FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: Monday, April 10, 2006 CONTACT: Steve Smith, Associate Director, Global Studies, sksmith@wisc.edu INTERNATIONAL OUTREACH CONFERENCE TO EXAMINE BEST PRACTICES Madison, WI –Wisconsin’s State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Elizabeth Burmaster, will be …
Year: 2006
The Capital Times: Protest in France sees law as slap against young workers
By Aaron Nathans, The Capital Times French students and young workers are fighting a new labor law in the streets because it cements their status as second-class members of the workforce, said panelists at a …
Series of UW-Madison Talks to Examine Culture, Conflict in Iraq
Untitled DocumFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ronnie Hess, Director of Communications, Division of International Studies, UW-Madison, (608) 262-5590, rlhess@wisc.edu SERIES OF UW-MADISON TALKS TO EXAMINE CULTURE, CONFLICT IN IRAQ Madison – The UW-Madison Division of International …
Serving a little dinner with your French
by Barbara Wolff, UW-Madison Communications Exquisite roast beef, among certain other things, draws Tom Rensink to dinner at the University of Wisconsin-Madison French House. “It’s simply unbelievable,” waxes Rensink, a senior in physics. The French …
Journalist Hugh Pope to Speak on UW-Madison Campus
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: April 3, 2006 CONTACT: Lara Kain (265-6298; outreach@creeca.wisc.edu) or Mustafa Ozkaynak (263-2658; mustafa_mats@yahoo.com) JOURNALIST HUGH POPE TO SPEAK ON UW-MADISON CAMPUS Madison, WI – Former Wall Street Journal correspondent Hugh Pope, …
Professor Jonathan Zeitlin on WPR on French Protests
Students and members of organized labor have been demonstrating across France recently against a new labor law. Jonathan Zeitlin, director of the Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy and professor of Sociology, Public …
French Strikes Focus of UW-Madison Panel Discussion
Untitled Document NEWS ADVISORY FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Ronnie Hess, Director of Communications, Division of International Studies, UW-Madison, (608) 262-5590, rlhess@wisc.edu FRENCH STRIKES FOCUS OF UW-MADISON PANEL DISCUSSION Madison, WI – The French student strikes …
International Institute celebrates 10 years as portal to the world
Gilles Bousquet has been dean of International Studies and director of the International Institute since 2002 and is a professor of French. When the institute was founded 10 years ago as a joint initiative of …
From neighbors to killers: Book explores the personal horror of Rwanda’s genocide
by Brian Mattmiller, UW-Madison Communications Scott Straus became a foreign correspondent stationed in central Africa in 1995, one year after one of the most unspeakable crimes in modern history: A swift genocide campaign in Rwanda …
UW-Madison Launches International Internship Program
Untitled Document FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: Monday, March 20, 2006 CONTACT: Ronnie Hess, Director of Communications, Division of International Studies, UW-Madison, (608) 262-5590, rlhess@wisc.edu UW-MADISON LAUNCHES INTERNATIONAL INTERNSHIP PROGRAM Madison, WI – Thanks to a …