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• By design, camps for students with disabilities take anxiety out of step to college Aug. 11, 2010 "I know what you're all thinking, 'What the heck?'" says 16-year-old Adam Proue, waving his hands and holding up his own presentation. "But this is going to make sense eventually."
• Largest class ever completes UW-Madison pre-college program July 29, 2010 The largest group ever to complete the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Pre-college Enrichment Opportunity Program for Learning Excellence (PEOPLE) will graduate into their senior year of high school Friday, July 30, at the Madison Marriott West in Middleton.
• UW student-athletes earn Big Ten Distinguished Scholar honors July 15, 2010
• UW Organic Ag Field Day looks at vegetable varieties, research July 12, 2010 Organic vegetables will be the focus when the University of Wisconsin-Madison holds its fourth annual Organic Agriculture Field Day on Wednesday, July 28, at the West Madison Agricultural Research Station.
• Science for the family: Mini-workshops, short lectures explore scientific topics July 9, 2010 Family Science Exploration Nite, part of the popular series Wednesday Nite at the Lab, will be held Wednesday, July 14 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Genetics-Biotechnology Center, 425 Henry Mall.
• TIP/High school students get hands-on with CSI science June 22, 2010
• Summer program offers intensive study of Baltic area languages June 10, 2010 UW-Madison is an international leader in foreign languages, offering instruction in more than 80 modern and ancient languages, from Akan-Twi to Zulu. The campus also houses 11 area-studies centers, the National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages and the National African Language Resource Center.
• Conservation biologist named new faculty director of Morgridge Center June 10, 2010 Nancy Mathews, a professor of environmental studies and chair of Conservation Biology and Sustainable Development at the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at UW-Madison, has been named faculty director of the university’s Morgridge Center for Public Service.
• Biology “boot camp” to help incoming students through maze of UW-Madison biology May 20, 2010 Incoming biology students at University of Wisconsin-Madison will get extensive new help navigating the tricky transition from high school to a university that has 31 different majors related to biology, funded by a $1.4 million undergraduate science education grant announced today by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
• Academic Advancement Program students hold fundraiser on Thursday May 19, 2010
• Graduating couple ready to enter medicine together May 14, 2010
• Odyssey Project offers a promising journey of hope, transformation May 13, 2010 The walls of Emily Auerbach’s office are crowded with photos that show the outcomes of hard-fought success.
• Child welfare training program marks 10 years, expands access May 12, 2010 Kira Gengler and Megan Jeidy will both get their master's degrees in social work on Sunday, May 16, but they already have something their fellow graduates seek: jobs.
• Recent sightings: Study space May 10, 2010
• It's a small world (for small people) after all May 10, 2010 Lab-coated and goggled, Troy Dassler's 15 third graders are itching to power up their digital optical microscopes.
• Kindergartners stump a professor, learn about college May 5, 2010 How many clowns are there in the world? How do slugs pull their eyes into their bodies? What’s the meaning of life?
• Chancellor announces final second-round MIU awards May 3, 2010 Chancellor Biddy Martin has accepted 15 additional projects to complete the second round of funding for the Madison Initiative for Undergraduates.
• Phi Beta Kappa welcomes 173 new members April 26, 2010
• Recent sightings: Hands-on healthy April 21, 2010
• Food Summit winds up campuswide food discussion April 21, 2010 More food for thought will be on the menu on Friday, April 23 at the Day on Campus: Food Summit.