Untitled Document December 15, 2006 Contact: Ronnie Hess, Director of Communications, Division of International Studies, UW-Madison, (608) 262-5590, rlhess@wisc.edu NEW INTERNATIONAL COURSES ATTRACT NEW STUDENTS Madison, WI – Several new international studies courses will be …
Month: December 2005
UW forges new ties with Indian educators, researchers
by Paroma Basu, UW-Madison Communications The president of India, APJ Abdul Kalam, announced today an unprecedented research and education collaboration between the Indian government, several Indian universities, three international corporations and 15 U.S. universities, including …
African political cartoons inspire research on ‘subversives’
by Paroma Basu, UW-Madison Communications The politics of subversion, and the people who risk everything to shake up the status quo, fascinate Teju Olaniyan. Olaniyan, professor of English and African languages and literature and a …
Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Graduate Fellowships
Untitled Document Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Graduate Fellowships Funding is available from UW-Madison Area and International Studies Programs for Summer Intensive Language Study (2006) and Academic Year Language/Area Studies (2006-07) FLAS Fellowships are …
New maps reveal the human footprint on Earth
by Paroma Basu, UW-Madison Communications As global populations swell, farmers are cultivating more and more land in a desperate bid to keep pace with the ever-intensifying needs of humans. As a result, agricultural activity now …
WSJ N. Korea Problems Reach Beyond Weapons
The Country’s Military Might Obscure Its Other Difficulties, A Speaker Contends. SCOTT CARNEY For the Wisconsin State Journal Nuclear weapons in North Korea aren’t the biggest problem there. The biggest problem is the regime, said …