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• Ironman Wisconsin will affect campus traffic on Sunday, Sept. 9 Sept. 5, 2012 Ironman Wisconsin will take place Sunday, Sept. 9 and the event's running course involves several campus and city streets as well as the university's Howard Temin Lakeshore Path.
• Four honored as UW-Madison’s 2012 Outstanding Women of Color Sept. 4, 2012 Four women deeply rooted in the community through social justice work, service, research and community building have been named recipients of UW-Madison’s Outstanding Women of Color Awards.
• Incoming first-year student to speak at Chancellor’s Convocation Aug. 28, 2012 As is tradition, University of Wisconsin-Madison first-year and transfer students will attend the Chancellor's Convocation - a formal welcome to all new students by Interim Chancellor David Ward - on Friday.
• Ceremony celebrates Memorial Union groundbreaking Aug. 28, 2012 With a backdrop of sailboats and the UW Alumni Band playing “On, Wisconsin,” the campus community celebrated the Memorial Union Reinvestment Project at a groundbreaking ceremony Monday, Aug. 27.
• The fun, food and festivity of UW-Madison Day at the Wisconsin State Fair Aug. 10, 2012 Even before Miss America made her lap around the Wisconsin State Fair atop the Bucky Wagon, Antonio Noguera had opened a little bit of the wider world to hundreds of fairgoers.
• Wisconsin Science Festival seeks partners to expand celebration statewide Sept. 27-30 Aug. 10, 2012 After a rousing debut last fall in Madison, the Wisconsin Science Festival is encouraging supporters of learning and science from around the state to help expand the festival during its second year by staging local events this Sept. 27-30.
• UW-Madison and UW-Extension featured at Dodge County Fair Aug. 16 Aug. 9, 2012 A variety of educational displays and special entertainment will be part of the UW-Madison and UW-Extension Day at the Dodge County Fair Thursday, Aug. 16.
• Conference helps 1,000 worldwide educators explore distance education Aug. 8, 2012 One of the largest conferences on distance education teaching and learning is bringing about 1,000 educators to Madison this week.
• Masterworks from Italy coming to the Chazen Aug. 24 Aug. 7, 2012 Forty-five works by Renaissance old masters will be on view in the Midwest for the first time in the exhibition Offering of the Angels: Paintings and Tapestries from the Uffizi Gallery.
• Movers encouraged to donate, recycle, dispose of unwanted items responsibly Aug. 6, 2012 It's a time when one person's refuse may be another's gold.
• Democratic congressional hopefuls to square off in debate at UW Aug. 6, 2012 The University of Wisconsin¬-Madison and WISC-TV will host a debate between 2nd Congressional District Democratic primary candidates on Tuesday, Aug. 7.
• PEOPLE students celebrate completing pre-college program Aug. 2, 2012 One of the most successful long-term diversity pipelines to higher education in the nation, the University of Wisconsin-Madison's PEOPLE program, will again increase the number of college-ready students applying to the state's flagship campus.
• Race to benefit Carbone Cancer Center set Aug. 4 Aug. 2, 2012 Join us for a fast-paced run or a leisurely walk on the UW-Madison campus.
• UW Police invite kids to be Badger Watch Buddies July 31, 2012 The UW Police Department’s award-winning Badger Watch crime prevention program, which will celebrate its tenth anniversary this coming academic year, has added a new program for children ages 5-12 called Badger Watch Buddies.
• UW-Madison Day at Wisconsin State Fair features innovation, fun July 26, 2012 Agricultural displays, special appearances and more than 20 "exploration stations" will bring the University of Wisconsin-Madison eastward as the Wisconsin State Fair celebrates UW-Madison Day on Wednesday, Aug. 8.
• UW police host Dog Days of Summer picnic July 20, 2012 The first annual Dog Days of Summer picnic, an official fundraising event dedicated to supporting the UW Police Department's K9 unit, will be held on Saturday, July 28.
• Memorial Library’s Special Collections department showcases new exhibit and much more July 19, 2012 A new exhibit, "Expanding the Home Circle: An Exhibit of Artists' Books Paired with Illustrated Books 
from the Cairns Collection of American Women Writers," has been installed in Memorial Library's Special Collections department. The exhibit, on display until Sept. 14, was created and curated by UW-Madison art department alumna Rachel Melis.
• A Hubble Space Telescope original returns to Wisconsin July 17, 2012 After a journey of some 535 million space miles, give or take, and years languishing in a cavernous government warehouse, one of the original scientific instruments aboard the Hubble Space Telescope has splashed down in Wisconsin.
• Recent Sightings: Secretary Chu visits UW July 12, 2012
• Summer (music) in the city July 10, 2012 Summer always brings flocks of visitors to campus. Each year, many participatory musical events have added a particularly tuneful note to all that UW-Madison has to offer, showcasing connections between the university and the wider world.