take center stage at this year's University of Wisconsin–Madison's School of Journalism and Mass Communication annual awards dinner.
Teach-in on Afghanistan, Pakistan set for next weekend
March 12, 2010A group of University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty have organized a teach-in on Afghanistan and Pakistan to be held on campus next weekend, March 19 and 20.
TIP/Agriculture official visits
March 12, 2010U.S. Department of Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan will visit the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus Friday to highlight the department's "Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food" program.
Upcoming conference to cover journalism ethics
March 12, 2010Traditional and new journalism values will intersect at the second annual conference on journalism ethics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Center hosts financial literacy symposium, showcases research opportunities
March 12, 2010The Family Financial Security Symposium, which will explore research examining why consumers sometimes make choices they later regret and put their families at financial risk, will be held on the UW–Madison campus April 19-20.
Students urged to participate in Census 2010
March 11, 2010Census 2010 has officially begun. All are encouraged to participate.
Education secretary, Youth Speaks founder to speak at spring commencement
March 10, 2010U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan will speak at the University of Wisconsin–Madison's Saturday morning commencement ceremony on May 15, Chancellor Biddy Martin announced today (March 10).
Celebrate Read an E-Book Week with a free e-book from UW Press
March 10, 2010The University of Wisconsin Press is urging readers to celebrate Read an E-Book Week and is offering hundreds of titles -- and a free e-book.
Mount Horeb bands to invade Humanities Building
March 10, 2010Some 300 middle- and high-school band members from Mount Horeb, Wis., will come to the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus on Wednesday, March 17, for a morning of musical instruction and collaboration in a musical March madness.
Veterinary students host symposium
March 9, 2010More than 1,500 students from across the United States will descend on Madison from March 11-13 as the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine becomes the latest university to host the SAVMA Symposium.
Celebrating 25 years at UW–Madison’s Biotechnology Center
March 8, 2010On Wednesday, March 10, the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus community and guests will join in celebrating 25 years of operation at the UW–Madison Biotechnology Center.
World Languages Day expands with special community event
March 5, 2010The University of Wisconsin–Madison has always been a leader in language instruction and study abroad activities. Community members will now have a chance to experience what thousands of Wisconsin high school students have learned over the past decade: language and culture add meaning to our lives.
Dance party to benefit child care center
March 5, 2010“The Beatles & The Beetles” combines a live concert dance party and some creepy, crawly fun in a benefit for Bernie’s Place Child Care Center,…
The science of healthy minds brings Dalai Lama to UW–Madison
March 3, 2010The Center for Investigating Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconsin–Madison's Waisman Center will welcome His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama to its public grand-opening celebration Saturday-Sunday, May 15-16.
Dodgeball tournament raises funds to fight pneumonia
March 2, 2010The Best Shot Foundation knew the University of Wisconsin–Madison community wouldn’t want to wait on the sidelines in their fight against pneumonia. That’s why it chose Madison as one of 12 cities to host a dodgeball tournament to raise money to fight the world’s deadliest children’s disease.