In video conference held today, UW-Madison signed an agreement with Tikrit University in Iraq to explore the feasibility of educational and scientific cooperation. The Chicago Tribune: UW-Madison to sign agreement with Iraqi school The Wisconsin …
Month: March 2009
SOS: Women at Risk in Congo Wars
Marceline Kongolo-Bice (SOS Femmes en Dangers, Democratic Republic of Congo) Will speak on “SOS: Women at Risk in Congo Wars” March 31, Tuesday 4 pm B22 Ingraham Co-sponsored by Gender and International Policy Research Center, …
The Transatlantic Agenda – A German Perspective with Ambassador Scharioth
Announcing a public lecture by Klaus Scharioth German Ambassador to the United States “The Transatlantic Agenda – A German Perspective” Wednesday, April 1 1:30-2:30pm Plenary Room, 1305 Grainger Hall Germany’s highest ranking representative to the …
UW-Madison to Sign Historic Agreement with Iraqi University
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is preparing to sign a historic agreement with one of the foremost institutions of higher education in Iraq. On Monday, March 30, UW-Madison Chancellor Biddy Martin will meet by videoconference with …
Great World Texts Program
UW Communications High school students in Wisconsin are digging into great world literature that would bewilder older and more experienced readers: “Don Quixote,” by Miguel de Cervantes, “Dante’s Inferno,” by Dante Alighieri, “One Hundred Years …
Africa Forward: Journalism and African Studies with Cyrus Farivar
Need inspiration on how to apply your interests in African Studies and Journalism after graduation? Come and meet Cyrus Farivar to find out how he went from studying abroad in UW’s Senegal program in 2003 …
High School Students at World Cinema Day View German, Iranian Cultures
CONTACT: Wendy Johnson, 608-262-1473, wsjohnso@wisc.edu MADISON – On Friday, April 3, Wisconsin high school students and teachers will participate in World Cinema Day, for an educational screening of “Football Under Cover” (Germany, 2008: in German, …
Inside Islam Receives SSRC Funding
UW-Madison’s Global Studies and the Inside Islam team have received a second year of Social Science Research Council (SSRC) funding for Inside Islam: Dialogues and Debates. Inside Islam is a collaboration of UW–Madison’s National Resource …
Organizing a World of Knowledge [Inside Higher Education]
By Elizabeth Redden, Inside Higher Education At “globalized” universities, mapping can be a challenge – mapping where and in what forms international connections and research can be found on a campus. But try mapping what’s …
Engineering Good Will in El Salvador [Greater Milwaukee Today]
By Dan Muckelbauer – GM Today Staff You wouldn’t expect detail-oriented, data-based engineering types to go all cross-cultural, change-the-world- one-village-at-a-time kumbayah. But then Engineers Without Borders at the University of Wisconsin-Madison isn’t your typical 4-year-old …