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• Conference explores cooperative businesses June 4, 2012 The University of Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives has partnered with the city of Madison and the area's cooperative business community to host the Madison Cooperative Business Conference on June 6-7.
• Area high school students graduate from UW technology program June 1, 2012 Twenty area high school students will receive certificates of graduation on Saturday, June 2 for completing an intensive technology training and college preparatory program through UW-Madison called the Information Technology Academy (ITA).
• Transit of Venus a rare event June 1, 2012 On the evening of Tuesday, June 5, the planet Venus will cross the disk of the Sun in what astronomers call a "transit."
• Conference marking Witte retirement to explore issues in higher education May 30, 2012 A Pulitzer Prize-winning historian will highlight a conference next month marking the retirement of longtime University of Wisconsin-Madison professor John Witte.
• Morgridge Institute presents panel on H5N1 influenza research May 30, 2012 The Morgridge Institute for Research will launch its Ethics@Discovery program on Thursday, May 31, at 2 p.m. with “Campus Conversation: Biomedical Research and National Security—Learning from the H5N1 Influenza Story.”
• Conference invites treatment providers to rethink their business model May 18, 2012 NIATx, a learning collaborative based at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and the State Associations of Addiction Services (SAAS) are teaming up in New Orleans, June 19-22, for their fifth annual joint conference.
• Share the Moment through social media during commencement weekend May 17, 2012 Commencement is one of the most joyous times in the life of UW-Madison students and parents.
• Commencement benefits from behind-the-scenes work May 17, 2012 Thousands of graduating students will make their way across the commencement stage this weekend, posing for photos, hearing the hoots from family members high up in the Kohl Center seats and beaming with pride.
• Four HR Design teams offer draft recommendations, more engagement sessions set May 16, 2012 HR Design teams are looking for feedback on a new round of draft recommendations to develop a new, more effective personnel system for UW–Madison.
• New UW-Madison graduates have compelling stories May 15, 2012 Every UW-Madison graduate has a story. Here are eight stories of students who will receive their degrees at commencement ceremonies May 18-20 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
• Employee Recognition Ice Cream Social is May 15 May 15, 2012 All university employees are invited and encouraged to attend the annual Employee Recognition Ice Cream Social on Tuesday, May 15 at 1 p.m. on Bascom Hill.
• Radiothon raises $528,507 for sick kids May 14, 2012 The three-day, 39-hour radio broadcast hosted by Tracy Dixon and Mike Heller of Clear Channel Radio station 96.3 Star Country ended Friday night with the announcement of the grand total.
• 15th annual Jazzin’ benefit supports campus child care May 10, 2012 The campus community is invited to enjoy an evening of great jazz music while supporting campus early childhood care and educational programs for children at UW-Madison. Well-known local jazz singer Jan Wheaton, with the Jan Wheaton Quintet, will perform at the 15th annual Jazzin’ benefit from 5-8 p.m. on Thursday, May 31, in the Memorial Union’s Tripp Commons, 800 Langdon St.
• Wisconsin Union Theater celebrates history on eve of renovations May 10, 2012 As the Wisconsin Union Theater closes for a two-year renovation, staffers are opening doors to the public in two farewell events.
• DARE celebrates completion at ‘shindy’ May 8, 2012 It was a whoopensocker of a night at the Madison Club last Friday, where the people behind the Dictionary of American Regional English, as well as friends of the project, came together to celebrate its completion.
• UW-Madison to receive class gift honoring the Wisconsin Idea May 7, 2012 UW-Madison's long tradition of service to the state is being celebrated with a new plaque honoring the Wisconsin Idea, a gift from the Class of 2012 that will be dedicated by class officers and university officials on Wednesday, May 9.
• Two honored with McDowell Alumni Achievement Awards May 7, 2012 The University of Wisconsin-Madison's Multicultural Student Center will name John Francis and Kabzuag Vaj as the 2012 honorees of the McDowell Alumni Achievement Award at this year's Multicultural Leadership Awards and Graduation Celebration.
• Native Plant Sale welcomes spring May 4, 2012
• International urban movement conference returns to Madison May 4, 2012 Urban dance competitors from around the world will converge on Madison from May 9 to 13 for the ninth annual International Festival of Urban Movement: Breakin’ the Law & Breaking Ground, gathering at venues from the Capitol square to the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
• HR Design sets more campus engagement sessions in May May 3, 2012 The campus community will get a chance to learn more and share ideas about the HR Design project at several events scheduled for this month.