CONTACT: Jeff Russell, (608) 262-7244, russell@engr.wisc.edu UW-MADISON STUDENTS IMPROVE ECUADOR WATER QUALITY MADISON – “I’ve got a project for you,” University of Wisconsin-Madison civil and environmental engineering professor Peter Bosscher told Jonathan Blanchard and Kevin …
Year: 2008
Leader of Indian university visits UW-Madison
As part of an ongoing effort to forge stronger ties with leading educational institutions in India, the University of Wisconsin-Madison is hosting P.K. Abdul Azis, the vice chancellor of India’s Aligarh Muslim University, on campus …
Area studies programs in Congress [Chronicle of Higher Education]
8/6/2008 Daily Report from The Chronicle of Higher Education Wednesday, August 6, 2008 Conservatives Claim Some Victories in Democratic Congress’s Higher-Education Bill By KELLY FIELD Washington Liberal Democrats may have drafted the Higher Education Act …
Campus film screening: Belarusian Waltz
Wisconsin Public Television, UW-Madison’s Center for Russia, East Europe and Central Asia (CREECA) , and P.O.V. present a screening of the documentary film Belarusian Waltz by Andrzej Fidy 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 5 4070 Vilas …
Eight UW–Madison Graduate Students Receive Scott Kloeck-Jenson Travel Award
Global Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison has awarded the Scott Kloeck Jenson Award to eight outstanding graduate students whose work will deepen international understanding and global social justice concerns. The grants given to the …
The (Global) Wisconsin Idea [Madison Magazine]
The university may draw them here but Middle Eastern students are forging connections – and creating a special community – throughout Madison By Jennifer Page, for Madison Magazine The growing crowd gathers in the sparse …
Language immersion programs at UW-Madison [The Capital Times]
Todd Finkelmeyer — The Capital Times 7/21/2008 The Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute and the South Asia Summer Language Institute are eight-week intensive language training programs for undergraduates, graduate students and professionals. The eight-week courses, …
For The Record: Engineers Without Borders [WISC-TV]
WISC-TV’s Neil Heinen talks with members of a University of Wisconsin-Madison group who are making life significantly better for the people of Rwanda. Click here to watch the video.
Weak dollar drives up cost of studying abroad [USA Today]
By Sarah Butrymowicz, USA TODAY For years, rising numbers of U.S. college students have been packing their bags and flying overseas, typically to Europe, for a semester or year abroad and a wealth of irreplaceable …
Universities Seek to Strengthen Ties in Africa and China [The Chronicle of Higher Education]
By Karen Fischer, The Chronicle of Higher Education Officials from research universities meeting here this week agree there is a pressing need to build stronger and more sustained partnerships with African institutions. They also concur …