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• African-American men at higher risk of false positives in prostate testing Nov. 13, 2009
• Slide show: Morning Crew Nov. 13, 2009 The ritual of a 6:15-8:15 a.m. crew practice is about to begin for the Wisconsin women's openweight rowing team.
• Campus winter parking rules take effect Nov. 15 Nov. 13, 2009
• After Supreme Court clerkship, Klingele back teaching at UW Law School Nov. 13, 2009 One of the most memorable moments of Cecelia Klingele's yearlong U.S. Supreme Court clerkship wasn't crafting an opinion on a particular case or listening to an oral argument.
• Cycling team, city of Madison to host Collegiate Cycling Nationals Nov. 13, 2009 The National Collegiate Cycling Association (NCCA) announced that the cycling team at the University of Wisconsin-Madison won the bid to host the 2010 and 2011 Collegiate Road National Championship races.
• UW-Madison students seek international life, outlook Nov. 13, 2009 Before leaving for Ireland last September, University of Wisconsin-Madison student Sarah Zink wrote about her expectations of the study abroad experience that awaited her.
• School of Business launches Global Real Estate Master program Nov. 12, 2009 The Wisconsin School of Business will attract some of the brightest real estate students from the top business schools in Asia, Europe and Latin America with a highly innovative Global Real Estate Master (GREM) program.
• UW-Madison students foster community development on island in Uganda Nov. 12, 2009 Eleven University of Wisconsin-Madison students working on an island in Uganda's Lake Victoria knew they were making a difference when a member of the country's parliament came to check out the fledgling girls' soccer team they had helped put together.
• Madison Initiative discussion set for Nov. 16 Nov. 11, 2009
• UW-Madison computer team heads to world finals for ninth straight year Nov. 11, 2009 A computer team from the University of Wisconsin-Madison got official notification on Nov. 10 that it will be heading to Harbin, China, for the world championship in February.
• Events planned for Global Entrepreneurship Week Nov. 11, 2009 The University of Wisconsin-Madison — along with more than 1,000 organizations worldwide — will mark Global Entrepreneurship Week during the week of Nov. 15.
• New course shows arts students how to become entrepreneurs Nov. 11, 2009 Entrepreneurship programs at UW–Madison are supporting innovative thinking and actions. The Wiscontrepreneur program, the Student Venture Seed Grant Program, programs at the Wisconsin School of Business, and other programs and initiatives, recently garnered the university recognition as one of the nation’s top 25 campuses for entrepreneurship.
• WYOU donates tapes of LGBT show to Memorial Library Nov. 11, 2009 The University of Wisconsin-Madison's Memorial Library will accept a gift of 800 videotapes from WYOU Community Television during a reception on Friday, Nov. 13.
• Recent sighting: "On, Wisconsin!" Nov. 10, 2009
• For mothers of children with autism, the caregiving life proves stressful Nov. 10, 2009 Common wisdom tells us that to be the mother of a child with autism is to assume a heavier caregiving burden in life.
• UW launches study of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans Nov. 9, 2009
• Zimmermann scholarship assists UW-Madison student Nov. 9, 2009 The family of the late University of Wisconsin-Madison student Brittany Zimmermann has awarded a scholarship to financially assist a UW-Madison freshman from Marshfield, Wis.
• Chancellor announces first Madison Initiative awards Nov. 6, 2009 University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Biddy Martin and the Madison Initiative for Undergraduates Oversight Committee have identified eight proposals, ranging from an electronic system designed to capture notes of student meetings with advisers to College of Letters & Science faculty lines, to become the first recipients of funding from the innovative program.
• Bringing 'bioneers' to Wisconsin Nov. 6, 2009 Bioneers, a leading-edge environmental movement that uses solutions inspired by nature and human ingenuity to support sustainable lifestyles and communities, will be introduced to Wisconsin at a Nov. 13-14 conference in Fitchburg.
• Author speaks on the power of young entrepreneurs Nov. 6, 2009 Author and veteran business journalist Donna Fenn will be at the University of Wisconsin-Madison during the week of Nov. 9 as the fall Business Writer in Residence, a program that brings nationally known business writers to campus to interact with students.