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• Share your commencement moments, photos this weekend Dec. 16, 2011 It's never been easier to share the joy of commencement weekend.
• Media information for winter commencement Dec. 15, 2011 Media advisory provides details of winter commencement coverage.
• Degree coordinators help students move forward Dec. 15, 2011 Days before winter commencement ceremonies, a student worker sits amidst teetering stacks of red diploma covers. None contain diplomas. Still, each one needs a plastic insert and an informational sheet, so the student must wade through the stacks one at a time.
• Dogs on Call helps lower stress during finals week Dec. 13, 2011 For almost a year, Pet Partner teams from Dogs on Call, Inc., a local nonprofit organization made up of volunteers and their pets, have visited UW-Madison students in their residence halls during finals week.
• Students in four design classes collaborate on adaptive reuse of historic school Dec. 13, 2011 An open house at the historic White School in Spring Green will showcase the work of University of Wisconsin-Madison interior design students assigned to adapt the building for use as apartments and a studio.
• Public panel explores why Occupy movement matters Dec. 13, 2011 Beyond a slogan - "We are the 99 percent!" - and a seemingly organic urge to come together, what's the Occupy Wall Street movement all about? Does it have goals? Leaders? A single, unifying demand for change? How has it spread, and how does it connect to events such as The Arab Spring and the Wisconsin protests?
• Student tickets for Gabriel Iglesias show at Union Theater on sale Dec. 12-13 Dec. 12, 2011
• CAVE of wonders: Exhibit pushes the boundaries of art, collaboration Dec. 9, 2011 In the year since the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery opened at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, its resident researchers have gotten comfortable in their innovative new spaces.
• Annual Christmas lab show canceled Dec. 7, 2011 Due to a family medical emergency, the 2011 "Once Upon a Christmas Cheery, In the Lab of Shakhashiri" shows, presented by Bassam Z. Shakhashiri, chemistry professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 10 and 11, have been canceled.
• Annual Christmas lab show canceled Dec. 7, 2011 The 2011 “Once Upon a Christmas Cheery, In the Lab of Shakhashiri” shows, scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 10 and 11, have been canceled.
• Rock your holidays with fossils, minerals at Geology Museum sale today and Saturday Dec. 2, 2011 For the third year, the UW Geology Museum will be decking out the lobby with holiday cheer and hosting the Friends of the Geology Museum annual holiday sale.
• Team Rubicon co-founder to speak at Dec. 18 commencement Dec. 2, 2011 Jake Wood, president of Team Rubicon, a nonprofit veterans' service organization that he co-founded following the January 2010 earthquake in Haiti, will speak at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's 2011 mid-year commencement.
• Exhibition celebrates the music, art and culture of Ghana Nov. 30, 2011 "In Ghana, textiles are absolutely integrated into every part of life," says Mary Hark. "You're bombarded with music and textile, color and pattern, while walking down the street."
• Discovery building marks first anniversary with Gold LEED Nov. 30, 2011 When the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery celebrates its first birthday this Friday, Dec. 2 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, visitors can learn a new "first" about the building while taking a behind-the-scenes "green" tour or sharing locally sourced cake with Bucky.
• Verona students take the stage with UW–Madison’s Wind Ensemble Nov. 29, 2011 For some Verona Area High School students, their next concert may offer a taste of their future.
• Partners in Giving update from the chancellor and provost Nov. 23, 2011 As we break to celebrate Thanksgiving — we cannot say "thank you" enough, both to those who have given and to all of you who might consider still doing so. Your support brings hope to so many.
• Students: Help fight hunger through donations and social media at #WIFightHunger Nov. 23, 2011 In an effort to add social media energy to the fight against hunger, VIP and #UWSocial are giving away seats in a private box at the Kohl Center for the Dec. 31 Badgers men’s basketball game versus Iowa in exchange for food donations and social media exposure.
• Arboretum Local Products Expo encourages shopping green and local Nov. 22, 2011 Holiday shopping takes on a local, sustainable twist at the Close to Home: Arboretum Local Products Expo Sunday at the UW Arboretum.
• Winter water skiing to benefit American Family Children's Hospital Nov. 21, 2011 For the third consecutive year, the Mad-City Ski Team will brave the ice cold waters of Lake Monona to benefit American Family Children’s Hospital.
• Big Learning Event seeks your big ideas for speakers Nov. 17, 2011 Some 350 faculty, staff, students and community members came together earlier this year for the first Big Learning Event. The intention of the event was to encourage cross-disciplinary listening and conversations to develop game-changing ideas for the future.