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4/21/08
EVENTS FORECAST: WEEK OF APRIL 27-MAY 3
MADISON - Cynthia Cooper blew the whistle on one of the largest corporate frauds in U.S. history when she exposed internal issues at WorldCom in June 2002. Her speech, part of the Ethics and Professionalism Symposium on May 1, is just one of the public events occurring at the University of Wisconsin-Madison during the week of April 27-May 3.
The events listed below are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted. For more, visit http://www.today.wisc.edu.
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ARBORETUM WALK: WOODLAND WILDFLOWERS
WHEN AND WHERE: Sunday, April 27, 1-2:30 p.m., Arboretum Visitor Center, 1207 Seminole Highway
DETAILS: This can be a peak time for spring ephemerals such as trout lily and wood anemone. It is also time to look for returning migrant birds, such as house wrens, brown thrashers and kingbirds.
RELATED LINK: http://www.uwarboretum.org
CONTACT: (608) 263-7888, info@uwarboretum.org
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EMERITUS FACULTY LECTURES: ELOQUENCE AND EMINENCE
WHEN AND WHERE: Sunday, April 27, 2-3 p.m., Pyle Vandeberg Auditorium, Pyle Center, 702 Langdon St.
DETAILS: Join Herbert Lewis for a presentation titled "Long Lost Voices of the Wisconsin Oneidas." Refreshments served.
RELATED LINK: http://www.dcs.wisc.edu/lsa/ee.htm
CONTACT: (608) 262-3733, eauerbach@dcs.wisc.edu
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BUILDING CAPACITY FOR SUCCESSFUL COMMUNITY-BASED RESEARCH
WHEN AND WHERE: Tuesday, April 29, 5 p.m., 1345 Health Sciences Learning Center, 750 Highland Ave.
DETAILS: Join M. Christopher Gibbons, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions and Johns Hopkins Urban Health Institute and director of the Center for Community HEALTH, for this discussion presented by the School of Medicine and Public Health's Center for the Study of Diversity in Healthcare.
RELATED LINK: http://cdh.med.wisc.edu/
CONTACT: (608) 265-5996, cdh@hslc.wisc.edu
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CELEBRATION OF EXCELLENCE: NAMA AND LIFE SCIENCES COMMUNICATION
WHEN AND WHERE: Tuesday, April 29, 6-9 p.m., LSC reception area, second floor, Hiram Smith Hall, 1545 Observatory Drive
DETAILS: Join the UW-Madison student chapter of the National Agri-Marketing Association (NAMA) and the Department of Life Sciences Communication in a celebration recognizing 30 and 100 years of academic excellence. Enjoy food and refreshments, a short program and a silent auction, the proceeds from which will help fund NAMA student chapter events and travel to the annual national marketing team competition. Program starts at 6:45 p.m.
COST: Recommended donation of $25 per person
CONTACT: (608) 262-1463, doelp@wisc.edu
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GENERAL LEE'S ARMY: FROM VICTORY TO COLLAPSE
WHEN AND WHERE: Tuesday, April 29, 7 p.m., Wisconsin Veterans Museum, 30 W. Mifflin St.
DETAILS: Joseph Glatthaar of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill examines how General Lee's army almost led the South to victory and, conversely, why it lost. A 2008 Distinguished Lecture Series event.
RELATED LINK: http://wage.wisc.edu/events/?ID=424
CONTACT: (608) 265-8038, fredericks@wisc.edu
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NUTRITION, MENTAL HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE OF PALESTINIAN PRESCHOOLERS - RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY
WHEN AND WHERE: Wednesday, April 30, 5 p.m., 1309 Health Sciences Learning Center, 750 Highland Ave.
DETAILS: The Center for Global Health Seminar Series presents Salwa Massad, a doctoral candidate in population health. The resilience and vulnerability among preschoolers in the Gaza Strip was examined, using exposure to violence and deprivation as markers of stress and nutrition, mental health and quality of life as indicators of child resilience and vulnerability.
RELATED LINK: http://www.pophealth.wisc.edu/gh/index.htm
CONTACT: (608) 262-3862, teigland@wisc.edu
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WORLDCOM WHISTLEBLOWER: CYNTHIA COOPER
WHEN AND WHERE: Thursday, May 1, 4 p.m., Morgridge Auditorium, Grainger Hall, 975 University Ave.
DETAILS: Cynthia Cooper, famed WorldCom whistleblower and author of "Extraordinary Circumstances: The Journey of a Corporate Whistleblower," will speak on her experiences as former vice president of internal audit at WorldCom, where she exposed one of the largest frauds in U.S. corporate history. Cooper will speak from 4-5:30 p.m., with a reception and book signing to follow.
RELATED LINK: http://www.bus.wisc.edu/accounting/
CONTACT: (608) 262-0316, lstolarzyk@bus.wisc.edu
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HOOFER SAILING CLUB SPRING KICKOFF
WHEN AND WHERE: Thursday, May 1, 7:30-9 p.m., Memorial Union, 800 Langdon St. (check Today in the Union for room location)
DETAILS: Help Hoofer Sailing Club kick off the sailing season. Learn how you can become involved and learn how to sail.
RELATED LINK: http://www.hoofersailing.org
CONTACT: (608) 262-1630, marketing@hoofersailing.org
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- Susannah Brooks, (608) 262-3846, srbrooks2@wisc.edu