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• Prize-winning scholar to lecture on African American ideas of work, culture, liberty Oct. 12, 2006 Distinguished historian Thomas Holt will deliver the 2006 Merle Curti Lectures, sponsored by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of History.
• Professor’s work underscores importance of family in care of people with disabilities Oct. 12, 2006 An assistant professor of social work at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is working to teach how important the family is to Hispanic and Latino parents in caring for adult children with disabilities.
• Offices of the Dean of Students looks to future with new vision Oct. 4, 2006 The Offices of the Dean of Students (ODOS) is engaging in a new, long-term effort to increase the number and depth of connections between student life and the academic side of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
• Chancellor approves campus LTE reform plan Oct. 3, 2006 The University of Wisconsin-Madison has adopted a detailed, multi-year plan that will reshape its use of Limited Term Employees (LTEs), Chancellor John D. Wiley announced Tuesday.
• Joseph Kauffman, master administrator and Peace Corps pioneer, dies Sept. 29, 2006 Joseph F. Kauffman, emeritus professor of educational leadership at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, master administrator, one of the architects of the Peace Corps, and Dean of Student Affairs at UW-Madison during the turbulent student demonstrations of the 1960s, died today after a courageous battle with cancer. He was 84.
• Somalian human rights leader to speak Sept. 25, 2006 The Honorable Asha Hagi Elmi will be this year's J. Jobe Soffa and Marguerite Jacqmin Soffa Distinguished International Visitor, announced the Division of International Studies.
• Professor introduces unusual edible fungus to Madison Sept. 21, 2006 Lydia Zepeda, a University of Wisconsin-Madison professor of consumer science affiliated with the women’s studies program and the Gaylord Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, recently became a convert to huitlacoche, a fungus that grows inside individual kernels of corn.
• Forum to focus on ‘moving forward together’ Sept. 15, 2006 The University of Wisconsin-Madison's seventh annual Diversity and Climate Campus Forum will focus on engaging the campus community in discussions and action throughout the entire semester.
• Service-learning program gives children a ‘jump start’ into school Sept. 14, 2006 The School of Human Ecology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has launched a new outreach and service-learning program aimed at helping economically disadvantaged preschoolers get a "jump start" on kindergarten, while giving college students experience in the classroom.
• Music fest set to bring the world to the Union Sept. 6, 2006 The third annual World Music Festival will be held at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Friday-Sunday, Sept. 21-23.
• Nighttime is the right time for Arts Night Out! Sept. 6, 2006 A string quartet will play with fire, ceramics will get smoking hot and dancers will burn up the floor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's "Arts Night Out!" on Saturday, Sept. 30.
• Multicultural Orientation Reception marks 25 years Sept. 5, 2006 One of the University of Wisconsin-Madison's longest-running and most successful student orientation programs is marking its 25th anniversary.
• School of Human Ecology recognizes excellence in outreach Aug. 30, 2006 The School of Human Ecology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison presented its 2006 Excellence in Outreach Awards today (Aug. 30), recognizing four projects that impact significant numbers of people, demonstrate innovative designs or processes and showcase sustained effort.
• Adviser takes advantage of Wisconsin’s bounty Aug. 23, 2006 Although advising students and selling tomatoes may not seem at all similar on first blush, the skills required to do both effectively amount to the Wisconsin Idea in living, breathing action. To Phillip Yang, adviser to students in the School of Human Ecology, the Farmers’ Market is another venue to swap cultures, tell stories and inspire.
• UW participation in Africa Fest gives Wisconsin Idea global scope at grassroots level Aug. 23, 2006 Like rare perfume, the intoxicating call of African drums will waft over Madison's Warner Park on Saturday, Aug. 26.
• UW-Madison makes list of LGBT-friendly campuses Aug. 21, 2006 The University of Wisconsin-Madison has been recognized as one of the 100 best campuses for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) students in "The Advocate College Guide for LGBT Students," the first comprehensive campus guide to offer such a list in the United States.
• Program works to build diverse new generation of computer scientists Aug. 16, 2006 A novel freshman-level program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison called Wisconsin Emerging Scholars in Computer Science is working to counter a remarkable absence of women and underrepresented groups in the field.
• ‘Red Carpet’ rolls into third season of welcoming football fans Aug. 16, 2006 As colleges nationally deal with the issue of fan conduct at sporting events, the University of Wisconsin-Madison's "Rolling Out the Red Carpet" campaign enters its third season of welcoming Badger and visiting fans to Camp Randall Stadium on game days.
• Lebanese aid event set for Aug. 9 Aug. 8, 2006 On Wednesday, Aug. 9, University of Wisconsin-Madison student groups and several area businesses and organizations will host "Celebrating Lebanese Culture," an event that will feature Lebanese music, food, folk dance and personal accounts of Lebanese life away from home.
• Moving day frustration? Make a donation! Aug. 7, 2006 Each August, thousands of students move in and out of downtown apartments. In an effort to minimize the mess and maximize the benefit to the community, the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a coalition of local partners, including the City of Madison, Goodwill Industries and St. Vincent de Paul, are working together on the Moving Days campaign to encourage students to donate usable items to local charities.