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  • Tickets now available for Tudor holiday dinner concerts Oct. 17, 2007 Tickets are now available for the Wisconsin Union’s Tudor holiday concerts.
  • Iran expert to speak in Madison Oct. 17, 2007 UW-Madison will host one of the country’s experts on Iran at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 25, for the speech “Is a U.S. Military Strike on Iran Inevitable?”
  • Tale from Planet Earth logo Festival to showcase environmental films in November Oct. 17, 2007 From travelogue-expedition films to the experimental avant-garde and the worlds of Walt Disney and Jacques Cousteau, cinema has been central to how we think about nature and the environment.
  • New York environmental justice advocate to speak Oct. 24 Oct. 16, 2007 Peggy Shepard, a prominent environmental and health advocate for minority groups in New York City, will give a free public lecture Wednesday, October 24, at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
  • UW alumni get VIP experience at Homecoming 2007 Oct. 10, 2007 More Badger fans and friends than ever before will be able to join in this year's Homecoming celebrations at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
  • Student opportunities abound during UW Homecoming 2007 Oct. 10, 2007 Bucky Badger is on the run, and students and alumni are on the case. The University of Wisconsin-Madison Homecoming Committee and the Wisconsin Alumni Association (WAA) invite everyone to enjoy a series of spirited events at UW-Madison during Homecoming 2007.
  • Festival showcases ‘print missionaries’ and art departrment Oct. 9, 2007 Joseph Velasquez and Greg Nanney been called "print missionaries" by some New York City publishers because the pair - who both received an M.F.A. in art from the University of Wisconsin-Madison last May - travels the country bringing artwork to both schoolchildren and adults with a printing press rigged to the back of a pick-up truck.
  • Washington Post editor Chandrasekaran to give annual Nafziger lecture Oct. 8, 2007 Rajiv Chandrasekaran, author of "Imperial Life in the Emerald City," the best-selling account of the botched U.S. effort to rebuild Iraq, will deliver the annual Ralph O. and Monona H. Nafziger Lecture on Wednesday, Oct. 17.
  • SWAP ushers in a new era in surplus merchandise Oct. 4, 2007 UW-Madison's new Surplus With a Purpose (SWAP) shop is moving to its new location in Verona.
  • Washburn Observatory to close for renovations Oct. 4, 2007 Washburn Observatory, which sits along Observatory Drive on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, will close at the end of October for remodeling and renovations.
  • Diversity forum brings Hmong history to forefront Oct. 3, 2007 Hmong-Americans want to promote a broader understanding of their culture and greater recognition of their struggles as a people, an international expert told the campus Diversity and Climate Forum held Sept. 28 at UW-Madison’s Memorial Union.
  • Cell phone drive, Clery report to benefit safety Oct. 2, 2007 Campus crime and safety continue to be serious concerns for the campus and city. For the month of October, Domestic Violence Awareness Month, the university is participating in a used cellular phone drive and encouraging all members of the campus community to download the most recent version of the annual campus safety report, commonly called the Clery Report.
  • Photo of town hall meeting Recent sightings: Research model Oct. 2, 2007
  • Leaders in addiction treatment announce national ‘ACTION’ campaign Oct. 1, 2007 A cadre of private and public entities in the addiction treatment field announced the launch of the National Adopting Changes to Improve Outcomes Now (ACTION) Campaign for the improvement of addiction treatment services. The ACTION Campaign goals are to increase access to addiction treatment for individuals in need and to keep clients engaged in treatment.
  • UW students and alumni to connect at diversity networking event Sept. 28, 2007 University of Wisconsin-Madison students and alumni will have the chance to make personal and professional connections at an upcoming Career Links reception.
  • ‘Nerds’ to take over campus Oct. 6-7 Sept. 27, 2007 The first Geek.kon convention is slated to take place from 9 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 6, until 4 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 7, in the Mosse Humanities Building.
  • Brittingham Scholars coming to campus Sept. 27, 2007 Beginning this month, University of Wisconsin-Madison students will have the opportunity to interact with six internationally known scholars from disciplines ranging from women's sexuality to the anthropology of food.
  • Saldivar named interim director of UW Arts Institute Sept. 26, 2007 Norma Saldivar, who heads the Master of Fine Arts (MFA) Directing Program in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Theatre and Drama, has been appointed interim executive director of the UW-Madison Arts Institute.
  • Colombian human rights leader to speak Sept. 26, 2007 Ana Teresa Bernal Montanez, a commissioner on Colombia's Commission on Reparations and Reconciliation, will deliver her talk "Participation of Civil Society in Colombia's Peacebuilding," at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, October 10 at the Pyle Center's Alumni Lounge, 702 Langdon Street.
  • Town hall meetings to introduce building plans for Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery Sept. 26, 2007 On October 1, 8 and 10, the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) are hosting a series of town hall meetings to inform the UW-Madison community about the latest building plans for the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery.