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• Students partner with business to launch iPhone app, highlight Wisconsin-made products Feb. 23, 2011 What if you could enter a grocery store, and with the tap of your finger, determine which products were made in your state? Thanks to three UW-Madison graduate students and their partnership with a local grocery store, you now can.
• Provost update on work, class days Feb. 20, 2011
• Dance party to raise money for children’s hospital Feb. 18, 2011 University of Wisconsin-Madison students spend thousands of hours volunteering each semester. But one special service project also aims to raise more than $80,000 for American Family Children's Hospital today (Feb. 18) through the power of dance.
• UW-Madison First Wave performers head to Broadway stage Feb. 18, 2011 Four standout student performers from the groundbreaking First Wave Spoken Word and Urban Arts Learning Community at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will perform on Thursday, Feb. 24, at the New Amsterdam Theatre on New York's Broadway as part of the New York Knicks Poetry Slam Finals.
• Support offered for employment-related stress Feb. 17, 2011 The prospect of uncertainty around the state budget process has many UW-Madison students, faculty, staff, families and friends facing higher-than-normal levels of stress and anxiety. Faculty, staff and students can turn to several resources.
• Inspired by mom’s illness, student raises thousands for MS research Feb. 17, 2011 Becky Hall, a UW-Madison sophomore majoring in political science, has is on a quest to raise $50,000 for research on multiple sclerosis.
• Recent sightings: Ready, set, answers! Feb. 16, 2011
• 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.
• StoryCorps to take part in UW-Madison Peace Corps event Feb. 8, 2011 StoryCorps, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to recording, preserving, and sharing the stories of Americans from all backgrounds and beliefs, will visit the University of Wisconsin-Madison from March 24-26 as part of "Peace Corps and Africa: 50 Years," an event honoring and assessing a half-century of volunteer service.
• Dean of students: Vote in Feb. 15 primary election Feb. 8, 2011 Tuesday, Feb. 15 is Election Day. Wisconsin voters will have the chance to make their voices heard in several important state, county and local races.
• Year of the Arts events shine spotlight all over campus Feb. 8, 2011 The Year of the Arts will roll through spring semester with enticing performances and events that showcase the breadth, depth, power and purpose of the arts on campus.
• Battle of the bands helps preview new Union South Feb. 8, 2011 In anticipation of the new Union South, UW-Madison will hold a battle of the bands to help preview the facility’s state-of-the-art music venue Tuesday, Feb. 15 at the Memorial Union.
• Slide show: Snowball Fight! Feb. 2, 2011
• Share your Wisconsin experience as a guide for Visitor and Information Programs Jan. 27, 2011 Visitor and Information Programs is looking for outgoing and enthusiastic students to represent UW–Madison as information guides and tour guides beginning this spring and summer.
• New program opens doors around campus for students seeking support Jan. 25, 2011 University Health Services (UHS) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison announced the launch of Let's Talk, a program that lets UW-Madison students chat informally with staff from UHS Counseling and Consultation Services at drop-in centers around campus.
• Fund established for severely injured student Jan. 21, 2011
• Sharing the Joy: It’s a win-win situation for Badger Volunteers and community groups Jan. 18, 2011 Talk about Badger spirit. A volunteer program that started small now spreads the enthusiasm and generosity of more than 400 UW-Madison students each semester to schools, community centers, food banks and more. Starting Tuesday, Jan. 18, students can begin registering online to take part in the program during spring semester.
• UW-Madison mourns the loss of two students Jan. 15, 2011 Tommy Kuehn, Anna Shoemaker both passed away on Thursday, Jan. 13.
• Pedestrians asked to consider their safety on campus Jan. 14, 2011 Since the construction fencing went up around the site of the School of Human Ecology's addition last spring, many pedestrians at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have paid little or no attention to the signs telling them that the sidewalk on the north side of Linden Drive is closed and urging them to use the sidewalk on the south side of the roadway.
• Poster helps keep doors to learning open Jan. 12, 2011