CONTACT: Severino Albuquerque, 608-262-2528, sjalbuqu@wisc.edu MADISON – The University of Wisconsin-Madison Brazil Initiative will bring faculty and alumni together with private foundations, Wisconsin businesses and state agencies to help the state better understand and engage …
Year: 2009
WAGE Awards Four Individual Research Awards Related to Globalization
The UW-Madison Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy (WAGE) is pleased to announce the winners of our 2009 Individual Research Award competition. WAGE will provide support to four research projects that explore the …
French Professor Named Knight in Order of the Academic Palms
CONTACT: Aliko Songolo, 608-262-5937, asongolo@wisc.edu MADISON – It was one of the biggest honors of his life, and Aliko Songolo doesn’t know who to thank. In March, Songolo, professor of French and Italian and African …
Sustainability to be Focus of Annual Bioethics Forum
CONTACT: Karin Borgh, 608-277-2508, karin.borgh@BTCI.ORG MADISON – Sustainability will be the focus of the eighth annual International Bioethics Forum to be held in Madison Thursday and Friday, April 23 and 24. The forum, sponsored jointly …
UW Professor Receives Lifelong Achievement Award from Indian Government
Emeritus Professor of Languages and Cultures of Asia, Prof. Usha Nilsson has been awarded one of the highest civilian honors in the field of art and culture in India, the Padmabhushan Moturi Satyanarayan Puraskar by the …
UW Professor Interviewed on World Focus Radio
Professor Aili Mari Tripp (Political Science, Gender & Women’s Studies) was a featured guest on World Focus Radio. Tune in: Online radio show on African women in power Over the past several decades, women politicians …
Ideas and Universities Seminar: Enter the Dragon? China’s Higher Education Returns to the World Community
Rui Yang Professor Faculty of Education University of Hong Kong April 20, 2009 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM The Pyle Center, 702 Langdon Street This event is free and open to the public. In the coming …
Global Hot Spots: Influenza: A Disease at the Interface of Animals and Human Beings
Chris Olsen, Associate Dean and Professor – School of Veterinary Medicine Friday, April 17 1:30pm – 2:30pm The Pyle Center, 702 Langdon St. Join Madison-area learners for a free, thought-provoking lecture series on current events …
Assistant Director of CALS International Programs Receives Honors
– John Ferrick, associate director of international programs, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Robert Heideman Award for Excellence in Public Service and Outreach Ferrick has consistently gone above and beyond expectations in developing and …
World Languages Day: Monday, April 20, 2009
World Languages Day is an educational outreach program of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Language Institute. At World Languages Day, high school students from throughout the state of Wisconsin gather on the UW-Madison campus to experience …