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Hip-hop festival features team behind ‘Passing Strange’
In a convergence of film, music and powerhouse performance arts, this year's fourth annual Line Breaks festival will offer the opportunity to view the film "Passing Strange" on Monday, April 12, then hear the inside story on the creative process behind the Broadway production in a special cast and creator panel on Tuesday, April 20.
Community invited to celebrate spring at campus pow-wow
The University of Wisconsin–Madison community is invited to a spring pow-wow on Saturday, April 10.
Campus, public invited to admissions director candidate forums
The University of Wisconsin–Madison Division of Enrollment Management has announced campus visits for four finalists for the position of director of admissions and recruitment.
Author, activist Noam Chomsky to receive award
Philosopher, political activist, lecturer and author Noam Chomsky will receive the A.E. Havens Center’s Award for Lifetime Contribution to Critical Scholarship on Thursday, April 8.
Outstanding Women of Color awards honor faculty who’ve gone above and beyond
As well as achieving excellence in academics, the six winners of the 2009-10 University of Wisconsin–Madison Outstanding Women of Color awards have all stepped off the Madison campus and advocated for social justice in the greater community.
Symposium set on the ethics of health care reform
"Reforming Health Care Ethically: Waste, Trade-offs and Rationing" will be held from 1 to 5:30pm April 8 at the Health Sciences Learning Center in lecture auditorium 1306. Seating is open and admission is free.
Come out and play at the Arboretum
Snirts (those disgusting piles of snow and dirt) have receded, birds are returning from the south, backyard grills are fired up and people are busting…
Register now for Crazylegs
The 29th annual Crazylegs Classic will take place in Madison and around the U.S. on Saturday, April 24.
Book sale planned for April 7–10
The largest used book sale in Wisconsin will be held Wednesday–Saturday, April 7–10, in Room 116 of the Memorial Library.
Second Badger Family Spring Visit draws families to campus
The Parent Program at the University of Wisconsin–Madison is taking over the month of April and inviting families of students to stop by campus to welcome spring.
Conference, concert, exhibits mark 40th anniversary of Earth Day
Environmental advocate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., bestselling author Margaret Atwood and SC Johnson chair and CEO Fisk Johnson will be among the notables to speak at what promises to be among the nation's biggest Earth Day celebrations, to be held Tuesday-Wednesday, April 20-21, in Madison.
Professional development tools offered at institute for academic staff
Academic staff members will have opportunities to brush up on important issues, learn new skills and techniques, and learn about organizations and programs available to them during this year’s academic staff institute.
Showcase will offer approaches for addressing complex issues
Helping 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
The 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
The 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
Jeffrey 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
During 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.