Madison, WI – A distinguished UW-Madison alumnus who until recently was secretary-general of the World Federation of United Nations Associations will be on campus at the end of September to meet with faculty and students, …
Year: 2005
Ten UW-Madison Students Recipients of Scott Kloeck-Jenson Awards
UW-Madison’s Global Studies program has awarded seven Scott Kloeck-Jenson Pre-Dissertation Travel Awards and three Scott Kloeck-Jenson International Internship Awards to outstanding graduate students whose work is expected to foster international understanding and serve social justice …
Professor takes grass roots health care to the world
Nursing professor Linda Baumann, whose interests range from sailing to nurses’ training in developing countries to her neighborhood’s exercise group, says she has learned to “do what you love to do until the end of …
UW Telescope May Help State Firms
Through a unique partnership, UW-Madison has helped South Africa build and fund SALT, the Southern African Large Telescope, the largest telescope in the hemisphere. The partnership is featured in WisBusiness.com http://www.wisbusiness.com/index.iml?Article=41914
South African Telescope On Line
Five years after breaking ground on a South African mountain top near the edge of the Kalahari desert, astronmers released the first images captured by SALT.
Madison World Music Festival to be Held September 15-17
Following the success of last year’s World Music Festival, this year’s festival will be held on campus from Thursday, Sept. 15-Saturday, Sept. 17. http://www.union.wisc.edu/worldmusicfest/
New Analysis of Pottery Stirs Olmec Trade Controversy
Clearing — or perhaps roiling — the murky and often contentious waters of Mesoamerican archeology, a study of 3,000-year-old pottery provides new evidence that the Olmec may not have been the mother culture after all. …
UW-Madison Sociology Professor Stephen Bunker Dies
Stephen Bunker, University of Wisconsin-Madison professor of Sociology and a well-known Latin Americanist, died in July 2005 after a long battle against cancer. The university community will feel the loss of this remarkable individual. http://www.intlstudies.wisc.edu/news/Bunker.asp
Sometimes Coming Home Is A Shock To Those Studying Abroad
Wisconsin State Journal Sunday, July 24, 2005 Denise Thornton For the State Journal As college students arrive home for the summer, many are returning to Wisconsin from classrooms around the world. Volatile international politics have …
Program immerses students into Middle Eastern languages, culture
From the La Crosse Tribune By Kate Schott Hala Ghoneim is never off duty this summer. An instructor for the Summer Arabic and Persian Immersion Program at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, she doesn’t just …