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Category Archives: campus connection
Hunger, Obesity & the Food System
Ellen Gustafson, a food system change advocate and author of We the eaters: If we change dinner, we can change the world, will talk about “A New Understanding of Hunger, Obesity and the Food System” on Mon., Apr. 20 at … Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, articles, authors, books, contemporary issues lecture series, food, food additives, food policy, food supply, food system, lectures, malnutrition, nutrition policy, obesity, policy, poverty, web sites
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Pete the Cat Wears No Hat
Pete the Cat may wear no hat, but he does sport cool white shoes and groovy buttons. Eric Litwin’s Pete the Cat may be too recent to children’s picture book scene for UW-W students, but the lucky ones will have … Continue reading
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Closets, Combat, and Coming Out
Rob Smith, openly gay Iraq war Army veteran, journalist and author of Closets, combat, and coming out, will speak about his experiences on Tues., Apr. 7, at 6:30pm in the UC’s Hamilton Room. It’s a Pride Week event! Andersen Library … Continue reading
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Bicycle Season Safety
The snow season seems to have made way for spring at last, so everyone’s bikes are emerging. It’s important to ride safely, however, and to share the roads and sidewalks lawfully and politely. The March 2015 newsletter from UW-Whitewater Police … Continue reading
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Tagged automobiles, bicycles, cars, driving, government information, law, motor vehicles, ordinances, police, roads, safety, web sites, whitewater, wisconsin government
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Spring Mini-Break Library, Café hours
Were you sad when Spring Break ended? Well, have a Spring Mini-Break! Here are Andersen Library’s Mini-Break hours for Thurs.-Sun., Apr. 2-5: Thurs. Apr. 2: 7:30am-10pm Fri. Apr. 3: 8am-4:30pm Sat. Apr. 4: CLOSED Sun. Apr. 5: 6pm-2am The Food … Continue reading
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César Chávez and the Chicano Movement
Juan José López will talk about “César Chávez and the Chicano Movement” on Tues., Mar. 31, from 3:30-4:30pm in UC275A. This talk is part of the Latino Heritage Lecture Series. López is Director of Program Management & Special Populations in … Continue reading
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Tagged articles, books, Cesar Chavez, Chicano movement, diversity, history, labor, labor policy, lectures, Mexican Americans, social policy, videos
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Gödel, Escher, Bach
Douglas Hofstadter, Distinguished Professor of Cognitive Science at Indiana University in Bloomington, will talk about “Gödel, Escher, Bach: 36 years later” at 2 p.m. on Thursday, March 19, in the UC’s Summers Auditorium. He’ll discuss his perception of how things … Continue reading
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Tagged artificial intelligence, authors, books, cognitive science, consciousness, human mind, lectures, mind, physics, self-awareness, thought
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Tribal Identities and Traditional Beliefs
Gary W. Johnson, Assistant Professor of First Nation Studies at UW-Superior, will talk about “Tribal identities and traditional beliefs in contemporary society” on Wed., March 11, from 3:30-4:30pm in UC275A. It’s part of the Native Pride Lecture Series. Andersen Library … Continue reading
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Promoting Youth Empowerment and Non-Violence through Hip Hop, Chess and Martial Arts
Adisa Banjoko, activist and journalist, will talk about “Promoting Youth Empowerment and Non-Violence through Hip Hop, Chess and Martial Arts” on Mon., Mar. 9, at 7pm in the Irvin L. Young Auditorium. It’s the next installment of the Contemporary Issues … Continue reading
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Tagged articles, books, contemporary issues lecture series, federal government, government info, lectures, nonviolence, social activism, teenagers, violence prevention, web pages, youth
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Lecture on Burmese Women
Dr. Tharaphi Than, Asst. Professor of Foreign Languages & Literatures at Northern Illinois University and author of the book Women in Modern Burma, will talk about “Burmese women: Forgotten people in the making of Burma’s history” on Thurs., Mar. 5, … Continue reading
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