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Dean Robbins

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Author of nonfiction children's books for Scholastic, Penguin Random House, Candlewick and Macmillan. Margaret and the Moon, the You Are a Star series and more.
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Legal Representation with a Heart

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By Dean Robbins
| Wisconsin Alumni
The Immigrant Justice Center at UW Law School offers free legal services for immigrants and abundant learning opportunities for students who dream of careers in immigration law. Founded in 2012, it’s one of 15 clinics that give UW law students hands-on experience with real people, helping them understand the roles and responsibilities of a practicing attorney. Director Erin Barbato ’02 currently has her hands full, given recent changes to immigration policy.
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Welcome to arts heaven

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By Dean Robbins
| Isthmus Verified
Duke Ellington’s big band sounded like no other because of his unique approach to composition. In jazz’s 20th century heyday, a composer usually started by writing a song, and then a random group of musicians performed it. Ellington flipped that script by starting with the musicians. He gathered a group of rare individuals, crafting the music around their idiosyncrasies. That gave the likes of “Mood Indigo” and “Satin Doll” their special character: passionate, playful, often profound.
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How Music Makes Us Human | On Wisconsin

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By Dean Robbins
| Wisconsin Alumni
Cavanagh sees AI as “a tool that can allow humans more time to bring our creative, critical, and emotional contributions to music.” Since becoming director of the Mead Witter School of Music in 2023, Dan Cavanagh has kept one eye on the past — maintaining the school’s excellence in classical music and jazz — and one eye on the future. He wants to equip students with the tools they’ll need to thrive in the modern world, including a grasp of rapidly changing technology.
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