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• 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.
• http://wisconsinidea.wisc.edu/features/professor-shows-the-wonder-full-side-of-physics/ July 12, 2010 The audience laughs and applauds as the performers on stage pull trick after trick from their sleeves: suspending a ball in midair, defying gravity, turning water into ice right before people's eyes.
• Grandparents University celebrates 10 years at UW-Madison July 8, 2010 This summer marks the 10th anniversary of Grandparents University at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and nearly 900 grandparents and grandchildren will be on campus as alumni bring a new generation to experience college life through two days of interactive, hands-on learning.
• 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.
• Hip-hop workshop focuses on teaching tools April 30, 2010 Now celebrating its fifth year, the Hip-Hop Educator and Community Leader Training Institute will be held on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus from July 7-11.
• From spinning atoms to blazing stars, Science Expeditions covers all bases April 1, 2010 If there is any way to take in the full depth and breadth of the science being practiced and developed at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the eighth annual Science Expeditions celebration is the way to do it.
• University community continues Haitian relief efforts March 10, 2010 Events across the UW-Madison campus continue to provide support for Haitian earthquake relief. Thousands of dollars worth of donations have poured in already, as the university community responds to the devastation in the impoverished Caribbean nation.
• Public-private venture wins grant to extend Internet links to underserved areas March 3, 2010 A broad partnership of Madison-area education, health, government and nonprofit organizations, including the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has been awarded $5.1 million in federal stimulus funding to expand access to computer networks for underserved communities and local agencies.
• Major changes shape Morgridge Center present, future Feb. 24, 2010 Since it was founded in 1996, the Morgridge Center for Public Service at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has gained wide campus and community recognition for its leadership and advocacy role in promoting civic engagement, volunteerism and service learning.
• Open mic night part of ‘On, Wisconsin!’ contest Feb. 22, 2010 Are you eager to enter the "On, Wisconsin!" YouTube competition and win a trip to Las Vegas? Are you holding back because you don't want to deal with videotaping, uploading and other technical details?
• Pet Pals program brings joy to hospitalized children Feb. 3, 2010 It's one of the colder, snowier winter evenings, but a 5-year-old lap dog named Elvis couldn't care less.
• Seminars will make teachers climate-change ambassadors Feb. 1, 2010 The Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will join the Madison Metropolitan School District in a three-year project to prepare science teachers to be climate-literacy ambassadors in their schools and communities.
• Students use computing skills to hasten Haiti relief efforts Feb. 1, 2010 "I have this bumper sticker that says, 'Python will save the world. I don't know how, but it will,'" says Nicholas Preston, a University of Wisconsin-Madison postdoctoral researcher.
• Law students to help with foreclosure mediation Jan. 29, 2010 University of Wisconsin Law School students will help Dane County homeowners facing foreclosure take their cases through a mediation process with their lenders.
• Year of the Humanities events continue into spring Jan. 27, 2010 Languages, literary fame, poetry, filmmaking and the supernatural are topics included in the programming lineup for the spring semester of the Year of the Humanities at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
• Careers Conference to focus on turning challenges into opportunities Jan. 12, 2010 For the first time in U.S. history, four distinctly different generations are working side by side, and each of them - Matures, Baby Boomers, Generation X and Generation Y - is guided by a different set of values, beliefs and expectations.
• Free clinic aids immigrants with answers to legal questions Jan. 5, 2010 Immigrants with legal questions about their immigration status can receive help through a free clinic staffed by Madison-area attorneys and students from the University of Wisconsin Law School.
• UW-Madison, Beloit partnership produces water-run scooter Dec. 8, 2009 At first glance, a 50-cc Vespa scooter and a squad car may not appear to have much in common.
• Project helps seniors put lives on paper Dec. 8, 2009 A UW-Madison graduate student leads a workshop that will ultimately help participants at the Madison Senior Center write their own life stories.
• TechShop students help nonprofits boost social-networking profiles, interactivity Dec. 8, 2009 College students have a reputation for spending countless hours updating their Facebook status, tweeting with friends on Twitter and watching online videos.