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.October 2009
Welcome to the October Issue of Letters & Science News & Notes. Thank you to everyone for your notes - we had some fantastic stories this month, far more than just five Top Stories.
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Top Stories
- Two political science professors published in American Political Science Review
- Congrats to Franklin: Pollster.com named a TIME Top 50 Best Website
- Interdisciplinary lecture series will focus on Hip Hop this fall
- Undergraduates unearth Menominee photos in anthropology archives
- MFA Creative Writing Program ranked 6th
Area Studies
- Fulbright Scholar brings Greenland expertise to Scandinavian Studies
- Upcoming Conference: "50th Year Anniversary of the Tragedy of American Diplomacy"
- EUCE invites two WI high school teachers participate in educational trip abroad
- Hermand receives Honored Instructors Award
- German welcomes two post-doc fellows
Biological & Physical Sciences
- Research provides a foundation for predicting climate changes in tropic high-elevations
- Undergraduate students discover invasive species in Lake Mendota
- Gilroy appointed to steering committee investigating microgravity research
- Carpenter profiled in Wisconsin Ideas series
- In Memoriam: Emeritus Professor Stanley Dodson
- Saffran talks infant learning, intelligence on "Office Hours"
- Bless awarded Frank R. Kleffner Lifetime Clinical Career Award
College Updates
- Morales wraps up busy summer with publications, lectures
- L&S arts & humanities groups complete move to U Club
Humanities & the Arts
- Waliaula wins literature prize for Swahili children's book
- Titelbaum's article one of "the ten best papers of 2008"
- Three poets coming to campus for sixth Poetry Days event
- Kindles in class? In a History 600 seminar, there are
- Interdisciplinary lecture series will focus on Hip Hop this fall
- Perry adds creative pursuits to a life of music, teaching
- Language Institute receives $550k grant from U.S. Dept of Ed
- Chazen Museum of Art, Madison arts organizations host screenings of Art:21
- LISAR Undergraduate Fellow and Forum programs now underway
- Undergraduates unearth Menominee photos in anthropology archives
- French Graduate students win HEX Grants
- "The Americana Indian" Exhibit opens at Memorial Union
- Nyhart continues tradition of leadership in the History of Science Society
- Michael Pollan visiting campus, free talk Sept. 24 for "Go Big Read"
- English student debuts African crime novel "Nairobi Heat"
- MFA Creative Writing Program ranked 6th
Languages & Literature
Social Sciences
- Two political science professors published in American Political Science Review
- Hillebrecht awarded highly competitive NSF grant
- Congrats to Franklin: Pollster.com named a TIME Top 50 Best Website
- Walters Wins the Richard D. Cudahy Writing Competition
- Goldstein partners with WI Policy Research Institute
- Hasting judges campaigns
- IRP hosts conference on disadvantaged dads and reducing child poverty
- Mohelnitzky retires from Second Harvest Foodbank