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  • Rebecca Skloot Goes To Johns Hopkins (soon to UW!)

    Posted on September 23, 2010

    Rebecca Skloot will be the guest speaker at Johns Hopkins’ First Annual Henrietta Lacks Memorial Lecture. Johns Hopkins is, as all readers […]

  • Rebecca Skloot At DePauw (soon to be UW!)

    Posted on September 23, 2010

    As UW-Madison ramps up for our visit with Rebecca Skloot, we will share other venues where she has, or is, appearing. Send […]

  • Chancellor’s Convocation Book Give-away

    Posted on September 2, 2010

    Volunteers from the UW-Madison libraries, the Center for the First-Year Experience (CFYE), Housing, Enrollment Management, and the Kohl Center, as well as […]

  • Courses Participating in Go Big Read

    Posted on August 20, 2010

    UW Madison instructors who incorporate the Go Big Read book into their curricula can get complimentary copies of the book for their […]

  • Go Big Read-Health Sciences Program

    Posted on August 19, 2010

    UW’s West Side Campus, which includes many health science centric institutions and schools, like the UW Hospital and Clinics, the Ebling Library […]

  • State Mandates Changes to UC Berkeley’s “On the Same Page” Program’s Use of DNA Results

    Posted on August 18, 2010

    In June, Elizabeth blogged about UC Berkeley’s “On the Same Page Program,” which usually selects a common book like we do. This […]

  • Henrietta’s Headstone Dedication

    Posted on August 18, 2010

    There are a number of smaller moments in “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” that resonate for people as much as the […]

  • Henrietta Lacks Facebook Page

    Posted on August 17, 2010

    Rebecca Skloot has created a Facebook page for Henrietta Lacks. Connect with HeLa’s profile to stay current with book and theme news. […]

  • New Book Discussion Toolkit Now Available

    Posted on August 10, 2010

    Go Big Read has developed a new toolkit for any folks planning (or that are interested in planning) a book discussion for […]

  • Tissue Donation

    Posted on July 12, 2010

    Mr. William Benedict has some interesting things to say about organ and tissue donation and its relationship to economics at a research […]

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