Year: 2008

Higher Education Summit for Global Development [The Chronicle of Higher Education]

Nearly 200 college presidents from the United States and abroad, along with dozens of corporate and foundation representatives, met at the State Department in April to discuss how they can work together to support economic and social development in poorer regions of the world. Click here to read the full article (subscription required) More information …

The Global Management Education Landscape: Shaping the Future of Business Schools [GFME]

Business schools in the United States and elsewhere all need to take a more global approach to education, according to a new report by the Global Foundation for Management Education. Click here for the full report.

UW to launch Islam radio program [The Daily Cardinal]

By: Grace Kim /The Daily Cardinal The national Social Science Research Council awarded a grant of more than $90,000 to UW–Madison’s eight Title VI National Resource Centers and Middle Eastern Studies to support the public communication regarding Islamic issues. According to Tom Asher, SSRC program officer, nine universities in addition to UW–Madison received the grant, …

Understanding the Culture of Research Collaboration: An Exploration of Global Partnerships

Friday, May 9 at 8am at the Pyle Center. Betty Rambur Ace Fellow, Office of the Provost University of Wisconsin–Madison Dean, College of Nursing and Health Sciences University of Vermont Abstract: Global partnerships with multinational teams are increasingly referenced as a means to approach the world’s most pressing problems. This interactive session details an empirically …

Human Rights International Book Series features Leigh Payne

The International Institute’s International Faculty Book Series (formerly the World Beyond Our Borders Book Series) on Human Rights around the World presents Leigh Payne (UW–Madison, Political Science) discussing her new book Unsettling Accounts: The Politics and Performance of Confessions by Perpetrators of Authoritarian State Violence (Duke University Press, 2007) Tuesday, May 6 at 7pm University …

2008 Study Abroad Photo Contest Winners Announced

CONTACT: Katie Saur, 608-890-0939, kbsaur@bascom.wisc.edu Madison, WI – International Academic Programs (IAP) in the Division of International Studies has announced the winners of the 2008 Study Abroad Photo Contest. A reception to honor the winners and have them discuss their photos will take place on Thursday, May 1st from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. in …

Students embrace Arabic in new International Learning Community

By Dana Bedessem, Division of International Studies Arabic script runs along the dormitory hall of the third floor in Adams Hall. To an outsider it looks like an intricate design flowing among the plaster, but to the residents it provides direction and introductions to their fellow floormates. This is Baytunaa, the Arabic floor in the …

UW to Launch Interactive Radio Show and Web Site on Islam and Muslims in the World

CONTACT: B. Venkat Mani, bvmani@global.wisc.edu, 608-265-2631 UW–Madison’s nine area and international studies programs, in partnership with Wisconsin Public Radio, and the Division of Information Technology (DoIT) have received a generous grant from the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) for an interactive program that will support public dissemination of scholarship on the topic of Islam. The …

UK-China partnerships and collaborations in higher education [Global Higher Ed]

Johanna Waters, Global Higher Ed. Both China (PRC) and the Hong Kong SAR offer an expanding and highly competitive market opportunity for overseas higher education institutions (HEIs). As noted in a recent report commissioned by the British Council (UK-China-Hong Kong Transnational Education Project), a number of UK HEIs are providing hundreds of new ‘international’ degree …

Migration and Human Rights Workshop

The Human Rights Initiative at the University of Wisconsin Presents: The Migration and Human Rights Workshop with Professor Zolberg and Mr. Ndjankou Thursday April 24, 2-4pm 206 Ingraham Hall Professor Zolberg presentation will be entitled: “Moving Beyond Nation-Based Human Rights” Professor Zolberg is Walter A. Eberstadt Professor of Political Science at the Graduate Faculty of …