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• Recent sightings: Ready, set, answers! Feb. 16, 2011
• Brilliant minds to come together at Big Learning Event Feb. 10, 2011 Sometimes great ideas come from asking interesting questions and making connections with people who are completely different from you.
• Academic advising web chat scheduled for Feb. 15 Feb. 8, 2011 Do you have questions about courses, majors and advising? UW-Madison wants to help.
• Chinese athletes prepare to depart after successful semester Dec. 8, 2010 The 2010 Chinese Champions program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is winding up a highly successful inaugural session amid news that the innovative exchange has been extended for three additional years.
• Book nominations sought for Go Big Read program Nov. 29, 2010 The University of Wisconsin-Madison's common book program, Go Big Read, is engaging students, faculty, staff and the community in a shared academic experience as they read and discuss "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot.
• UW-Madison soil scientist named U.S. professor of the year Nov. 18, 2010 A University of Wisconsin-Madison associate professor of soil science has just been named U.S. Professor of the Year
• Call for proposals: 2011 Teaching and Learning Symposium Nov. 17, 2010 Submit your proposal for a presentation, workshop, or learning circle here. Deadline: Midnight, Monday, January 17, 2011.
• UW-Madison in top 10 in national study-abroad ranking Nov. 16, 2010 Record numbers of University of Wisconsin-Madison students are earning some of their academic credit abroad, an increase that exceeds the national average. What's more, they are choosing to study in previously non-traditional destinations such as China and India.
• New GreenHouse for sustainability nurtures community Nov. 15, 2010 Though enticing, the food spread across the tables is only part of the point of this meal. The two dozen students at this Global Food for Thought dinner are here to feed their minds as well as their stomachs.
• International Education Week underscores importance of language, culture study Nov. 12, 2010 Coming on the heels of University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Biddy Martin's return from East Asia, International Education Week from Nov. 15-19 offers students, faculty and staff an opportunity to reflect on how best to prepare for careers in a fast changing, interconnected world.
• World Languages Day inspires high school students to explore Nov. 11, 2010 Since World Languages Day began in 2002, renowned professor Harold Scheub has roused the crowd with his tales of crossing the African continent in search of stories and folk tales.
• Chancellor conducts TelePresence meeting from China Nov. 5, 2010 As part of her trip to China and Taiwan, Chancellor Biddy Martin helped to inaugurate a cutting-edge videoconferencing device now available to the greater UW-Madison campus community.
• Recent sightings: Go Big Read Oct. 26, 2010
• MIU success a model for broader flexibility Oct. 20, 2010 The success of the Madison Initiative for Undergraduates in building educational quality and affordability provides a strong case study in how the university can use broader flexibility to keep UW-Madison great, Chancellor Biddy Martin said Tuesday.
• Go Big Read gets a fast start on campus; author to visit on Oct. 25 Oct. 19, 2010 Go Big Read, UW-Madison's common reading program, is off to a vigorous start. Some 5,000 copies of "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks," by Rebecca Skloot, were given away in September at the Chancellor's Convocation for New Students.
• Science author, blogger in residence Oct. 4-8 Sept. 27, 2010 Author and blogger Jennifer Ouellette will visit the University of Wisconsin-Madison from Oct. 4-8 as Science Writer in Residence.
• Slide show: The Tree Doctor Sept. 21, 2010
• New classroom offers multimedia opportunities Sept. 20, 2010 Students in UW-Madison’s School of Journalism & Mass Communication now have a classroom that will keep pace with their multimedia training.
• Special symposium addresses practical applications of evolution Sept. 14, 2010 The Center of Rapid Evolution (CORE) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is sponsoring a special event to foster discussion and outreach about how the science of evolution applies to real-world problems.
• Go Big Read kicks off another year with events Sept. 13, 2010 The campus community has many opportunities to participate in the second year of the Go Big Read common-reading program, which this year will feature “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” by Rebecca Skloot.