Four scholars in the College of Letters and Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison were named recipients of the 2006-2007 American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) fellowships. The ACLS is a private, non-profit federation that …
Year: 2007
Chinese and Arabic languages gain local popularity
Karyn Saemann Correspondent for The Capital Times — 8/21/2007 8:09 am Click here to read the full article. Forget Paris. Today’s kids increasingly want to speak the languages of Beijing and Baghdad. In Wisconsin and …
Chancellor Wiley discusses globalization and universities on Wisconsin Public Radio
John Wiley, University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor, talks about the globalization of American universities with Jean Feraca on Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders. Click here to listen to the broadcast.
New certificate prepares students for global change
Graduate students intrigued by large-scale environmental challenges like climate change will have a new opportunity this fall at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies will introduce a graduate-level Certificate on Humans …
Chancellor Wiley discusses his recent trip to China
Chancellor Wiley of University of Wisconsin-Madison recently returned from an 11-day trip to China, South Korea and Japan, during which he visited Beijing, Hong Kong, Seoul, and Tokyo. As the chief executive officer of this …
Today’s students will compete in globally connected market
By Frances Shuter Taylor Published in the Capital Region Business Journal The other day, I came across a telling statistic – one in five U.S. jobs is now linked to international trade. The assumption is …
Five British Universities to Waive Tuition Fees for Fulbright Scholars in WUN-Fulbright Partnership
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: June 29, 2007 CONTACT: David Pilsbury, Chief Executive, Worldwide Universities Network, D.Pilsbury@wun.ac.uk or 011-44-777-591-4865 London, England – Five universities in the United Kingdom have agreed to waive tuition fees of Fulbright …
UW-Madison Students Earn Summer International Internships
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 28, 2007 Contact: Ronnie Hess, Director of Communications, Division of International Studies, (608) 262-5590; rlhess@wisc.edu UW-MADISON STUDENTS EARN SUMMER INTERNATIONAL INTERNSHIPS Madison, WI – Fourteen University of Wisconsin-Madison students have received …
WUN featured in Capital Times
By Anita Weier, The Capital Times Peter Jones came to the University of Wisconsin-Madison from the University of Bristol thanks to a scholarship from the Worldwide Universities Network, a global research and graduate education network …
Call to Faculty to Participate in International Governance Seminar
WAGE Senior Fellows Jeremi Suri & Jonathan Zeitlin will lead a Fall ’07 Faculty Development Seminar in the Humanities on the topic of International Governance. As a co-sponsor of this seminar WAGE would like to …