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 …
Year: 2009
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 …
Lecture: Food Security and Bioenergy
Roy F. Weston Distinguished Lecture Series in Sustainability “Food Security and Bioenergy: Approaches to assess a complex relationship – Experiences from FAO’s work in Tanzania” Presented by Andreas von Brandt, UN Food and Agriculture Organization …
German Ambassador to the U.S. Visits UW-Madison
Press Release DATE: March 20, 2009 CONTACT: Masarah Van Eyck, (608) 262-5590, mvaneyck2@international.wisc.edu Madison-German Ambassador Klaus Scharioth will give a public lecture on April 1 at UW-Madison entitled “The Transatlantic Agenda – A German Perspective.” …
The Global Financial Crisis and Implications for Wisconsin
Mark Copelovitch, Political Science Menzie Chinn, La Follette School of Public Affairs Darian Ibrahim, UW Law School Wednesday, March 25 2:45 PM – 5:30 PM Reception 5:30 PM – 6:00 PM Lubar Commons Law School …
8th Annual International Bioethics Forum: Sustainability
April 23-24, 2009 BioPharmaceutical Technology Center (Promega) Madison, WI Registration Required, Scholarships Available ABOUT THE EVENT: Join us for a lively two days of information-sharing and discussion regarding this important – and often challenging (and …
Silk Road Ensemble Concert
The Central Asian Student Association (CASA) and the Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia (CREECA) invite you to a celebration of Nawruz, the traditional Central Asian New Year, with a free concert by …
Announcing the Baltic Studies Summer Institute
The Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia (CREECA) and the Department of Scandinavian Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will host the Baltic Studies Summer Institute (BALSSI) in the summer of 2009 (June …
Sustaining Study Abroad [Inside Higher Education]
By Elizabeth Redden, Inside Higher Education Sustainable study abroad. “It almost seems like an oxymoron,” says Daniel Greenberg, executive director of Living Routes, an Amherst, Mass.-based provider that runs study abroad programs in eco-villages. The …
Five Colleges Win Diversity Award [The Badger Herald]
UW-Madison fails to make list, looks to increase efforts on campus to gain ranking By Courtney Stacy, The Badger Herald Five colleges and universities across the nation were awarded Tuesday for their outstanding efforts to …