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  • The ±«Óătv community on Thursday took part in a nationwide discussion about global warming. Nearly 20 discussions, workshops, and film screenings were held as part of Focus the Nation, a teach-in focused on finding solutions to global warming and to raising the issue’s political profile. The campuswide effort, organized by a team of 30 students [
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    January 31, 2008
  • The radio show must go on. And so it did for Arnie Arnesen, a political analyst and longtime radio and TV show host who visited ±«Óătv Tuesday to talk to students about the presidential primaries. Arnesen has been on talk radio for nearly 20 years, and each weekday hosts the Chowder in the Morning program, [
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    January 30, 2008
  • Searching for an interesting example of what ±«Óătv alumni do with their degrees? Search no further: a story that appeared this week in The Miami Herald offers an interesting look at Steve Clark, Class of ’96. Clark graduated with a philosophy degree, but instead of heavy-duty soul searching, he turned his attention to Internet searching [
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    January 25, 2008
  • Yee-Ann Cho ’90 manages a $200 million portfolio for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the world’s largest philanthropic foundation with $60 billion in resources. Listen In Go to our podcast page to hear Yee-Ann Cho ’90 discuss her work. The big numbers boggle the mind, and the grants awarded by the foundation have a [
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    January 21, 2008
  • Bob Woodruff ’83, a member of ±«Óătv’s Athletic Hall of Honor and standout lacrosse player before his career in journalism, was among seven former NCAA student-athletes to receive the prestigious 2008 NCAA Silver Anniversary Award. The award recognizes former student-athletes who have completed successful collegiate careers in various sports and have excelled in their [
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    January 14, 2008
  • Online buzz about custom coffee offered at the Barge Canal Coffee Co. – ±«Óătv’s downtown coffeehouse — has stoked sales of the roasted blend. Java-lovers from around the nation have been taking advantage of a collaborative effort between the Barge and ±«Óătv Bookstore that has resulted in easy online ordering. The buzz about the [
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    January 7, 2008
  • Mark Murphy ’77, the new president and chief executive officer of the Green Bay Packers, already knows the team’s historic stadium — Lambeau Field — pretty well. During his eight-year career as a Pro Bowl safety for the Washington Redskins he played several times at Lambeau, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year.
    December 21, 2007
  • Geology professor Connie Soja and 13 students in her Core Distinction course recently had a “wonderful conversation” with the great-great grandson of Charles Darwin, even though some 3,444 miles separated the participants. Soja’s students could see and interact with Randal Keynes, who spoke to them via a software program called Skype and whose image was [
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    December 5, 2007
  • Alumnus Mark Murphy, the man who led the ±«Óătv football team as captain and went on to lead the athletics department as director, has been named president of one of the most storied franchises in professional sports: the Green Bay Packers. The team’s board of directors on Monday unanimously approved the appointment of Murphy, 52, [
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    December 4, 2007