By: Elizabeth Michaels /The Daily Cardinal Sen. Russ Feingold lobbied for U.S. foreign relations improvements Monday at the Memorial Union Monday as part of the Distinguished Lecture Series, sponsored by Wisconsin Union Directorate and the …
Month: March 2008
Feingold finds Wisconsinites tuned to world [The Capital Times]
Samara Kalk Derby, The Capital Times Asked what he thinks about calling in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to deal with anti-war protesters, Sen. Russ Feingold says it shouldn’t happen. “I think that public …
Three UW Faculty Receive Palmes Académiques for Work on International Environmental Project
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 3/21/08 Contact: Masarah Van Eyck, mvaneyck2@international.wisc.edu, 608-262-5590. Three University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty will be named Chevaliers de l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques in a private ceremony with the French Consul General, Jean-Baptiste de …
Listen to “Global Reach, Local Impact” from the Global Public University Series
A recording of last week’s Global Public University event is posted on UW-Madison’s Instructional Communications site. You may find and watch it here, along with last fall’s discussion with David Ward and Steven Toope: http://www.uwex.edu/ics/stream/event.cfm?eid=15670 …
UW–Madison First in U.S. to Hire Worldwide Academic Networker
UW–Madison’s Division of International Studies has appointed Kimberly Coulter, PhD, as its first Worldwide University Network (WUN) administrative program manager. Assuming the first position of its kind in the United States, Coulter is tasked with …
Health and Development in Africa: An International Dialogue
Workshop: “Health and Development in Africa: An International Dialogue”Monday, 7 April 2008 1:30 – 6:00 p.m. University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Medicine and Public Health Health Sciences Learning Center 750 Highland Avenue Auditorium (Room 1325) …
Wisconsin Passes State Resolution on International Education
CONTACT: Masarah Van Eyck, mvaneyck2@international.wisc.edu, 608-262-5592 On March 5, 2008, the Wisconsin Legislature passed a Joint Resolution on International Education. Spearheaded by Sam Dunlop of St. Norbert College, the resolution recognizes that “international education is …
Madison will host World Stem Cell Summit [Business Journal of Milwaukee]
The Business Journal of Milwaukee, March 12 Just a day after the University of Wisconsin’s patent licensing arm won a government ruling upholding a pair of key stem cell patents, Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle announced …
International Service: An Evening with Senator Feingold
7:30 pm, Monday, March 24 Great Hall, Memorial Union 800 Langdon St. “International Service: An Evening with Senator Feingold” will be on Monday, March 24 at 7:30 pm in Great Hall, Memorial Union, 800 Langdon …
UN liaison promotes health care [The Badger Herald]
by Ken Harris, The Badger Herald, Thursday, March 6, 2008 Former United Nations Food and Agriculture liaison told a group of University of Wisconsin students and faculty Wednesday the nation has an obligation to provide …