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• Native American student organization hosts annual spring pow-wow May 2, 2012 Wunk Sheek, a Native American student organization at UW-Madison, will welcome the campus community and the general public to the 29th annual Wunk Sheek Spring Pow-Wow on Saturday, May 5.
• Berquam: If you attend Mifflin, be safe, smart May 2, 2012 University of Wisconsin-Madison Dean of Students Lori Berquam is hoping students decide to skip the Mifflin Street block party this weekend. But if they do attend, she's suggesting they listen closely to public safety officials and remember that dangerous behavior can have long-lasting consequences.
• Bartz to address graduates at spring commencement May 1, 2012 Carol Bartz, the former CEO and president of Autodesk and Yahoo!, is returning to her alma mater to deliver the charge to the graduates at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's four commencement ceremonies on Saturday and Sunday, May 19-20 at the Kohl Center.
• Dogs at the UW to visit eight campus locations May 1-15 May 1, 2012 It won’t be long before final exams, commencement, and the end of the spring semester, and it can be a very stressful time for students.
• International urban movement conference returns to Madison May 1, 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.
• Beginning farmer school seeks cyclists, pledges for Ride to Farm fundraiser April 30, 2012 Dozens of cyclists will be riding through the rolling hills of rural Dane and Green counties on Saturday, June 2 in support of the next generation of farmers.
• Neil deGrasse Tyson makes UW appearance April 30, 2012 Neil deGrasse Tyson, a world-renowned science orator known for dreaming the impossible and urging it into reality, will be the keynote speaker for UW-Madison's inaugural Senior Day on Thursday, May 10.
• Memorial Union Terrace adds "Mendota Blue" chairs to mark transformation April 29, 2012 The palette of the Memorial Union Terrace gained another vivid color on Sunday, April 29, as 300 “Mendota Blue” Terrace chairs joined the traditional orange, green and yellow chairs.
• Students compete for start-up cash in G. Steven Burrill Business Plan Competition April 26, 2012 Eighty-two undergraduate and graduate students from 31 majors across the University of Wisconsin-Madison will vie for start-up capital as part of the annual G. Steven Burrill Business Plan Competition at the Wisconsin School of Business on Friday, April 27.
• Patel to further interfaith discussion at UW-Madison April 25, 2012 Eboo Patel likes to tell the story of how Martin Luther King Jr. learned in seminary school about Gandhi's inspiration to create a nonviolent social reform movement.
• Madison proclaims April 28 Chican@ Latin@ Studies Day April 25, 2012 Mayor Paul Soglin has signed a proclamation designating this Saturday, April 28, as Chican@ Latin@ Studies Day in the city of Madison. It is the 35th anniversary of the program.
• DARE to host conference on language April 25, 2012 The Dictionary of American Regional English, a project of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, will hold a mini-conference to celebrate the publication of its fifth volume.
• Madison remains home to WIAA basketball tournament April 24, 2012 A tradition nearly 100 years old will continue as the WIAA has agreed to keep the boys basketball tournament in Madison through 2020. The girls tournament will spend 2013 and 2014 in Green Bay.
• Public invited to UW Family Gardening Day on May 12 April 23, 2012 Whether you've got the greenest thumb on the block or you're turning soil for the first time this year, you'll find bushels of ideas for growing a great garden at UW Family Gardening Day, on Saurday, May 12 on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
• Grads returning to take a bite out of Alumni Weekend April 20, 2012 Alumni are about to take a trip down a Memory Lane that bears a striking resemblance to State Street.
• Events and programs to celebrate Earth Day on UW campus April 20, 2012 A number events and programs have been planned by various organizations to celebrate Earth Day on the UW campus. Earth Day is observed annually on Sunday, April 22, by more than 175 countries worldwide.
• African Studies Program celebrates 50 years with conference and reunion April 17, 2012 In 1978, while completing coursework towards a Ph.D. in political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Linda Thomas-Greenfield received a research grant to study in Liberia.
• UW-Madison students celebrate spring with All-Campus Party April 17, 2012 Each year, University of Wisconsin-Madison student organizations jam-pack the calendar with charitable events that benefit the Madison community, but one event celebrates those students who work hard and give back all year long.
• State forensics competition comes to campus April 17, 2012 The Wisconsin High School Forensic Association will hold its annual Wisconsin Speech Festival on campus on Friday afternoon and Saturday morning, April 20-21.
• #UWRightNow serves up a daylong slice of university life April 16, 2012 More than 1.4 million hours have passed since UW-Madison was founded in 1848, and during each one of them, the campus is alive with a vibrancy that’s unparalleled.