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  • Film festival finds environmental stories in unexpected places March 7, 2012 From Cold War bunkers in Albania to the night skies over Manhattan, Tales from Planet Earth will offer a broad - and often surprising - exploration of the environment.
  • Office of Sustainability launches at UW-Madison March 7, 2012 The UW-Madison Office of Sustainability, which grew out of the campuswide Sustainability Initiative, will officially launch on Friday, March 9, with an event at the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery.
  • Students plan UW-Madison’s first Fashion Week March 6, 2012 Last year, stylish students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison made a name for themselves by creating MODA, an online fashion magazine [http://modamadison.com]. Now, these young entrepreneurs plan to present the first annual UW-Madison Fashion Week.
  • World Food Programme official visits UW-Madison March 6, 2012 Bettina Luescher, United Nations World Food Programme chief spokesperson for North America and UW-Madison alumna, will visit the university on Thursday, March 8, and Friday, March 9.
  • Communicating danger across 10,000 years March 1, 2012 Giant symbols carved into canyon walls might tell the story of a long-ago hunt, a creation myth, or a genocide - but because the cultures who created rock art have vanished, there is no way of discerning their exact meaning.
  • UW Pro Arte Quartet concert highlights Bolcom, Milhaud, Mozart March 1, 2012 American composer William Bolcom believes an artist's role is to mirror society.
  • Arboretum solstice walk Madison Reads Leopold set for Saturday at UW Arboretum Feb. 28, 2012 The UW-Madison Arboretum — where Aldo Leopold helped establish a pioneering experiment in ecological restoration — will host Madison Reads Leopold, a public reading from Leopold’s “A Sand County Almanac” on Saturday, March 3, in celebration of Aldo Leopold Weekend.
  • Women help high school girls find their perfect prom dress Feb. 28, 2012 The Panhellenic Association will co-host the annual "All Dressed Up" event with the Junior League of Madison on Saturday March 10 from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Madison Area Technical College.
  • See restored Curry murals at Wednesday Night @ the Lab Feb. 28, 2012 A remarkable University of Wisconsin-Madison research triumph and artful renderings depicting the importance of biochemistry are the subject of a rare occurrence of the popular Wednesday Night @ the Lab series.
  • UW-Madison hosts 2012 Lorraine Hansberry Symposium Feb. 27, 2012 As part of the 2012 Lorraine Hansberry Project, honoring the life and pioneering work of a UW-Madison alumna who made lasting contributions to American arts and culture, a free symposium will take place on Saturday, March 3, in Vilas Hall’s Mitchell Theatre. The symposium, “Conversations on African-American Youth and August Wilson’s ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,’” is presented in conjunction with the Hansberry Project’s production of Wilson’s play.
  • Bringing the Yiddish past to life: A tour through the Mayrent Collection Feb. 24, 2012 The Friends of the UW-Madison Libraries will celebrate the Mayrent Collection at a special event at the University Club, 803 State St., on Thursday, March 1 at 4:30 p.m.
  • HR Design Project forums, Web chat seek feedback from campus community Feb. 23, 2012 The Human Resources Design Project will be hosting two forums during the week of Feb. 27 to offer a status report and gather input from employees regarding the campus-wide effort to build a new, more effective University of Wisconsin-Madison personnel system.
  • WisCEL: New learning center to open Feb. 23, 2012 At two UW-Madison libraries, newly remodeled instructional spaces ripe with technological upgrades are helping turn the 1,000-year-old, lecture-based, "one-size-fits-all" instructional model upside down.
  • Hunger Meal to raise awareness of social inequality and poverty Feb. 23, 2012 At the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Hunger Meal, sponsored by students from the La Follette School of Public Affairs, whether you get a gourmet dinner, rice and beans, or something in between will be determined the same way many receive their lot in life: by chance.
  • Campus visits set for business services post Feb. 21, 2012 Members of the University of Wisconsin-Madison community will have opportunities in the next two weeks to meet and talk with finalists for the position of assistant vice chancellor for business services.
  • WSUM marks 10 years of student radio Feb. 21, 2012 WSUM, the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s licensed student radio station, is celebrating its tenth anniversary this week.
  • Madison-area youth invited to compete in Wisconsin Teen Poetry Slam semi-finals Feb. 20, 2012 Top youth poets from Madison and Milwaukee are gearing up to compete for a berth on the 2012 Wisconsin Youth Poetry Slam Team, which will represent the state at the national Brave New Voices International Youth Poetry Slam Festival in California this coming summer.
  • Does history repeat? Using the past to improve ecological forecasting Feb. 20, 2012 To better predict the future, Jack Williams is looking to the past.
  • Blood drive aims to fight sickle cell disease Feb. 20, 2012 A blood drive set for Tuesday, Feb. 21 will underscore the importance of blood donation as a way to help fight sickle cell disease, or SCD.
  • Black Men’s Initiative Forum set for Feb. 24-25 Feb. 17, 2012 The Black Men's Initiative Forum on Friday, Feb. 24 and Saturday, Feb. 25 will help develop strong leadership through programs embracing this year's theme of "Building Capacity: Are You Equipped?"