by Sandra Knisely for UW Communications A warm glass of brackish water isn’t much relief after spending a day in the sun tilling your small farm by hand and guarding your crops from animals or …
Month: September 2008
Leadership in a Crisis: The Bombing of the American Embassy in Dar es Salaam with Ambassador John E. Lange
Friday, 3 October 2008 Noon-1:30 PM Memorial Union (see Today in the Union) Free and open to the public Ambassador Lange served as Deputy Chief of Mission at the US Embassy in Dar es Salaam, …
UW-Madison European Union Center of Excellence Receives 2008-2011 Award
The Delegation of the European Commission in Washington, DC, is pleased to announce 11 “European Union Center of Excellence” awards to universities throughout the United States. These grant recipients were selected from a strong field …
Former Irish leader stresses human rights [The Daily Cardinal]
By: Kathy Mittelstadt /The Daily Cardinal – September 29, 2008 Former Ireland president Mary Robinson spoke on campus to express the need for students to fight for human rights. Mary Robinson, former president of Ireland and …
From Conquest to Camembert: Exploring Connections: Normandy-Wisconsin
5:00 p.m. Thursday October 2 Room 4151, Grainger Hall 975 University Ave. Open to the public. Reception follows. Bill Berg, French Professor A Wisconsin-Normandy Connection through Literature and Painting Professor Berg, a specialist in 19th-century …
WUN welcomes University of Alberta to network
WUN expands its membership to 18 and welcomes the University of Alberta as its second Canadian partner The Worldwide Universities Network is delighted to announce that the University of Alberta (Edmonton, Canada) has joined the …
Announcing the Utrecht University Short Stay Fellowship Deadline: Dec. 1, 2008
Utrecht University will award 7 short stay fellowships (3 months) for PhD students at WUN partner universities. The fellowship includes travel and maintenance costs. The deadline for Utrecht supervisors to file applications for the fellowships …
Upcoming Event: Global Population and the Global Environment to 2050
The Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies invites you to a free public lecture Global Population and the Global Environment to 2050 with Guest Speaker Joel Cohen Tuesday, October 7 7:00 p.m. 165 Bascom Hall, 500 …
For a Global Generation, Public Health Is a Hot Field [The Washington Post]
By David Brown, Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, September 19, 2008; A01 Courses in epidemiology, public health and global health — three subjects that were not offered by most colleges a generation ago — are …
Changing the Face of Study Abroad [The Chronicle of Higher Education]
Colleges reach out to minority students in effort to reduce racial disparities by Ingrid Norton- The Chronicle of Higher Education When Jaime Alvarez looks at his life, he sees two narratives: what might have been …