FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: February 27, 2009 CONTACT: Kimberly Coulter, (608) 261-1016, kcoulter@international.wisc.edu Madison– The Division of International Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) are pleased to announce the …
Month: February 2009
International Researchers Among Kellett Mid-Career Award Honorees
Eight faculty have received Kellett Mid-Career Awards for their research. Kellett Awards are given by the Graduate School and funded by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation. They are given to faculty who are five to …
International Researchers Among the Romnes Faculty Honorees
Nine faculty have been honored with Romnes Faculty Fellowships. The awards are given by the Graduate School and funded by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation. They recognize tenured faculty members who have attained tenure within …
Japanese Public TV Films Innovation Day Inventors at UW-Madison
by Sandra Knisely, UW-Communications A film crew representing a Japanese public broadcast station will be on the College of Engineering campus on Thursday and Friday, Feb. 26-27, to interview participants from Innovation Day, the University …
New History Course on U.S. ‘Grand Strategy’ Reaches Out to Modern Military Leaders
by Brian Mattmiller, UW Communications If ignorance of history makes one more likely to repeat it, as the saying goes, then the stakes of historical knowledge are at their highest when involving military strategy and …
Lawyer To Talk About Guantanamo Work
Jeff Colman, a 1970 history graduate from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, will visit campus Monday, March 9, and give a free public talk about his experience representing prisoners held at the U.S. Naval Base at …
Short Study-Abroad Trips Can Have Lasting Effect, Research Suggests [The Chronicle of Higher Education]
The length of time students study overseas has no significant impact on whether they become globally engaged later in life, according to researchers at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, a conclusion that is sure to …
Pre-dissertation Travel Grants: “Remaking the Developmental State”
Many analysts have argued that a rapidly changing global context has created new challenges for developing countries and for developmental states. Especially since the formation of the WTO, many of the strategies formerly used to …
“Our Campus, Our World” Social Justice Conference
Announcing the L&S Honors First Annual Social Justice Conference Call for Abstracts! We are looking for students who want to share about what they care about! We feel that our society is at a very significant crossroads …
UW-Madison Develops Career-Information Systems for Singapore
by Kerry Hill, UW-Madison Communications The Singapore Ministry of Education has awarded a four-year, $3.5 million contract to the Center on Education and Work (CEW) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s School of Education for localizing …