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• Go Big Read seeks book nominations for 2010-11 Nov. 23, 2009
• Exhibit explores state of science at time of Darwin’s book Nov. 23, 2009 “Science Circa 1859: On the Eve of Darwin’s Origin of Species,” opening Monday, Nov. 23, in the Department of Special Collections at Memorial Library, explores the state of science before Charles Darwin’s groundbreaking book arrived on the scene 150 years ago.
• Student-athlete leads Red and White Hunger Fight Nov. 23, 2009 In the weeks before Thanksgiving, most college students anxiously count down the days and midterms standing between them and a big meal at home with family and friends.
• UW-Madison furlough day set for Nov. 27 Nov. 23, 2009 The University of Wisconsin-Madison will close on Thursday, Nov. 26, for the Thanksgiving holiday and on Friday, Nov. 27, as a mandated furlough day for most of its employees.
• Slide show: Rail Jam at Memorial Union Nov. 21, 2009 More than 30 local skiers and snowboarders competed for fun and prizes on 20 tons of man-made snow during the Hoofer Ski and Snow Board Club's first Hoofer Rail Jam at the Memorial Union Terrace on Nov. 19, 2009.
• Study focuses on "balanced parenting" as weight control strategy Nov. 20, 2009
• Evolution institute named for pioneering UW-Madison geneticist Nov. 19, 2009 A few days before the 150th anniversary of the "Origin of Species," Charles Darwin's epochal book on evolution, plans for a new evolution institute moved closer to final approval at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
• UW-Madison receives $9.5 million Gates Foundation grant Nov. 19, 2009 The University of Wisconsin-Madison has received a five-year, $9.5 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to identify virus mutations that would serve as early warnings of potential pandemic influenza viruses.
• Post-9/11 GI Bill advances available to students Nov. 18, 2009
• Engineers Without Borders at UW-Madison wins United Nations award Nov. 18, 2009 Work on a project to provide a Haitian community with hydroelectric power has won the University of Wisconsin-Madison's chapter of Engineers Without Borders a prestigious United Nations engineering award.
• UWPD plans safety conference Nov. 18, 2009 The University Police Department will hold its fourth annual Badger Watch Safety Conference from 7:45–3:45 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 7, at the Memorial Union.
• Police urge pedestrians to heed construction warnings Nov. 18, 2009 University police are asking employees, students and campus visitors to heed the messages on construction signs and fences and resist that temptation to take shortcuts through those areas.
• Tour de Touchdown raises funds for American Family Children's Hospital Nov. 17, 2009 The brothers of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity are aiming to raise $12,500 for the American Family Children's Hospital as part of a benefit bike ride that begins this week.
• New research tower honored by Midwest Construction magazine Nov. 17, 2009 The Wisconsin Institutes for Medical Research (WIMR) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has been named the higher education research project of the year by Midwest Construction magazine.
• UW-Madison in top 10 in national study-abroad ranking Nov. 17, 2009 Record numbers of University of Wisconsin-Madison students are earning some of their academic credit abroad, with a participation rate that far exceeds the national average. What is more, they are increasingly choosing to study in previously non-traditional destinations such as China and India.
• Thanksgiving tips for heart health Nov. 16, 2009
• Foundation funds fellowship, research of faculty members Nov. 16, 2009 Two La Follette School of Public Affairs faculty members at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have received honors from the William T. Grant Foundation to advance the well-being of families and children.
• UW-Madison exposition to feature high-tech mapping Nov. 16, 2009 Experts from around Wisconsin will show off the latest in technologies and projects that use high-tech mapping tools called geographic information systems (GIS) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Friday, Nov. 20.
• Warmer means windier on world's biggest lake Nov. 16, 2009 Rising water temperatures are kicking up more powerful winds on Lake Superior, with consequences for currents, biological cycles, pollution and more on the world's largest lake and its smaller brethren.
• UW exposition to feature high-tech mapping Nov. 16, 2009