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Hess, McAvoy to receive Outstanding Book Award
The American Educational Research Association is recognizing the School of Education's Diana Hess and Paula McAvoy for “The Political Classroom: Evidence and Ethics in Democratic Education.” Read More
UW–Madison program brings Great World Texts into Wisconsin high schools
The Great World Texts program, sponsored by the Center for the Humanities, had more than 50 Wisconsin high school teachers participate last year. Read More
Libraries, Arts Institute and Chazen celebrate Shakespeare in Wisconsin 2016
UW-Madison was selected as the Wisconsin host site for “First Folio! The Book that Gave Us Shakespeare,” a national traveling exhibition. Read More
Medical physics publisher marks 30 years of success
A small Madison publisher focused on the use of radiation in medicine has just celebrated 30 years in business. Medical Physics Publishing focuses on technology used to diagnose and evaluate disability and disease - X-ray, CT, MRI, PET and ultrasound - and on radiation treatment for cancer. Read More
C-SPAN 2’s ‘Book TV’ to feature UW–Madison authors
The forecast calls for curling up with a good book. Why not choose one from a UW–Madison author? Nine will be featured in upcoming episodes of C-SPAN 2’s “Book TV.” Read More
Campus, law enforcement communities reading ‘Just Mercy’ as semester begins
Bryan Stevenson is one of the leading voices in America for reforming a justice system that produces strikingly different results depending on a defendant’s race and economic means. Readers across the UW–Madison campus and around the Madison community, including law enforcement, will join that discussion this fall as they confront the contradictions between that system and our nation’s founding principles of equality, freedom and justice. Read More
More complex Atticus Finch can lead to important discussions, says UW English professor
When readers think of Atticus Finch, they think of the virtuous lawyer from “To Kill a Mockingbird,” brought to life in the movie by Gregory Peck. But in “Go Set a Watchman,” Harper Lee’s just-released sequel, Atticus is depicted as an aging racist who has attended a Ku Klux Klan meeting and denounces desegregation — a far cry from the hero his daughter Scout looked up to — not to mention the more than 40 million people who bought the book. Read More
Go Big Read selects ‘Just Mercy’ for 2015-16
Archbishop Desmond Tutu calls Bryan Stevenson “America’s Mandela.” Stevenson has spent his career fighting for racial justice and wants his fellow Americans to realize that something is inherently wrong with the land of the free and the home of the brave having the highest incarceration rate in the world. Read More
Webinar today: Emergency savings vital to U.S. families’ financial health
A large number of American families would have trouble coming up with $400 to cope with a sudden emergency - a fact that highlights a major gap in policies intended to promote financial well-being. Read More
Calligraphy tour-de-force celebrates traditions, methods and materials of sacred texts
Scribes representing each of the Abrahamic religions shared their skills and sacred-text traditions with the community Thursday as part of the Chazen Museum of Art’s programming for “Illuminating the Word: The Saint John’s Bible,” which closed Sunday. Read More
UW-Madison center sees hope for more diversity in children’s books
As the face of America becomes increasingly diverse, the number of children’s books by and about people of color has remained stubbornly stagnant over the past 25 years, according to annual data compiled by UW–Madison’s Cooperative Children’s Book Center. But the most recent figures, released Wednesday, may contain a sliver of good news for those hoping that kids’ books will one day better reflect the population at large. Read More
Lavigna book shows managers how to engage employees
You could say that Bob Lavigna, UW–Madison’s assistant vice chancellor-human resources, wrote the book on public-sector employee engagement. And you’d be right. Read More
Madison Reads Leopold set for Saturday at UW Arboretum
The UW Arboretum's ninth annual Madison Reads Leopold event anchors the celebration of Aldo Leopold Weekend in the Madison area with a mix of citizen and celebrity readers giving voice to Leopold's "A Sand County Almanac." Read More
Journalism students explore themes with Go Big Read author
A group of inquisitive UW–Madison journalism students got an inside look at the process of writing this year’s Go Big Read selection Tuesday as they interviewed author Ruth Ozeki about her book, “A Tale For the Time Being.” Read More
Author Ruth Ozeki brings ‘A Tale for the Time Being’ to UW–Madison
Ruth Ozeki sees her work as a collaborative effort. She writes novels, but she says it’s her readers who finish the job. Read More
Jones book highlights forgotten history of March on Washington
August 28 marks the 50th anniversary of the historic March on Washington, which drew nearly 250,000 to the nation's capital. Read More
Q&A: Turning fandom into political and social action
As the public's faith in government and traditional political institutions crumbles, younger generations are taking cues from fictional wizards and TV vampires to take action on behalf of issues or causes they believe in. Read More