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• Reckoning with Pinochet: The Memory Question in Democratic Chile, 1989–2006 May 5, 2010 Reckoning with Pinochet: The Memory Question in Democratic Chile, 1989–2006 (Duke University Press, 2010) Steve J. Stern, vice provost for faculty and staff programs and Alberto Flores Galindo Professor of History.
• Kindergartners stump a professor, learn about college May 5, 2010 How many clowns are there in the world? How do slugs pull their eyes into their bodies? What’s the meaning of life?
• WAA honors Kathleen Sell with Outreach Excellence Award May 4, 2010 The Wisconsin Alumni Association (WAA) has selected Kathleen Sell, a distinguished lecturer in the Department of Integrated Liberal Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, as the 2010 recipient of the Ken and Linda Ciriacks Alumni Outreach Excellence Award.
• Madison researchers field volcanic ash warning system May 3, 2010 From a workstation in Madison, Mike Pavolonis hopes to lay eyes - satellite eyes, that is - on every natural chimney around the globe.
• Poverty institute hosts talks on globalization’s impact on Midwest, economic inequalities April 29, 2010 The Institute for Research on Poverty will welcome two important figures to the University of Wisconsin-Madison in May to present seminars on economic issues that affect everyone but which hit the poor especially hard.
• Recent sightings: Kindergarten Prof April 28, 2010
• Veteran journalist Tom Bier wins UW’s first journalism ethics award April 28, 2010 The Center for Journalism Ethics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will honor television broadcaster Tom Bier, vice president and station manager of WISC-TV and Channel 3000.com, with its first "Wisconsin Commitment to Journalism Ethics Award" on Friday, April 30.
• The plight of working-poor families: Low-wage labor and weak safety net April 27, 2010 In their new book from the University of Chicago Press titled "Both Hands Tied: Welfare Reform and the Race to the Bottom of the Low-Wage Labor Market," co-authors Jane L. Collins and Victoria Mayer present their analysis of the political and structural forces that shaped the lives of working-poor families by examining the experiences of 33 women living in Milwaukee and Racine, Wis.
• Report recommends best practices for nonprofit investigative journalism April 26, 2010 New nonprofit journalism centers must protect the integrity of their journalism, no matter how dependent they may be on a limited circle of funders.
• Major gift establishes Mayrent Institute for Yiddish Culture April 26, 2010 The Mosse/Weinstein Center for Jewish Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has received a $1 million endowment from Sherry Mayrent and Carol Master, via the Corners Fund for Traditional Cultures, a Donor advised fund of Combined Jewish Philanthropies, to establish the Mayrent Institute for Yiddish Culture.
• Engineering students win Climate Challenge at UW-Madison April 22, 2010 A device that would help provide electricity efficiently and at low cost in rural areas of developing countries took the top prize - $50,000 - this week in a student competition at the University of Wisconsin-Madison for innovative ideas to counteract climate change.
• Crystal defect shown to be key to making hollow nanotubes April 22, 2010 Scientists have no problem making a menagerie of nanometer-sized objects - wires, tubes, belts, and even tree-like structures. What they sometimes have been unable to do is explain precisely how those objects form in the vapor and liquid cauldrons in which they are made.
• Life history database aids wild primate studies April 22, 2010 Karen Strier can breathe a sigh of relief, knowing that much of her life's work is now safe.
• Year of Humanities finishes with events, performances April 22, 2010 The Year of the Humanities will come to a close during the remaining weeks of the semester and the concluding events are not to be missed. On the program are a lecture on the Book of Revelation, a panel discussion on the mind and performances of Daoist rituals.
• Wisconsin meteorite shards on display at UW Geology Museum April 19, 2010 At least five pieces of the meteorite that fell in southwestern Wisconsin last week will be on display at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Geology Museum for public viewing Tuesday, April 20 through this weekend.
• Meteor fragment lands in UW-Madison geoscience department April 16, 2010 Researchers in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Geoscience had the opportunity Friday morning to analyze a rock fragment they believe is from the meteor that blazed through the skies over parts of Wisconsin and Iowa Wednesday night.
• Wisconsin’s environment inspires Earth Day Concert April 14, 2010 Can we hear ecology? Sixteen musicians - including four composers - from the University of Wisconsin-Madison believe we can.
• Varsity Band throws party for ‘On, Wisconsin!’ April 13, 2010 The annual Varsity Band Concert returns to the Kohl Center Thursday-Saturday, April 15-17, with all its usual pyrotechnics, thunder and brass. This year's performance brings much more, however.
• UW-Madison graduate Anthony Shadid wins Pulitzer Prize April 12, 2010 A University of Wisconsin-Madison alumnus has earned a Pulitzer Prize, the most prestigious award in journalism, for his reporting from the Middle East on the legacy of the war in Iraq.
• Taylor Lecture features former Dallas mayor April 7, 2010 While the public relations business took a hit in the recent economic recession along with many other industries, the surge in social networking and new technology gives public relations professionals more opportunities than ever to make their messages resonate.