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His Excellency Knut Vollebaek. Ambassador of Norway to the United States & His Excellency Jan Kenneth Eliasson, Ambassador of Sweden to the United States, President elect of the United Nations Assembly. Place: Memorial Union, Main Lounge, 800 Langdon St., Madison, WI Time: 10am The Ambassadors are traveling across the United States in 2005 on the …
“Disaster in Darfur: Sudan’s Defiance of International Human Rights,” Friday evening, April 27 and all day Saturday, 28, 200, will gather leading Sudan specialists, including government and UN officials, human rights activists, international lawyers, investigative journalists, and scholars all of whom have played prominent roles in addressing the human rights disaster in Darfur. Free and …
Fifty UW–Madison students were awarded prestigious study-abroad scholarships this spring. The awards, ranging from $500 to $4,000 and totaling nearly $80,000, were made possible in large part through gifts such as the Study Abroad Alumni Awards and the generous contributions of committed UW–Madison alumni and friends. The students were honored at a study abroad …
UW–Madison students representing several campus-based human rights organizations explained their work at the annual Mildred Fish-Harnack Human Rights and Democracy Lecture, sponsored by the Division of International Studies and the Global Legal Studies Center. Participating were the UW–Madison chapters of Amnesty International USA, Action in Sudan, Al-Awda Wisconsin, In Your Hands and Village Health Project. …
“Amnesty exec: U.S. is abuser of rights” by Samara Kalk Derby , The Capital Times “Speaker condemns U.S.” by Sean Sullivan, The Badger Herald “U.S. violates human rights, Amnesty Int’l leader Cox declares” by Marly Schuman, The Daily Cardinal
Teaching faculty provide a laboratory for the Wisconsin Idea and a conduit for the knowledge, experiences and skills produced on campus to reach the rest of Wisconsin, the nation and the world. Whatever paths they employ, teaching faculty are instrumental in spreading knowledge to their students at the university, as well as around Wisconsin and …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: Monday, April 16, 2007 CONTACT: Ronnie Hess, UW–Madison Division of International Studies, (608) 262-5590, rlhess@wisc.edu Madison, WI — Madison, WI –Fifty UW–Madison students have been awarded prestigious study-abroad scholarships, the Division of International Studies’ International Academic Programs (IAP) announced today. The awards, totaling nearly $80,000, have been made possible in large …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: Monday, April 16, 2007 CONTACT: Ronnie Hess, University of Wisconsin–Madison Division of International Studies. (608) 262-5590, rlhess@wisc.edu Madison, WI – A group of University of Wisconsin–Madison seniors will be making history this spring when they participate in the campus’ May commencement exercises. The students are among the first graduating class of …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: April 12, 2007 CONTACT: Dianna Murphy, Associate Director, Language Institute, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Tel. (608) 262-1575, Fax (608) 890-1094, diannamurphy@wisc.edu On Thursday, April 19, the University of Wisconsin–Madison Language Institute will host over 700 high school students and their teachers for World Languages Day, an all-day event that aims to raise …
“UW prof beaten by Pakistan elite police” – The Capital Times by Doug Moe “Professor reports Pakistani assault” – The Badger Herald by Nick Penzenstadler “UW Professor attacked in Pakistan” – The Daily Cardinal by Heather Gjerde