LODI – When Max Love attended the annual International Education Week at Lodi High School as a student there, it fueled his interest in global learning and led to his desire to serve in the …
Year: 2009
In a Few Wor(l)ds: The World Literature/s Conference – December 3-5
In a Few Wor(l)ds: The World Literature/s Conference will happen December 3-5, in the Pyle Center located at 702 Langdon Street. The keynote address, “World Literature in a Post-Literary Age” will be given by David …
Call for Abstracts & Save the Date: Sixth Annual Global Health Symposium
The Sixth Annual Global Health Symposium titled, “Wisconsin Ideas for Improving Global Health” will be held February 3, 2010, from 5-9 p.m. at the Health Sciences Learning Center, Room1306. Are you interested or engaged in …
UW-Madison Ranked in Top 20 of World Universities
According to the Academic Ranking of World Universities – 2009, UW-Madison is once again ranked in the top 20 (#17) of world universities compiled by Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Check out Global Higher Ed’s articles …
China Town Hall: Local Connections, National Reflections – Event December 8
The Madison Committee on Foreign Relations (MCFR) and the University of Wisconsin-Madison and invite you to participate in a special event, China Town Hall: Local Connections, National Reflections. The event will take place December 8 …
Does UW really Suffer from a Dearth of Diversity? [The Cap Times]
UW-Madison’s long-standing focus on “targeted minorities” is a much-too-provincial view of “diversity” in the global world of the 21st century. This narrow approach ignores the many channels through which students are exposed to the wide …
Engineers without Borders at UW-Madison Wins United Nations Award
UW-Madison News — MADISON – Work on a project to provide a Haitian community with hydroelectric power has won the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s chapter of Engineers Without Borders a prestigious United Nations engineering award. “This …
8th Annual International Children’s and Young Adult Literature to be Celebrated at UW-Madison
International children’s and young adult literature will be the focus of an all-day celebration at the University of Wisconsin-Madison from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 21, 2009, at the Memorial Union, 800 …
The Human Rights Initiative Presents a Lecture on Making Climate Change a Health Issue
The Human Rights Initiative invites you to a lecture, “Making Climate Change a Health Issue: The Lancet/University College of London Commission on Climate Change” by Dr. Nora Groce from the University College London, on Monday, …
Faculty Travel Grants In European Studies – Applications due December 9
Center for European Studies is pleased to announce that there are funds available for tenure-track faculty travel grants for conference attendance and international research in European Studies, including: • Several awards of approximately $600 for …