Wisconsin jobs, the history of television and the function of sleep will be the topics of a series of University Roundtable luncheon presentations kicking off on Wednesday, <abbr title="February">Feb.</abbr> 11. Featured speakers at University Roundtable discuss their work at the university as part of a series of engaging talks on timely, interesting topics. The spring-semester programs, which feature a buffet lunch that begins serving at 11:30 a.m. in Tripp Commons at the Memorial Union, include: <ul> <li>Joel Rogers, a professor of law, political science, public affairs and sociology, will address “Jobs: Taking the High Road in Wisconsin” on <abbr title="February">Feb.</abbr> 11. Rogers directs the Center on Wisconsin Strategy (<abbr>COWS</abbr>), the national think-and-do tank on high-road development and the new Center for State Innovation.</li> <li>James <abbr>L.</abbr> Baughman, journalism professor and director of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, will discuss “Same Time, Same Station: Television’s Early Days,” on Wednesday, March 11.</li> <li>Chiara Cirelli, an associate professor of psychiatry in the School of Medicine and Public Health, will discuss sleep in a talk titled “Sleep on It: The Function of Sleep and the Consequence of Sleep Loss” on Wednesday, April 8.</li> </ul> The programs are open to members of the university community and their guests, and each luncheon costs $10. The three-luncheon series price is $28, if paid by <abbr title="February">Feb.</abbr> 4. The reservation deadline is one week prior to each event, and reservations can be made through Colleen McCabe at 263-2985 or <a href="mailto:cmccabe@wisc.edu">cmccabe@wisc.edu</a> . Checks made out to <abbr title="University of Wisconsin">UW</abbr> Roundtable can be sent to McCabe at 270 Bascom Hall. Wisconsin jobs, the history of television and the function of sleep will be the topics of a series of University Roundtable luncheon presentations kicking off on Wednesday, Feb. 11. Roundtable unveils spring lineup 16193 2009-01-28T10:12:00-06:00

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