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  • UW to launch radio, Web programs on Islam and Muslims in the world April 23, 2008 Nine area and international studies programs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison received a grant from the national Social Science Research Council (SSRC) to create an interactive program that will support public dissemination of scholarship on the topic of Islam.
  • The interpreter: UW–Madison student scores in NBA debut April 17, 2008 Matt Beyer’s first job as a UW–Madison student involved preparing hamburgers at Union South. His final one has brought him shoulder-to-shoulder with the 7-footers, titans and multimillionaires of the National Basketball Association, including one of the most famous men in China.
  • Award-winning filmmaker Pierre Sauvage to give human rights, democracy lecture April 14, 2008 Pierre Sauvage, award-winning filmmaker, producer and screenwriter, will deliver the Mildred Fish-Harnack Human Rights and Democracy Lecture at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
  • UW to host symposium on Melvin Laird's legacy April 11, 2008 On Tuesday, April 22, the University of Wisconsin-Madison will host a symposium on the career and legacy of Melvin R. Laird, a longtime member of Congress from Wisconsin and Secretary of Defense. The event will take place at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum on the Capitol Square.
  • Leading scientists to highlight annual stem cell research symposium April 11, 2008 A cadre of North America's leading stem cell scientists will land in Madison April 16 for the third annual Wisconsin Stem Cell Symposium.
  • WAGE awards three research collaborative grants related to globalization April 10, 2008 The University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy (WAGE) announces the three winners of its research collaborative competition, each receiving $100,000 during a three-year period.
  • Pi Mile Run benefits well water project in El Salvador April 10, 2008 As 255 University of Wisconsin-Madison students and community members thundered down the Lakeshore Path on the first warm Saturday morning in April, they dodged muddy puddles and happy pedestrians out for a weekend walk along Lake Mendota.
  • Global economic issues examined in UW-Madison conference April 9, 2008 Some of the most critical issues in today's world economy will be discussed by top national figures in a University of Wisconsin-Madison conference on Thursday, May 1.
  • Erik Forsberg appointed executive director of WiCell Research Institute April 9, 2008 Erik Forsberg has been named to the newly created position of executive director of the WiCell Research Institute. In this position, Forsberg will direct all operations of the private, non-profit institute, a supporting organization of the University of Wisconsin-Madison that provides core services to UW-Madison stem cell researchers and operates the National Stem Cell Bank.
  • University pursues Hermosa closure April 3, 2008 The University of Wisconsin-Madison's Labor Licensing Policy Committee (LLPC) will host representatives of the adidas Group and the Workers Rights Consortium (WRC) in a final effort to bring closure to issues related to former workers of Hermosa Manufacturing.
  • Hundreds of high school students to participate in World Cinema Day March 31, 2008 For the past five years, the University of Wisconsin-Madison has welcomed hundreds of Wisconsin high school students and teachers to World Cinema Day, a program of the Language Institute and the Wisconsin Film Festival to raise cultural awareness and deepen understanding of diverse perspectives through international film.
  • Photo of Bosscher Fund for late professor lifts Engineers Without Borders into the black March 10, 2008 Katie Simon had a lot to be nervous about in March 2007 when she became the president of the University of Wisconsin-Madison chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB), an organization that applies the knowledge of engineers to improving the quality of life for developing communities.
  • Photo of people working on wastewater project UW students help El Salvadoran towns build wastewater system Feb. 27, 2008 New Year's Eve in Nejapa, El Salvador, looks a lot like the Fourth of July. At Griselda Guzman's house, homemade fireworks lighted the front yard, where the guests dancing outside her pale yellow home included 11 University of Wisconsin-Madison engineering students and three advisers.
  • Image f dust storms off West Africa The key to quieter Atlantic hurricane seasons may be blowing in the wind Feb. 15, 2008 Every year, storms over West Africa disturb millions of tons of dust and strong winds carry those particles into the skies over the Atlantic. According to a recent study led by University of Wisconsin-Madison atmospheric scientists, this dust from Africa directly affects ocean temperature, a key ingredient in Atlantic hurricane development.
  • Edil receives Turkish science award Feb. 15, 2008 In a January ceremony held at the presidential palace in Ankara, Turkey, and attended by Turkish dignitaries, including the president, president of the parliament, prime minister, cabinet ministers, university presidents, and others, University of Wisconsin-Madison Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor Tuncer Edil received the Special Science Award from the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey.
  • International Institute faculty book series features human rights around the world Feb. 5, 2008 Celebrating the contributions that University of Wisconsin-Madison faculty bring to the study of human rights, this semester's International Institute book series offers diverse perspectives and voices to shed light on these complex issues.
  • Geology professor drills into earth-shaking questions Jan. 30, 2008 Two months aboard an ocean-going ship might sound like a luxurious vacation. With 16-hour workdays amid the clamorous hubbub of an industrial drilling rig, however, Harold Tobin’s recent voyage was far from relaxing. Tobin, an associate professor in the geology department, sailed last fall into the western Pacific in a quest to peer into the heart of one of the most active earthquake zones on the planet.
  • UW-Madison joins largest climate change teach-in in U.S. history Jan. 23, 2008 On Jan. 30 and 31, the University of Wisconsin-Madison will participate in Focus the Nation, an unprecedented teach-in on global warming solutions with the aim of preparing millions of students to become leaders in responding to the challenge.
  • Photo of South African flag Students take leadership venture to South Africa Jan. 7, 2008 After more than 40 hours of traveling, 30 University of Wisconsin-Madison students arrived last week in Cape Town, South Africa to start a two-week adventure in South Africa's capital city that will include a leadership seminar and service projects.
  • Undergrad team debuts in genetic engineering competition Dec. 21, 2007 For the first time, a team of University of Wisconsin-Madison undergraduates participated in the annual International Genetically Engineered Machine Competition (iGEM), held this fall at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.