Earlier this month15 high school social studies teachers and curriculum planners, most from Wisconsin, left for Rwanda for 30 days. Follow their blog here. Led by faculty and staff in the University of Wisconsin-Madison African …
Month: July 2009
UW Medical Students Rave About Exchange Program
From the Capital Times: Todd Finkelmeyer — 7/20/2009 10:19 am Jason Chiang became sold on the importance of research exchange programs during his undergraduate years at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. Although Chiang has traveled …
Obama Nominates UW Alum to Run Peace Corps
From The Washington Times, June 14, 2009 By Joseph Weber President Obama on Tuesday announced his intention to nominate former Peace Corps volunteer Aaron Williams to run the federal agency. “America was built on a …
Medical School to Lead Effort to Improve Care in Ethiopia
From the Wisconsin State Journal “On Campus” blog, June 14, 2009 On Campus: University of Wisconsin Medical School to lead effort to improve care for AIDS patients in Ethiopia By DAVID WAHLBERG 608-252-6125 dwahlberg@madison.com The …
UW-Madison Russia Experts Meet with Obama at Summit
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 9, 2009 CONTACT: Nancy Heingartner, 608-265-6298, outreach@creeca.wisc.edu UW-Madison Russia Experts Make Civil Society Recommendations to President Obama and Others in Moscow Summit University of Wisconsin-Madison professors Theodore P. Gerber, Sociology, and …