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  • Ride to Farm to support beginning dairy and livestock farmers May 8, 2013 The Wisconsin School for Beginning Dairy and Livestock Farmers is recruiting cyclists and pledges for its 10th annual Ride to Farm fundraiser on Saturday, June 1 to support the next generation of Wisconsin farmers.
  • Advanced manufacturing focus of June 10-14 conference May 7, 2013 Featuring a broad swath of leading-edge research from around the world, an advanced manufacturing research conference June 10-14, 2013, will draw nearly 500 academic, industrial and governmental participants to the Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center in Madison.
  • Public invited to UW Family Gardening Day May 2, 2013 Whether your garden sprawls across an acre or fits into a pot on your balcony, this year's UW Family Gardening Day, May 11 on the UW-Madison campus, will provide tips for making it your best one ever.
  • 16th annual Jazzin’ benefit supports campus child care May 2, 2013 The campus community is invited to enjoy an evening of great jazz music while supporting campus early childhood education and care and programs at UW-Madison.
  • Author Galeano coming to UW for Havens Center honor May 1, 2013 Uruguayan author Eduardo Galeano will receive the University of Wisconsin-Madison A. E. Havens Center's Award for Lifetime Contribution to Critical Scholarship on May 9 during a rare trip to the United States.
  • Experience the South Pole in Madison with an exploration of sound, light and images April 30, 2013 Deep in the Antarctic ice, more than 5,000 detector modules sit in frozen darkness, waiting for the blue bursts of radiation released by particle interactions. Optimized to detect signs of neutrinos - tiny, nearly massless particles that can travel from the edges of the universe - these basketball-sized detectors comprise the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, one of the biggest astrophysics projects in the world.
  • Madoff whistleblower to speak at UW Spring Ethics Symposium April 30, 2013 Harry Markopolos, author of "No One Would Listen," will give the keynote address as part of the Spring Ethics Symposium, sponsored by the Howard Carver Ethics and Professionalism Program at the Wisconsin School of Business.
  • Memorial Union Terrace is open April 24, 2013 The Memorial Union Terrace is open and the chairs have returned. An annual rite of spring in Madison, the iconic orange, green and yellow sunburst chairs’ arrival on signifies the official end to winter and a harbinger of sunny skies, warm breezes and great views of Lake Mendota.
  • Photo: Mike Lecrone suspended Slideshow: Razzle Dazzle April 19, 2013
  • Bioethics forum plumbs creativity’s scientific side April 19, 2013 The 12th annual International Bioethics Forum, "Creative Insight: Further Studies in Human Consciousness," will be held April 25 and 26 on the Promega Corporation campus.
  • Biennial neon exhibition lights up the night April 16, 2013 Light makes art possible: the interplay of shadow and saturation, a dull matte finish or a brilliant glow from inside. At the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the country's oldest university glass program finds ways to illuminate and refract light in thousands of different ways.
  • Students choose Anders Holm to speak at commencement April 16, 2013 Comic actor and writer Anders Holm, a 2003 University of Wisconsin–Madison graduate, will be the speaker for spring commencement ceremonies on May 18 and 19.
  • Undergraduate Symposium to showcase exceptional students, honor mentors April 15, 2013 The 15th Annual Undergraduate Symposium, an event that highlights the creativity, achievements and research that UW-Madison's undergraduate students have accomplished with the personal involvement of their faculty and staff mentors, will be held Thursday, April 18, at Union South.
  • LGBT Campus Center hosts Out & About Month 2013 April 8, 2013 The UW-Madison community and LGBT Campus Center will celebrate LGBTQ lives and experiences with Out & About Month events from April 9-26.
  • Journalist, author McKenna to be Science Writer in Residence April 8, 2013 Independent journalist and author Maryn McKenna has been named the Spring 2013 UW-Madison Science Writer in Residence.
  • Photo: Faisal Abdu'Allah Recent sightings: Buzz talk April 5, 2013
  • Annual Wellness Expo raises awareness and funds for charity April 1, 2013 The Wisconsin Wellness Expo, an annual event celebrating healthy lifestyle choices, is scheduled for Saturday, April 6, at UW-Madison's Southeast Recreational Facility, commonly known as the SERF.
  • UW Varsity Band Concert at Kohl Center April 18-20 March 27, 2013 The 2013 edition of the UW Varsity Band Concert will be bigger and better than ever, says conductor Mike Leckrone, who promises handclapping Badger favorites, multimedia displays, dramatic pyrotechnics, and aerial stunts performed by Leckrone himself.
  • School of Veterinary Medicine, UW Veterinary Care to hold open house March 25, 2013 The UW School of Veterinary Medicine and UW Veterinary Care, the school's veterinary medical teaching hospital, will host an open house on Sunday, April 7 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
  • Expanded Science Expeditions opens doors to UW-Madison research March 21, 2013 Ana Garic spends her days in a University of Wisconsin–Madison lab studying a public health problem with real impact in Wisconsin communities — which is why it feels so good to invite the public onto her turf for the campus’ annual Science Expeditions open house to be held April 5-7.