Year: 2006

Spring World Beyond Our Borders Book Series

Untitled Document FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: 12/29/2006 CONTACT: Ronnie Hess, Director of Communications, Division of International Studies, www.international.wisc.edu, UW–Madison, (608) 262-5590, rlhess@wisc.edu BOOKS ON GLOBAL FEMINISM, PINOCHET’S CHILE HEADLINE 2007 “WORLD BEYOND OUR BORDERS” SERIES Madison, WI – Books on global feminism and Pinochet’s Chile will lead off the University of Wisconsin–Madison International Institute and …

A Wider World View (Wisconsin State Journal)

http://www.madison.com/archives/read.php?ref=/wsj/2006/12/12/0612120032.php

The Language of Business

UW–Madison’s Language Institute is helping a generation of future professionals tap the power of bilingual talents in the global marketplace. For more on this UW Business News Wire story, click on the URL below. http://buswire.ocr.wisc.edu/

WUN Call for Proposals

http://www.international.wisc.edu/WUN/WUN2006-2007cfp.pdf

Canadian Grants Initiative

http://www.international.wisc.edu/news/canada.pdf

Op.Ed.: Travel Adjusts Attitudes

Sarah Howard, a UW–Madison senior majoring in journalism and political science, writes in a Badger Herald op. ed. piece during International Education Week that “students should be praised for their decision to go [study] abroad.” To read more, go to the URL below. http://badgerherald.com/oped/2006/11/17/travel_adjusts_attit.php

New York Times Environment Reporter to Speak

Untitled Document New York Times Environment Reporter to Speak Nov. 20 at UW–Madison MADISON — New York Times environment reporter *Andrew Revkin* will give a free public lecture at 4:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 20, in the Wisconsin Historical Society Auditorium, 816 State Street. Revkin’s illustrated talk, *”The Daily Planet: A Journalist’s Search for Sustainability, from …

Here on Earth: Kamikaze Diaries

On Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders, Jean Feraca and her guest Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney, anthropology professor, University of Wisconsin–Madison and author of “Kamikaze Diaries: Reflections of Japanese Student Soldiers” examine the diaries of Japanese Kamakaze Pilots during World War II, smashing through stereotypes. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archives.cfm

International Students Share Experiences with Area Schools

by Ariane Strombom, UW–Madison Communications Each year, more than 3,000 international students from more than 100 countries study on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus. Sharing that worldly experience with the community is the inspiration behind the program International Reach… http://www.news.wisc.edu/13146.html

International Children’s Literature Conference

Untitled Document FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: Monday, November 13 CONTACT: Rachel Weiss, rweiss@wisc.edu/608-262-9224 AWARD-WINNING AUTHORS OF INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S LITERATURE TO BE FEATURED AT UW-MADISON CONFERENCE Madison, WI – Four award-winning authors will be guests of honor at an all-day conference on international children’s and young people’s literature in Madison, Saturday, November 18. The conference, “Open …