Year: 2007

UW-Madison Scholar at Risk

Theoneste Rutagengwa, a highly experienced Rwandan human rights activist and journalist, is on campus this semester as a visiting scholar. His visit here is being sponsored by the Division of International Studies, the African Studies Program of the International Institute, in conjunction with the Scholars at Risk Program and the Institute for International Education’s Scholar …

UW-Madison Engineers Go Beyond Borders

The ongoing work of UW–Madison’s Engineers without Borders was featured in a recent Badger Herald article. For the story, click on the URL. http://badgerherald.com/news/2007/03/16/breaking_down_border.php

Language Institute Program Featured

The Language Institute’s new program expanding access to in-demand languages, was recently featured in On Wisconsin. The Institute is an initiative of the College of Letters and Science with substantial support from the Division of International Studies.  For more information, please click on the URL. http://www.uwalumni.com/media/images/photography/onwisconsin/pdf/Spring07Dispatches.pdf

Several Programs Partner with Wisconsin Film Festival

http://www.news.wisc.edu/13580.html

Several UW-Madison international programs partner with film festival

From University of Wisconsin–Madison News As film festivals sprout up around the state, the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s very own event returns for its ninth year, running Thursday-Sunday, April 12-15. The Wisconsin Film Festival will “unspool,” as they say in the industry, 182 films in theaters on campus and in downtown Madison. There are now film …

UW Will Act on Hermosa Situation

http://www.news.wisc.edu/13572.html

‘Cultural Activist’ Brings Spoken Word to Campus

http://www.news.wisc.edu/13566.html

Workshop to Focus on Policy Innovation for Environmental and Economic Gain

NEWS ADVISORY FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, March 12, 2007 CONTACT: Alison Alter, Associate Director of the UW–Madison Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy (WAGE): phone 608-262-9774 or abalter@wisc.edu. Innovative Environmental Governance and Regulation in the European Union: Any Lessons for US? Madison-WI – How can the US and the EU find solutions to …

WAGE- EUCE Workshop

Untitled Document NEWS ADVISORY FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, March 12, 2007 CONTACT: Alison Alter, Associate Director of the UW–Madison Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy (WAGE): phone 608-262-9774 or abalter@wisc.edu. Innovative Environmental Governance and Regulation in the European Union: Any Lessons for US? Madison-WI – How can the US and the EU find …

Deputy British Ambassador on Climate Change

Alan Charlton, Deputy British Ambassador to the United States, focused on global climate change in a talk on the Madison campus February 28. For press coverage, click on the URL below. http://www.dailycardinal.com/news/ambassador-focuses-on-climate-change.html