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 …
Year: 2009
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 …
High School Teachers Leave for Rwanda on UW-Madison Fulbright Grant
UW-Madison News Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 6/30/09 CONTACT: Jim Delehanty, jmdeleha@wisc.edu, 608-262-4458 MADISON – This week, the University of Wisconsin-Madison African Studies Program is taking 15 high school social studies teachers and curriculum planners from …
Channel 27 News: From Tehran to Madison
Local Iranian citizen reacts to protests, unrest [Note: Mirsharifi is a doctoral student in UW-Madison’s Second Language Acquisition (SLA) program. She is teaching in the university’s summer Arabic & Persian Immersion Program (APIP) coordinated by …
UW Global Health Director Profiled in Wisconsin State Journal
Know Your Madisonian: Cynthia Haq, UW-Madison Center for Global Health From the Wisconsin State Journal June 6, 2009 Dr. Cynthia Haq directs UW-Madison’s Center for Global Health, formed in 2005. It includes students and faculty …
Badgers Abroad Blog Nominated for International Blog Award
Thanks to the superb writing of Mai Chou Her and the other UW-Madison Student Correspondents, LexioPhiles has nominated the Badgers Abroad Blog among the Top 100 International Exchange and Experience Blogs from around the world! …
CIBER Applied Funds Program
CIBER’s Applied Funds program provides grants of up to $2,000 to support travel, conference registration, and participation in faculty development programs. Deadline: Monday, June 1 Eligibility: All University of Wisconsin faculty, academic staff, and Ph.D. …
Uncertainties in Mexico: Update for Wisconsin Companies
June 16, 2009 11:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Fluno Center for Executive Education Skyview Room 601 University Avenue Mexico is Wisconsin’s second-largest trading partner and currently faces a convergence of economic, political and social uncertainties. …
New to the Video Library: Global Philanthropy and U.S. Foreign Policy
On Wednesday, May 6, Joan Spero, UW–Madison alumna and an expert in philanthropic issues, addressed an audience that included students, faculty, and community members. She spoke about the impact of Global Philanthropy and U.S. Foreign …