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• Geography students put local foods on the map May 14, 2008 As temperatures warm, farm fields begin to green and outdoor farmers' markets get under way, the time is ripe for thinking about local foods. For Madison residents, finding locally produced foods is now just a mouse click away.
• UW-Madison, Sertoma Club provide hearing aids to qualified recipients May 13, 2008 A program through the Department of Communicative Disorders and the Sertoma Club of Madison turns used hearing aids into credits to purchase new hearing aids for qualified recipients.
• Sweeping analysis of research reinforces media influence on women’s body image May 8, 2008 As France's parliament considers a landmark bill that would outlaw media images glamorizing the extremely thin, psychology researchers are reporting some of the most definitive findings yet on how these images affect women.
• Latest Badger Poll results to be released this week May 5, 2008 More results from the latest University of Wisconsin-Madison Badger Poll, a survey of Wisconsin residents' views on timely topics, will be released this week.
• ‘Life During Wartime’ will build innovative curriculum around American war history April 30, 2008 A new Wisconsin project funded by the U.S. Department of Education will feature an unprecedented partnership among public school teachers, university and technical college faculty, and the Wisconsin Veterans Museum to invigorate the teaching of American history.
• Young mathematical minds honored in annual talent search April 30, 2008 On Thursday, May 1, the University of Wisconsin-Madison math department will honor some of Wisconsin's most mathematically gifted middle and high school students.
• Facility gives geology department new dimension April 28, 2008 A geoscience visualization lab that opened last week in Weeks Hall will add a new dimension to geology research and education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
• UW historian Jeremi Suri to receive outreach excellence award April 28, 2008 The Wisconsin Alumni Association has selected University of Wisconsin-Madison history professor Jeremi Suri as the 2008 recipient of the Ken and Linda Ciriacks Faculty Outreach Excellence Award.
• AAP holds Alternative Breaks fundraiser April 28, 2008 The Academic Advancement Program and the AAP Student Organization are holding a fundraiser for Centro Campesino Farmworker Center Inc.
• UW’s computing research prowess brings Microsoft to Madison April 23, 2008 Microsoft, the world's largest computer software company, will open an advanced development laboratory in Madison later this spring, helping expand on a highly productive 20-year research and alumni relationship between the company and the University of Wisconsin-Madison computer sciences department.
• Recent sightings: Seismometer image of Midwest earthquake April 18, 2008
• Negligent, attentive mouse mothers show biological differences April 9, 2008 In mice, child neglect is a product of both nature and nurture, according to a new study. Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison describe a strain of mice that exhibit unusually high rates of maternal neglect, with approximately one out of every five females failing to care for her offspring.
• Student wins city management fellowship in Kansas City April 8, 2008 Throughout her academic career at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Carissa DeCramer has been narrowing her focus. As an undergraduate, she double-majored in international relations and political science. As a graduate student at the La Follette School of Public Affairs, she followed the domestic track.
• World Languages Day to draw 700-plus students from across Wisconsin April 7, 2008 It's a rite of passage each spring for thousands of state high school students - heading to Madison for basketball, hockey and wrestling tournaments and a taste of the city, the university and a day or two out of school. But the siren call is not just for sports enthusiasts. The campus beckons each spring to those interested in exploring world languages and cultures at World Languages Day.
• Two UW-Madison graduates land Pulitzer Prizes April 7, 2008 A pair of University of Wisconsin-Madison graduates - David Umhoefer, a reporter for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, and Walt Bogdanich, a New York Times reporter and editor - won Pulitzer Prizes in journalism on Monday.
• Five communicators honored for accomplishments, leadership April 4, 2008 The career achievements of five communications professionals will be recognized at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communication banquet on Friday, April 11.
• UW-Madison graduate programs fare well in annual U.S. News rankings April 2, 2008 A number of graduate programs and specialties at UW-Madison scored high marks in the 2009 "Best Graduate Schools" edition of U.S. News and World Report.
• University Theatre presents ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ April 1, 2008 The University of Wisconsin-Madison's University Theatre wraps up its 2007-08 season with an American classic set in pre-Katrina New Orleans, where everything is hot, from the heavy air to the heady emotions.
• Hundreds of high school students to participate in World Cinema Day March 31, 2008 For the past five years, the University of Wisconsin-Madison has welcomed hundreds of Wisconsin high school students and teachers to World Cinema Day, a program of the Language Institute and the Wisconsin Film Festival to raise cultural awareness and deepen understanding of diverse perspectives through international film.
• Communications research showcased at UW-Madison conference March 28, 2008 Cutting-edge graduate student research in communications will be highlighted during a one-day conference at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Friday, April 4.