From Channel 3000’s “Mildred Fish-Harnack: Back To Berlin” A Wisconsin woman’s amazing story stretched beyond America’s borders to Nazi Germany, where she became a major force in the underground resistance to the Nazis and personally …
Month: November 2007
UW-Madison to celebrate international education
By: Sarah Carter /The Daily Cardinal A UW-Madison education does not just happen on campus, but stretches across the globe. This week marks the eighth annual International Education Week, and UW-Madison is recognizing its efforts …
Global engineering forum targets looming engineering shortage
by Mark Ignatowski, UW-Madison Communications The United States and the world face severe shortages of engineers by the year 2025, according to research based on U.S. Bureau of Labor data. The challenge of developing leaders …
WISCTV to Air Series on UW-Alumn, Nazi Resister
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Masarah Van Eyck, Director of Communications, Division of International Studies, mvaneyck2@international.wisc.edu, 608-262-5590 Madison—Most people wouldn’t recognize her face or her name, but this Wisconsin woman’s story stretches far beyond our borders. …
Global U: UW-Madison Receives Top Ranking in International Study Opportunities
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT: Masarah Van Eyck, Director of Communications, Division of International Studies, 608-262-5590, mvaneyck@international.wisc.edu Whether through study abroad, international teaching and research collaborations, language study, or the thousands of students from around …
Dean Bousquet: Creating a global talent pool [Wisconsin State Journal]
Wisconsin State Journal, November 8, 2007 The increasing interdependence of the world ‘s economy is practically a fixture in the news these days, and for good reason. Whether it ‘s the need for global competence …
November 12th – 16th is International Education Week
Click here to download a pdf flyer of campus events.
UW-Madison Student is Baldwin’s Guest at French President’s Speech to Congress
UW-Madison senior Lana Landgraf was the guest of Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin at today’s joint meeting of Congress honoring French President Nicolas Sarkozy. Landgraf, a native of West Allis, WI, met with Baldwin before taking a …
UW-Madison language professors quoted in the Chronicle of Higher Education
Professors Monika Chavez, Department of German and Sally Magnan, Department of French and Italian, are quoted in an article in today’s Chronicle of Higher Education: “Foreign-Language Departments Bring Everyday Texts to Teaching” by Burton Bollag …
Health toll of climate change seen as ethical crisis
by Terry Devitt, University of Wisconsin-Madison Communications The public health costs of global climate change are likely to be the greatest in those parts of the world that have contributed least to the problem, posing …