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"The Revolt of the Beavers" in October at Hemsley Theatre

"The Revolt of the Beavers" will run October 3-11 at the Hemsley Theatre in Vilas Hall.

This year’s Theatre For Youth production transports young audiences to Beaverland, home of the hardworking beavers who are imprisoned by the evil Head Beaver.

Through this new musical adaptation, young visitors to Beaverland learn about bullying, environmental stewardship, and teamwork as they support the Revolt of the Beavers!
 
Performance dates are: 10/3, 10/9, 10/10 at 7:30 pm, and 10/3, 10/10, 10/11 at 2 pm. For tickets, call the Box Office at 608-265-ARTS (2787) or visit the Box Office online.

The production is written by John-Stuart Fauquet and Pete Rydberg, musically adapted from the play by Oscar Saul and Louis Lantz, and directed by John-Stuart Fauquet and Pete Rydberg. 

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Saffran will be next guest on "Office Hours"

Psychology Professor Jenny Saffran will be the next guest on "Office Hours" September 7, 2009 at 3pm CT.

Saffran is a Distinguished Professor of Psychology in Letters & Science and an investigator at the Waisman Center at UW-Madison.

Her lab, the Infant Learning Lab, has an international reputation in the area of developmental psychology and she has received a number of major awards, including several early career awards from the American Psychological Association.

Mark your calendars: September 7th at 3pm. 

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"Office Hours" tackles the economy, features econ professor John Karl Scholz

"Office Hours" is back at it - the most recent episode took a look at the current state of the economy.

Featured guests were UW Economics Professor John Karl Scholz and Real Estate and Urban Economics professor Stephen Malpezzi. The full episode is available at the Office Hours website.

The episode focuses on the current economic situation as Scholz and Malpezzi look at some of the tools used by the Obama and Bush Administrations.

Scholz is a professor in the Department of Economics and served as a deputy under secretary of the treasury during the Clinton Administration. Davis is a professor in the Real Estate and Urban Land Economics Department and before coming to UW, served on the senior staff of the Federal Reserve Board from 2002 to 2006.

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Year-long series: "Supernatural Presences in East Asian Culture"

This academic year will feature a year-long series of interdisciplinary events - "Supernatural Presences in East Asian Culture."  All events are open to the campus community and the public.

As part of the Year of the Humanities, this series will explore manifestations of the miraculous and the demonic in the cultures of Korea, Japan and China. 

Upcoming events include a community reading group at the Madison Public Library as well as public lectures and film screenings. The series culminates with ritual performance by Daoist masters, rarely seen outside of China.  Students may also earn course credit under a Directed Study rubric for taking part in the events. 

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New Book on Reducing Poverty in 21st Century

A new book "Changing Poverty, Changing Policies" is out this month and is based on a UW conference hosted by the Institute for Research on Poverty last year.

The book reviews a wide range of public policy reforms aimed at increasing the employment and earnings of low-income individuals, helping parents better balance their work and family obligations, and raising the educational attainment and skills of the next generation.

Not only does the new book provide vital knowledge about what works from some of the nation’s top poverty researchers, it also offers real hope for change—the Wisconsin Idea writ large.

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New program will help junior faculty prepare first academic books

With support from the A.W. Mellon Foundation, the Center for the Humanities is pleased to announce "First Book," a new program for tenure-track assistant professors in the humanities and interpretive social sciences.

This program is designed to provide helpful and timely feedback to junior faculty preparing their first academic book. In the pilot year, the Center for the Humanities will offer one seminar in the spring semester. 

For more information, please see the guidelines. Proposals are due October 9, 2009. 

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