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Design expert to critique students’ resources for homeless

March 7, 2005

Bradley Quinn, an international author and analyst of design issues, will deliver the School of Human Ecology's 2005 Ruth Ketterer Harris Memorial Lecture on Thursday, March 31.

Planetary scientist to discuss human and alien existence

March 7, 2005

One of the foremost authorities on the understanding of alien life and planetary evolution, David Grinspoon, will speak in Madison at a special lecture on Tuesday, March 8.

Expert to discuss gender equity in higher education

March 7, 2005

"Gender Equity in Higher Education: What the President of Harvard Doesn't Know" will be addressed in a presentation by Louise F. Root-Robbins, coordinator of the UW System's Status of Women Initiative, on Thursday, March 31, at the UW–Madison.

Display, ‘rock concert’ celebrate world’s oldest stone

March 7, 2005

The museum's Stony Muse project, a cross-disciplinary program that looks at various aspects of geology/geophysics and the arts and humanities, has commissioned "The Rock Concert" to bring deep time into clearer focus and to celebrate a microscopic bit of zircon that has been in residence on earth for 4.4 billion years.

Jazz diva dianne reeves to perform in Wisconsin Union Theater

March 4, 2005

Three-time Grammy winner Dianne Reeves, one of jazz's preeminent vocalists, will close the Wisconsin Union Theater season on Saturday, April 16, at 8 p.m.

DARE editor to discuss new regional English, dictionary uses

March 2, 2005

An editor for the Dictionary of American Regional English will discuss linguistic revelations at a free lecture sponsored by the UW–Madison Language Institute on Wednesday, March 16, at noon in the Memorial Union

March 21 deadline set for Small Business Tech Transfer award

March 1, 2005

Nominations for the 2005 Governor's Small Business Technology Transfer Award are due by Monday, March 21.

Economists help business execs identify trends

March 1, 2005

Four top economists will present their projections, insights and predictions at the UW–Madison's Economic Outlook at the Fluno Center, 601 University Ave., on Friday, March 4.

Canada/Wisconsin technology roundtable set for March 15

March 1, 2005

Madison will be the site of a "Canada/Wisconsin Technology Roundtable" on Tuesday, March 15.

South African ambassador to visit campus

February 25, 2005

Barbara Masekela, South Africa's ambassador to the United States, will join U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold in a panel discussion at the University of Wisconsin Law School on Friday, March 11, marking the 10th anniversary of the South African constitution.

Pianist Brendel to perform at Union Theater

February 25, 2005

Alfred Brendel, "reckoned to be the world's greatest living pianist," according to The New Yorker, will perform at the Wisconsin Union Theater on Thursday, March 31, at 8 pm.

Student exhibition explores ‘Art of the Printed Book’

February 24, 2005

The location of this exhibition couldn't be more appropriate: the second floor of the Memorial Library.