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• Services scheduled for students killed in Midvale accident Aug. 29, 2008 Memorial services have been scheduled for two of the UW-Madison students killed in a car accident during the early morning hours of Aug. 27.
• Bring out your badger with The Red Shirt Aug. 28, 2008 Badger alumni, students and fans are kicking off the season with style and substance by wearing The Red Shirt, created to reflect the University of Wisconsin-Madison tradition of spirit and giving back.
• New initiative launches to provide students with timely textbook information Aug. 27, 2008 A cooperative textbook project between the Office of the Registrar and the Division of Information Technology (DoIT) was launched on Aug. 18.
• UW-Madison responds to student deaths Aug. 27, 2008 The University of Wisconsin-Madison campus community is mourning the deaths of three of its students in a Midvale Boulevard car accident early today (Aug. 27).
• Recent sighting: Picturing Friends Aug. 26, 2008
• First-year Interest Groups take off at UW-Madison Aug. 20, 2008 Beginning as a pilot program in 2001, First-Year Interest Groups (FIGs) set out to provide diversity education, connect academic pursuits with residence life and offer integrated learning across a cohort of courses. In its first year, FIGs supported 75 students within four FIGs. Since then, the program has blossomed to more than 580 students and 31 FIGs.
• Recent sightings: Safety 24/7 Aug. 18, 2008
• What's hot this fall for UW-Madison students Aug. 18, 2008 From political blogging to plaid clothing, laptops to leggings, going green to gas-guzzler alternatives, University of Wisconsin-Madison students are leading and often creating the latest trends. With students heading back to the classroom Sept. 2, University Communications student writers Niki Fritz and Bobbi Jo Snethen took a look at the trends they are bringing with them.
• Slide show: Orientation in the wild Aug. 5, 2008 Fifty-one incoming freshmen have participated this summer in Wisconsin Basecamp, an outdoor orientation program that offers wilderness trips to students the summer before their first year at UW-Madison.
• Recent sightings: Summer SOAR July 31, 2008
• Alumni welcome new students at summer celebrations July 28, 2008 University of Wisconsin-Madison alumni in 20 U.S. cities are greeting new UW students this summer to celebrate the start of the students' college experience.
• WiscAlerts-Text closes in on milestone July 28, 2008 WiscAlerts-Text, UW-Madison’s new emergency text-messaging service, is closing in on 10,000 subscribers.
• Support available in wake of Eagle Heights death July 10, 2008 Support and resources are available to members of the UW-Madison community, particularly 2007-08 residents of Witte Hall, Susan B. Davis House, Eagle Heights and international students and scholars, in the wake of a recent student death.
• UW-Madison scanner program to benefit local retailers July 9, 2008 The University of Wisconsin-Madison is partnering with a group of downtown businesses in a high-tech effort to combat underage drinking.
• Zero-gravity team finds spray cooling works in space July 8, 2008 For the 10th consecutive year, University of Wisconsin-Madison students have found themselves floating upside down over the Gulf of Mexico.
• Wisconsin Day coming July 9 on the Big Ten Network July 7, 2008 A wide range of university broadcast programming, from classic Wisconsin football to a spoken word student group, will be featured on Wednesday, July 9, during Wisconsin Day on the Big Ten Network (BTN).
• Dance Marathon seeks leadership applicants June 30, 2008 The UW-Madison Dance Marathon organization is looking for interested students to serve on its leadership council, responsible for planning and organizing the event, which is scheduled to take place beginning at 8 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 27, and will last 16 hours.
• UW-Madison student to bike across country for local park June 20, 2008 Brian Backhaus spent his childhood fishing in the Silver Lake Park in his hometown of Manitowoc, Wis. He saw first hand the havoc excess lake plants and goose feces wreaked on the lake and the surrounding 14 acres of park.
• Great people. Great place. Fundraising initiative built around campus’s top priorities June 19, 2008 Three synergistic components define a world-class university: the most promising undergraduates, top graduate and professional students, and stellar faculty. Take away any of the three and what remains is just another university.
• A father’s legacy will help future students June 19, 2008 After her father died two years ago, Ellen Zweibel received an inheritance. She wasn't quite sure what she would do with it, but the University of Wisconsin-Madison professor knew she would like to help others.