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3/25/08
UW-MADISON EVENTS FORECAST: MARCH 30-APRIL 5
MADISON - The head of research at Yahoo! Research visits the University of Wisconsin-Madison to express his vision for crossing boundaries between social science and computational research. Leading economists share their insights and predictions for the economic outlook of the local and global economy. "Jeopardy!" holds auditions for a UW-Madison undergraduate to compete in the show's 2008 College Championship at the Kohl Center. These and other events are just a few of the events at UW-Madison during the week of March 30-April 5. The events listed below are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.
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Arnold Alanen: Documenting Wisconsin's Cultural Landscapes
WHEN AND WHERE: Tuesday, April 1, 11:45 a.m., University Club, 803 State St.
DETAILS: Alanen, professor of landscape architecture, studies Wisconsin's most representative and unique landscapes and the people who built, worked and lived in these places. During this lecture, he will talk about some of his favorite places in Wisconsin. Reservations are required; see the Web site for complete information. Cost: $16.50.
RELATED LINK: http://www.wisc.edu/uclub/luncheon.html
CONTACT: (608) 262-5023, uclub@bascom.wisc.edu
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Upgrading Local Enterprises in Developing Economies: Building Standards and Networks
WHEN AND WHERE: Tuesday, April 1, noon, Room 206, Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive
DETAILS: Paola Perez-Aleman, McGill University, researches institutional innovations in the private and public sectors, particularly how governments, firms and associations reshape themselves and their interactions to facilitate learning, adjustment and economic development. Her studies explore the process of upgrading the capabilities of producers in developing countries to meet international productivity and quality standards.
RELATED LINK: http://www.wage.wisc.edu/events/index.aspx?ID=408
CONTACT: (608) 265-8038, wage@intl-institute.wisc.edu
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Michael Burawoy: Conversations With Pierre Bourdieu
WHEN AND WHERE: Tuesday, April 1, and Thursday, April 3, both nights at 7 p.m., 8417 Sewell Social Sciences, 1180 Observatory Drive
DETAILS: Sponsored by the Havens Center for the Study of Social Structure and Social Change, Burawoy, a professor at the University of California-Berkeley, presents the first two in a series of six lectures drawing on his studies of industrial workplaces in different parts of the world in which he has tried to cast light on the nature of postcolonialism, on the organization of consent to capitalism, on the peculiar forms of working class consciousness and work organization in state socialism and on the dilemmas of transition from socialism to capitalism.
RELATED LINK: http://www.havenscenter.org
CONTACT: (608) 262-1420, info@havenscenter.org
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J. Barkley Rosser Memorial Lecture: New Sciences For a New Web
WHEN AND WHERE: Wednesday, April 2, 4 p.m., 1800 Engineering Hall, 1415 Engineering Drive
DETAILS: Prabhakar Raghavan, senior vice president and head of Yahoo! Research, tells how the Web has changed from humans interacting with browsers to a plethora of social media experiences. Further advances demand research that straddles the boundaries between computational and social sciences, including microeconomics, cognitive psychology and sociology. This lecture attempts to chart this interdisciplinary research agenda.
RELATED LINK: http://www.cs.wisc.edu/events.html
CONTACT: (608) 262-4196, dieter@cs.wisc.edu
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Real to Reel Cinema: In the Shadow of the Moon
WHEN AND WHERE: Wednesday, April 2, 7:30 p.m., Fredric March Play Circle Theater, Memorial Union, 800 Langdon St.
DETAILS: Discover the history and glory behind the Apollo space program through interviews with the astronauts who lived through this landmark chapter in world history. Check the Wisconsin Union Directorate Film Web site for detailed descriptions of film titles and free-screening seating policies.
RELATED LINK: http://www.union.wisc.edu/film/real.html
CONTACT: (608) 262-1143, erinhallbauer@gmail.com
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'Jeopardy!' Auditions: Brain Bus Event
WHEN AND WHERE: Thursday, April 3, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Memorial Union (check lobby for room), 800 Langdon St.
DETAILS: America's favorite quiz show rolls into the Kohl Center to tape the 2008 College Championship in April, and "Jeopardy!" is looking for UW-Madison students to compete. Attend the "Jeopardy!" Brain Bus event for a chance to audition for the show. Auditions are limited to full-time UW-Madison undergraduates who have not previously earned a bachelor's degree. A valid UW-Madison ID is required to audition.
RELATED LINK: http://www.jeopardy.wisc.edu
CONTACT: (608) 263-2400, askbucky@uwmad.wisc.edu
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Genocide in Namibia: Negotiating the Past Between Namibia and Germany?
WHEN AND WHERE: Thursday, April 3, noon, Lubar Commons, Law School, 975 Bascom Mall
DETAILS: Reinhart K��ler, University of M�nster, has published widely on Southern Africa and Namibia in particular, and on globalization and world society as well as on theory of development, social theory and methodology, political sociology, and the culture of work and time.
RELATED LINK: http://www.europeanstudiesalliance.org/calendar.htm
CONTACT: (608) 265-8032, cges@intl-institute.wisc.edu
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Economic Outlook 2008
WHEN AND WHERE: Friday, April 4, 8:30 a.m., Howard Auditorium, Fluno Center for Executive Education, 601 University Ave.
DETAILS: Four leading economists will share their insights and predictions for local, regional, national and international economies and financial markets for 2008 and beyond. Featured presenters include David Hale of Hale Advisers and China Online; Ken Mayland of Clearview Economics LLC; Elizabeth Stephenson of McKinsey and Co.; and UW-Madison's Donald S. Nichols. Cost: $355-$395 per person; see link for more details.
RELATED LINK: http://exed.wisc.edu/finance/eoc/
CONTACT: (800) 348-8964, gsrenaski@exed.wisc.edu
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- Ben Sayre, (608) 265-5359, bgsayre@wisc.edu