Darwin Day 2008, Evolution Matters, February 9

UW-Madison will celebrate its third annual Darwin Day, with speakers and interactive displays, on Saturday, February 9, 2008. The morning session will be held in the Microbial Sciences building, Ebling Symposium Center, from 9:00 AM until noon. Interactive displays and activities will be hosted by the UW Geology Museum, Weeks Hall, from 1:00 until 4:00 PM.

During the morning session, Professor Sean Carroll will welcome three speakers:

Don Waller (UW-Madison Botany)
“Reshaping the Tree of Life: Human Impacts on the Future of Evolution”

John Yin (UW-Madison Chemical & Biological Engineering)
“A Challenge for the Century---Given a Genome, Predict the Organism”

Neil Shubin (University of Chicago, Organismal and Evolutionary Biology)
“Discovering How Fish Evolved to Walk: The Story of Tiktaalik”

All events are free and open to the public.

Let them eat Cake! UW-Madison Birthday Party

The Wisconsin Alumni Association and University Housing wish UW-Madison a Happy 159th Birthday with free cake for students. UW-Madison held its first day of class on February 5, 1849.

In celebration, on Tuesday, February 5, UW-Madison students can enjoy a slice of birthday cake in the dining halls at Chadbourne, Liz Waters, Gordon Commons and Frank’s Place beginning at noon and continuing while supplies last.

Faculty, staff and students can also join UW alumni for more cake and a free presentation about the history of UW-Madison, with Art Hove, special assistant emeritus, at 2:00 PM, Memorial Union, Tripp Commons.

See the full news release.

Google for Academic Research, Workshop January 31

Power search with Google to remove clutter and quickly locate quality resources!

This workshop will give you hands-on practice using Google, Google Scholar, Google Patents, and Google Book Search. You will also learn how to use Find It and Refworks with Google Scholar and how to evaluate your search results to get the best information from the Web.

Google for Academic Research
Thursday, January 31 (4:00-5:15 PM)

No registration is necessary in order to attend. Check the board near the Steenbock Library entrance for room location.

Libraries in a Nutshell, Workshop January 31

Are you new to campus? Or, do you just want to learn more about what the libraries have to offer?

In either instance, the Libraries in a Nutshell workshop will be your introduction to the many resources and services UW-Madison libraries have to offer.

The workshop will review MadCat (the library catalog), journal databases, other online resources and convenience services such as book retrieval and access to your library account. There will be ample opportunity to ask questions and to discover how to obtain additional assistance in the future.

Libraries in a Nutshell
Thursday, January 31 (11:00 AM – noon)

No registration is necessary in order to attend. Check the board near the Steenbock Library entrance for room location.

Need Tax Forms?

While campus libraries do not distribute pre-printed forms and instructions, the IRS Website supplies most federal forms and guides required.

See IRS Forms and Publications page

Similarly, the state of Wisconsin makes forms and instructions available online.

Federal and Wisconsin state tax forms can be picked up at Madison Public Library branches. Please phone 266-6350 to learn what forms and instructions are available. Branch hours and locations.

For more information about the public library’ tax information and assistance opportunities, see: http://www.madisonpubliclibrary.org/calendar/tax.html