University of Wisconsin–Madison
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 supports studies in humanities and social sciences. Each year, the ACLS awards fellowships and grants to researchers working in humanities …
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 nationwide, the study of Chinese and Arabic remains dwarfed by long-taught counterparts like French, German and Spanish. But they are …
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.
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 and the Global Environment (CHANGE) that prepares students to tackle global environmental problems. The certificate program will be open to …
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 distinguished public university in the United States, what is his vision of the future collaboration with Chinese institutions? How can …
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 that U.S. companies’ growth increasingly will depend upon overseas markets for sourcing components or raw materials, or for sales, or …
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 scholars coming to their campus under a new agreement between the U.S. and U.K. Fulbright Commission and Worldwide Universities Network …
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 summer international internships, the Division of International Studies announced today. The internships are given through the International Academic Internship Initiative, …
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 that develops collaboration among 18 universities here and internationally — and helps individual students. “I arrived in Madison at the …
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 invite all faculty members to apply to participate in this seminar. *International Governance* Led by Professors Jeremi Suri (History) & …