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• UW-Madison expert to discuss role of research in global food security June 21, 2011 In the face of a changing climate and a world population forecast to reach 9 billion by 2050, feeding the world is a mounting challenge. And with 2 billion people worldwide already facing hunger or malnutrition, developing stable and effective food systems is a task of growing urgency.
• Andy North helps raise more than $900,000 for cancer center June 16, 2011
• First KlezKamp to celebrate Yiddish language and culture to be held in July June 9, 2011 From July 10-14, the Mayrent Institute for Yiddish Culture at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will host Madison KlezKamp, modeled after its parent program, KlezKamp: The Yiddish Folk Arts Program, which has attracted more than 20,000 participants from around the world since its inception.
• Three UW-Madison teams will compete in national food product contests this weekend June 8, 2011 They spent most of the past year inventing a shelf-stable yogurt truffle, a beverage mix made with real fruit and a tangerine-flavored carbonated dairy beverage drink. Now three teams of University of Wisconsin-Madison students are headed to New Orleans to see how their ideas fare in the final rounds of two national food product development competitions being held at the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) annual meeting this weekend.
• Science teachers to get opportunity to explore evolution June 7, 2011 Science teachers will have a unique opportunity to get inside evolution at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, which has a long history of evolutionary researchers.
• SOAR returns home to new Union South June 7, 2011 For the first time since 2008, the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Student Orientation, Advising and Registration (SOAR) will take place in Union South, returning the program's original, but greatly enhanced, home base.
• Big scoop: Employee Appreciation Ice Cream Social set for today, June 7 June 7, 2011 Mark your calendar for the annual Employee Appreciation Ice Cream Social, which is scheduled for Tuesday, June 7, at 1:30 p.m. on Bascom Hill.
• Campus architects gather at UW-Madison June 6, 2011 The University of Wisconsin-Madison's 933 acres of campus will serve as both host and laboratory when university architects from across the U.S. and Canada descend on Wisconsin.
• Walker, Ryan to headline Graaskamp Center Conference on new partnerships between government, real estate June 6, 2011 Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan will headline a Wisconsin School of Business conference on new partnerships between government and real estate.
• Bike to Work Week is underway June 6, 2011
• School of Business dean finalists to visit campus June 3, 2011 The three finalists for the position of Albert O. Nicholas Dean of the Wisconsin School of Business at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will be on campus in coming days.
• ‘Virus hunter’ to speak at UW-Madison event June 3, 2011 Nathan Wolfe, an epidemiologist leading an effort to catch the next pandemic disease before it hits, will give the public a window into the big thinkers speaking at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Big Learning Event.
• Saturday Science at Discovery: June focus on ice cream June 3, 2011 You start with milk, but then what? Get the scoop from 10 a.m.-noon Saturday, June 4, in the Town Center of the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery.
• ‘Point of View: The Veteran Print Project’ exhibit lasts through July 4 June 1, 2011 A collaborative exhibit titled "Point of View: The Veteran Print Project," which runs through July 4, has allowed Wisconsin veterans to share their war experiences and have local artists interpret them.
• ‘Jazzin’' raises funds for campus child care May 31, 2011 In celebration of the 100 campus child care workers who support the families of University of Wisconsin-Madison students, faculty and staff, the 14th annual Jazzin' Fundraiser will kick off with prizes and music Thursday, June 2, in Tripp Commons at the Memorial Union.
• Madison Marathon to affect campus-area traffic Sunday May 28, 2011
• Presentations set for continuing studies dean finalists May 25, 2011
• Ohio middle, high school teams top National Science Olympiad May 22, 2011 A team of middle-school students from Solon Middle School, Solon, Ohio, and a team of high-school students from Solon High School, also of Solon, Ohio, took top honors in the 2011 Science Olympiad National Tournament, held Saturday, May 21 on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
• "Plants of the Arboretum" program set Sunday May 20, 2011
• Watch National Science Olympiad opening, closing ceremonies via livestream May 18, 2011 To: Media representatives
  From: Renee Meiller, 608-262-2481, meiller@engr.wisc.edu
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