[UW-Madison news release] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 12/29/08 CONTACT: Sam Dennis, 608-263-7699, sfdennisjr@wisc.edu; Curt Staats, 608-274-3636, staats@wisc.edu STUDENT’S VISION COMES TO LIFE IN HONDURAS MADISON – One of the failings of university learning is that the …
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Technology, International Consortia, and Geographically Dispersed Research Teams [Global Higher Ed]
By Kris Olds, Global Higher Ed The Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) is one of several international consortia that have been created, since the late 1990s, to deepen linkages between universities. I’ve been involved with two …
European Union Center of Excellence (EUCE) 2009 Travel Grant Competition
The UW-Madison EUCE has resources available for the study of the European Union, Europe and/or EU- US relations. The EUCE will grant a small number of travel awards of up to $1,000 to UW faculty …
The Top 10 Myths About Study Abroad [U.S. News & World Report]
By Lynn F. Jacobs, Jeremy S. Hyman U.S. News & World Report Thinking you might want to study abroad? For some, it’ll prove to be one of the most rewarding, life-enhancing experiences of their college careers. …
Higher Education in a Global Society [The Chronicle of Higher Education]
By Graham Spanier for The Chronicle of Higher Education The humorist Dave Barry once observed, “Americans who travel abroad for the first time are often shocked to discover that, despite all the progress that has …
UK Funding for China-UK Solar Physics Summer School
News article Dec 19, 2008 Graham Sykes We are pleased to announce that funding has been secured to help support a summer school in Nanjing in July 2009. See: http://astronomy.nju.edu.cn/~chenpf/school09/index.htm The 2009 July 22 solar …
Call for Proposals: UW–Madison WUN International Collaboration Grants
The Division of International Studies, the College of Letters & Science, the Graduate School, and the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Administration at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, along with the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) …
Video Presentations from the Global Economic Crisis: The Untold Stories
On November 20th the Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy (WAGE) convened a panel of distinguished UW-Madison professors who offered different perspectives on the causes, consequences, and potential solutions for the global economic …
Jorge Avendaño Receives 2008 Wisconsin Global Citizen Award
Jorge Avendaño, professor of law at Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, will receive the 2008 Division of International Studies Wisconsin Global Citizen Award. Avendaño demonstrated outstanding leadership in the study of international law and furthered …
WUN Leeds Fund for International Research Collaborations 2008/09 call opens
Link. The WUN Leeds FIRC provides individual development grants of between £5,000 and £20,000 for use over an 18 months period. The aim is to provide vital seed funding to allow new, high quality, long …