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• Students encouraged to register to be Badger Volunteers Jan. 23, 2012 The semester-long Badger Volunteers program offers UW-Madison students the training and support they need in order to provide meaningful public service to the Madison community.
• Free voter IDs available to UW-Madison students Jan. 20, 2012 Recent changes in state law make it necessary for all Wisconsin voters to present a photo ID at the polls.
• New work, new audiences for innovative School of Music project Jan. 19, 2012 Jerry Hui could probably make his audience enjoy a root canal.
• Student Bar Association sponsors voter registration drive Jan. 26 Jan. 19, 2012 As the state readies for another election season, the Law School’s Student Bar Association will hold a non-partisan voter registration drive on Thursday, Jan. 26.
• Cartoonist and author Lynda Barry is spring artist in residence Jan. 18, 2012 Lynda Barry, acclaimed cartoonist and author, will be the University of Wisconsin-Madison's spring artist in residence, the Arts Institute and Department of Art announced today.
• Lecture examines building family business boards of directors Jan. 18, 2012 John Ward, a pioneer of family business research and education and co-author of "Building a Successful Family Business Board," will speak as part of the UW Family Business Center Lecture Series at the Fluno Center for Executive Education, on Wednesday, Jan. 25 from 8-11 a.m.
• Careers Conference points directions in a changing economy Jan. 18, 2012 As economic and workforce challenges continue, many adults and students will seek assistance with job retraining, lifelong career development skills, continuing education and the development of 21st century skills.
• Hip-hop teaching, performance and culture Jan. 18, 2012 Using hip-hop pedagogy as a teaching tool to integrate topics from history, politics and art to culture and performance in the classroom will be the topic of the second annual lecture series "Getting Real II" at the University of Wisconsin-Madison this spring.
• Selig Distinguished Lecture delves into Japanese Americans’ relationship with baseball Jan. 17, 2012 How baseball helped Japanese Americans develop an identity and bond with America will be addressed in the Selig Distinguished Lecture in Sport and Society on Tuesday, Jan. 24, at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
• University Roundtable series kicks off Feb. 8 Jan. 17, 2012 A look at the life-changing Odyssey Project, the use of floral imagery to influence behavior by the Japanese government and the fascinating world of brain-computer interfaces will all be part of the University Roundtable speaker series this spring.
• Program focuses on management-worker partnerships Jan. 13, 2012 A program to explore how management and labor can work better together for their mutual benefit will be held this month in honor of one of the University of Wisconsin-Madison's greatest economists.
• Madison events to honor legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. Jan. 9, 2012 Members of the UW-Madison community and the Madison community at large will have plentiful opportunities for observance and service to honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
• Dance Department presents faculty concert Jan. 9, 2012 Take a break from winter to experience a vast and rich array of modern dance artistry as the Dance Department presents the first Arts Night Out event of the season, "Latitudes," the annual faculty concert.
• FanCam captures the excitement of the 98th Rose Bowl Dec. 31, 2011 Thousands of football fans will have a chance to prove they were present on Monday, Jan. 2, when the first-ever Rose Bowl Game FanCam presented by VIZIO comes to the 2012 Rose Bowl game as Wisconsin faces off against Oregon.
• Media advisory/Rose Bowl events and contacts Dec. 28, 2011
• University website follows the Badgers’ return to Pasadena Dec. 27, 2011 An interactive website will follow the Badger faithful as they head to southern California for the 2012 Rose Bowl - and connect with those who cheer the Badgers at home, wherever they are.
• Rose Bowl-bound Badgers and Ducks fans team up for service project Dec. 23, 2011 Before competing in the 2012 Rose Bowl, fans, students, alumni and family members from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the University of Oregon will be on the same team for a New Year’s Day community service project.
• Go Big Read invites works of art and creative writing inspired by ‘Enrique’s Journey’ Dec. 22, 2011 “Enrique’s Journey,“ this year’s Go Big Read selection, sparked discussion and reflection across campus and the greater community. Now the book by Pulitzer Prize-wining author Sonia Nazario, will serve as an inspiration for works of art readers from UW–Madison and across Dane County create during the long winter break.
• Products for hockey, shelter win engineering design competition Dec. 20, 2011 Under the right circumstances, the undergraduate student teams that won a University of Wisconsin–Madison engineering design competition can either help protect a family from the elements or a hockey team from a scoring play.
• Workshop to prepare teachers to make stronger case for French language Dec. 19, 2011 They teach what Bloomberg Rankings has identified as the third-most-important business language in the world, after English and Mandarin. Yet, as budgets for public education continue to tighten, teachers of French are struggling to keep their programs off the chopping block in Wisconsin and across the United States.