L&S News & Notes is a monthly blog and e-newsletter for faculty,
staff, graduate students and alumni and friends of the UW-Madison 
to expand.February 2010
Welcome to the first issue of 2010!
The following stories are news and events in and around the Letters & Science community.
Please look for a user survey soon in your e-mail – News & Notes will be undergoing some changes and your input will be critical to our redesign.
As always, thank you for sending in your news and continue doing so to LSNews@ls.admin.wisc.edu. Our next deadline is February 24th, 2010.
See you next month,
- Dean Gary Sandefur
February Issue printer friendly version
Top Stories
- Stimulus funding spurs collaboration, new research methods
- +700 Wisconsin high school students, teachers participate in World Languages Day
- New year brings in awards, accolades
- The Wisconsin Idea heads south over winter break
- Collaboration highlights rare Japanese books
Area Studies
- +700 Wisconsin high school students, teachers participate in World Languages Day
- LISAR welcomes Gade as Faculty Fellow
- Hot off the press: Scandinavian Studies newsletter
- Hot off the press: European Studies Alliance Newsletter
Biological & Physical Sciences
- Stimulus funding spurs collaboration, new research methods
- Comm Dis welcomes aboard Professor Ciucci
- Geography research, team attracts global news coverage
- GeoBadger sits with Michelle Obama at the State of the Union Address
- The Wisconsin Idea heads south over winter break
- Collaboration highlights rare Japanese books
- Geospatial Science Consortium builds stronger campus network
- Zoology welcomes Thiele to Department
- Bement wins Kellet Mid-Career Award
- Morales preps for spring semester with talks at UCLA, upcoming publications
- Mutlu's work on robots in NewScientist
- Anderson receives National Ground Water Association Award
College Updates
- Four L&S faculty receive development grants
- New year brings in awards, accolades
- UW support helps revive 'France Synergies' e-newsletter
- Photo: Brrrr
- Five classified staff members receive Excellence Awards
Humanities & the Arts
- One-man play confronts race issues with examination of lynching victim’s life
- RENT actor visits University Theatre, students
- Four from Hebrew Department receive Teaching Awards
- Schatzberg, Nyhart win scholarly publication awards
- Drewal completes field research in West Africa
- La Colonie graces the stage again 2/12/10
- Upcoming Special Event: Humanities in the 21st Century, 2/3/10
- Afro-American Studies Alumna publishes chronicle of civil rights activist
- Great column on Prof. Fred Cassidy, DARE
- Severn wins 2010 Presidential Honorary Membership for work with DARE
- Hall, von Schneidemessner named Fellows of Dictionary Society
- Music alumnus starring in The Lion King on Broadway
Languages & Literature
Social Sciences
- Mayors convene to assess and respond to current crisis
- Noted economist gives federal antipoverty policies a B+
- Franklin, Goldstein discuss Supreme Court ruling on corporate campaign spending
- Chase away winter blues with the Int'l Spring Program at UW Cinematheque
- Ethics Center focuses on new models of investigative journalism
- Cantor talks digital distractions, new book in The Cap Times
- Hot off the press: Comm Arts newsletter now available