The Division of International Studies, Wisconsin School of Business, International Institute, and Tinker Committee are pleased to announce two funding opportunities to invite international business faculty and executives to UW–Madison. These opportunities are part of …
Month: February 2010
From Madison to Montpellier: Training “Global Scientists”
Think science is a universal language? Think again. In 2005 Caitilyn Allen and Don Waller, faculty in the Department of Plant Pathology and the Department of Botany respectively, created a graduate exchange program between the …
Interest from International Students Increases at UW-Madison (WSJ)
UW-Madison applications rise as interest from international students increases Wisconsin State Journal, February 5, 2010 About 26 percent more international students applied for admission to UW-Madison’s fall freshman class, causing a bump in overall undergraduate …
Learn More about Global Legal Studies, Attend the Spring 2010 Events
Highlighting the many global centers on campus provides a greater understanding of our international efforts as a campus. Under the umbrella of the Institute for Legal Studies, Global Legal Studies Center (GLS) is a joint …
Does Addressing Climate Change Have Benefits?
Last week’s Global Hot Spots lecture by Jonathan Patz drew a full audience eager to understand the financial and human benefits to addressing climate change. Jonathan Patz, MD, MPP, directs Global Environmental Health at UW–Madison …
Funding Opportunity: International Institute Seminar Series
The International Institute, with generous support from the Division of International Studies and Global Studies, announces a competition for funding to support Seminar Series in International Studies. $5,000 will be granted to one or more …
Students Use Computing Skills to Hasten Haiti Relief Efforts
UW–Madison News — February 1, 2010 — “I have this bumper sticker that says, ‘Python will save the world. I don’t know how, but it will,’” says Nicholas Preston, a University of Wisconsin-Madison postdoctoral researcher. …
Funding Opportunity: Postdoctoral Fellowships to Address Global “Crossings” of Knowledge
UW–Madison News — February 4, 2010 — The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded more than $1.8 million to the University of Wisconsin-Madison to support postdoctoral fellowships in the humanities, history and humanistic social sciences. …
Celebrate International Opportunities Month this February
February 2010 features the 10th annual International Opportunities Month (IOM) on campus! The celebration is organized by a campus-wide committee of globally focused organizations, chaired by the Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER). …
Ouisconsin – Field Research Scholarship Opportunity: Applications Due Feb. 19
The earliest maps of the land that was to become our state were generated by French explorers, who transcribed the Algonquian lexicon according to French grapho-phonemic relations. Many of these early maps carry the term …