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  • Public humanities project proves literacy isn’t limited to the page Dec. 12, 2011 The American teenager, once shy, bubbles over with questions for a young Senegalese classmate. Why did his mother leave him? Did he ever see her again? As the young man responds, the two begin using each other's first names.
  • Photo: Alexis Brown UW undergraduate Alexis Brown named Rhodes Scholar Nov. 22, 2011 University of Wisconsin–Madison senior Alexis Brown is one of an elite group of American students to be awarded a 2012 Rhodes Scholarship, one of the most coveted honors in the world of higher education.
  • Big Learning Event seeks your big ideas for speakers Nov. 17, 2011 Some 350 faculty, staff, students and community members came together earlier this year for the first Big Learning Event. The intention of the event was to encourage cross-disciplinary listening and conversations to develop game-changing ideas for the future.
  • Photo: Student with iPad Classroom iPad use encourages innovation, reading with ease Nov. 15, 2011 The iPad, with it's ease of use and touch-screen technology, is catching on as a classroom tool at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
  • Photo: Students in kitchen with instructor Popular UW–Madison program for first-year students continues to grow Nov. 10, 2011 The FIG program is a popular option among freshmen that integrates coursework in a specific focus area with a social experience. Typically, a FIG consists of about 20 students who enroll in the same three classes, forming a core group of students who meet several times each week and become a support network throughout the crucial first year of college.
  • Photo: Wren Singer Center turns to innovative methods with first-year students Nov. 8, 2011 Inside UW–Madison talks with Center for the First-Year Experience Director Wren Singer ahead of the center's annual conference about how the university has shifted to a more comprehensive approach to serving the needs of first-year students.
  • University Housing to launch Creative Arts and Design Community Nov. 4, 2011 The Arts Institute and University Housing at UW-Madison next fall will launch a residential learning community for students interested in creative disciplines including art, dance, design, engineering, fashion, film, music, theatre and computer science.
  • Photo: students discussing book Recent sightings: Book Club Oct. 21, 2011
  • Experts examine collaborative learning and writing instruction Oct. 21, 2011 More than 300 university faculty and staff, graduate and undergraduate writing tutors, and high school instructors have gathered for a three-day conference exploring the newest theories and practices in writing center work.
  • Photo: John Rennie Rennie to be science writer in residence Oct. 20, 2011 John Rennie, a veteran science journalist, blogger and editor, has been named the Fall 2011 University of Wisconsin-Madison Science Writer in Residence.
  • Go Big Read sparks campus book clubs Oct. 18, 2011 Three years ago, UW-Madison employees in the Division of Enrollment Management arrived at work to find something unusual perched on their keyboards: peapods.
  • Photo: Research assistant working near Kemp Station Slide show: Northwoods partners Oct. 17, 2011 The complex interplay between the earth's climate on global and local levels drives UW-Madison atmospheric and oceanic sciences professor Ankur Desai's research. In September, students from the soils and waters course at the College of the Menominee Nation in Keshena, Wis., joined Desai's team to get a look at the high-tech methods researchers use to monitor carbon flux — the movement of greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide in and out of plants, water and soil.
  • Photo: Janet Napolitano at Varsity Hall Recent sightings: Napolitano visits campus Sept. 16, 2011
  • Go Big Read launches third year of common-reading program Sept. 13, 2011 "Enrique's Journey" is the selection for this year's Go Big Read, and discussions and events related to the book will be held all year.
  • UW–Madison center hosts statewide online book club Sept. 9, 2011 The Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison will assume an administrative role of Read On Wisconsin, the statewide online book club for Wisconsin students and educators now in its seventh year.
  • Campus vegetable garden beckons passing snackers Aug. 17, 2011 By now, you may have noticed the lush vegetable garden beds outside the wrought iron fence surrounding Allen Centennial Gardens at Observatory and Babcock drives.
  • UW-Madison to celebrate 2011-12 as Year of the Wisconsin Idea Aug. 8, 2011 The Wisconsin Idea – UW–Madison longstanding commitment to providing service to the families, businesses and communities of Wisconsin and beyond — will be celebrated for the next 12 months as the university observes the Year of the Wisconsin Idea.
  • Chinese, American students explore sustainability issues Aug. 7, 2011 Eighteen academically-talented high school students from China and the United States recently wrapped up a unique, three-week residential experience at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where they explored global issues of sustainability and the promise of solutions among various emerging research and technologies.
  • Chinese high schoolers to learn from stem cells July 26, 2011 Eighteen students participating in the inaugural Global Wisconsin Idea Program -- a unique pairing of American and Chinese teenagers -- will join a Chinese university dean this week to learn more about the science of stem cells during a hands-on workshop hosted by the Morgridge Institute for Research.
  • PEOPLE students to be celebrated July 22, 2011 Now one of the most successful long-term diversity pipelines to higher education in the nation, the University of Wisconsin-Madison's PEOPLE (Pre-College Enrichment Opportunity Program for Learning Excellence) program will again increase the number of college-ready students applying to the state's flagship campus.