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Year: 2009
Mellon Foundation Grant Establishes New Faculty Positions
CONTACT: Gary Sandefur, 608-263-2303, gsandefur@ls.admin.wisc.edu MADISON – The University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Letters and Science has received the first $400,000 of a $2.5 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The grant will …
International Education Dean Named to National Academy of Education
CONTACT: Kenneth Zeichner, 608-263-4651, zeichner@education.wisc.edu MADISON – Kenneth Zeichner, the Hoefs-Bascom Professor of Teacher Education in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction and associate dean of the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Education, has been …
Community Engagement Moves World Dance Alliance Assembly
CONTACT: Doreen Adamany, 608-262-2353, dadamany@education.wisc.edu MADISON – Madison, Wis., will become the world’s dance hot spot May 28-31 when the University of Wisconsin-Madison Dance Program hosts the World Dance Alliance-Americas (WDAA) General Assembly. Individual dance …
UW Madison Student Serves as Correspondent for National Geographic; Talks with Iraqi Refugees
Glimpse: Stories from Abroad Adam Lichtenheld “In an interdependent society, diplomacy is far too important to be entrusted to political leaders and their proxies. As a traveler, writer, and journalist, I have sought to do …
UW Students Get Other Study Abroad Options After Trip Cancellations [WISC-TV]
From WISC-TV.com MADISON, Wis. — University of Wisconsin students whose study abroad trips to Mexico were sunk because of flu concerns are being offered other options. Last Friday, university officials canceled the trips this summer …
Food Import Safety: Systems and Infrastructure
May 26 and 27 Tong Auditorium, Engineering Centers Building University of Wisconsin – Madison Registration is free. Spring Workshop of the WAGE Managing Import Safety Collaborative This workshop is designed for business, government, and nonprofit …
UW-Madison Cancels Early Summer Mexico Programs
Based on the recommendations of the university’s International Emergency Response Committee, Chancellor Biddy Martin is instructing campus units to cancel student programs in Mexico that are scheduled to depart before June 1. Programs that will …
WAGE Remaking the Developmental State Pre-dissertation Travel Awards
The Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy is pleased to announce the winners of the 2009 pre-dissertation travel awards sponsored by WAGE’s “Remaking the Developmental State” research collaborative. The graduate work of these …
Globalizing the ‘Bologna Process’: Looking Closely at Europe’s ‘Looking Out’ Strategy for Higher Education
Professor Susan Robertson, University of Bristol In this presentation I look closely at globalization of Europe’s Bologna Process (otherwise known as the external dimension) that is altering the terms and terrain of higher education both …