University of Wisconsin–Madison
UW News Release — November 10, 2010 Aphids have long been a nuisance for farmers on an island in Uganda’s Lake Victoria, and the harsh chemicals used to keep the bugs away usually mean a crop of small, wilted plants. A group of University of Wisconsin–Madison undergraduate students working with the farmers on isolated Lingira …
Chancellor Biddy Martin is leading a delegation of UW–Madison faculty and staff to Greater China, with stops in Beijing, Hong Kong, and Taipei. Dean and Vice Provost for Globalization Gilles Bousquet is part of this delegation. The return visit, which began Monday, November 1, follows the successful spring trip to Beijing, Tianjin, Hangzhou, and Shanghai. …
The New York Times — November 5, 2010 While China’s students have long filled American graduate schools, its undergraduates now represent the fastest-growing group of international students. In 2008-9, more than 26,000 were studying in the United States, up from about 8,000 eight years earlier, according to the Institute of International Education. Students are ending …
Introducing Laurie Dennis, Wisconsin China Initiative coordinator and David Joiner, director of Wisconsin Institute for Global Education and Leadership (WIGEL)! Laurie and David provided us with background on their careers and experiences, and until can you meet them in person, we hope you will enjoy meeting them through these brief biographical sketches. Welcome Laurie and …
The J.Jobe Soffa and Marguerite Jacqmin Soffa Distinguished International Visitor Fund presents “Latin America’s New Stature in the Global Economy” a talk by Dr. Luz María de la Mora Sánchez November 15, 2010 / 4:00 p.m. Pyle Center, Room 121 —————————————————————- Dr. Luz María de la Mora Sánchez, an expert in foreign trade relations and …
Since March 2010, Jake Moskol has supported the coordination, programming, project planning, and facilitation needs of UW–Madison’s Global Health Initiative (GHI). Before coming to the University of Wisconsin–Madison, he worked as a project manager at Epic implementing health information systems for health care networks around the United States. He earned an undergraduate degree from UW–Madison …
UW News Release — November 3, 2010 As part of her trip to China and Taiwan, Chancellor Biddy Martin will help to inaugurate a cutting-edge videoconferencing device now available to the greater UW–Madison campus community. Two identical Cisco TelePresence CTS 3210 units were installed on the Madison campus last week, with one unit in the …
November 2010 features the 11th annual International Opportunities Month (IOM) on the UW–Madison campus, organized by a campus-wide committee of globally focused organizations, chaired by Center for International Business Education Research (CIBER). This event is designed to coincide with the U.S. Department of State’s International Education Week. Throughout IOM, students of all majors can attend …
Turkey, one of the United States’ greatest military allies, is frequently accused of EU and human rights violations, yet U.S. money continues to flow there. Please join us for a thoughtful panel discussion on the pros and cons of U.S. involvement in Turkey, Greece, and Cyprus featuring American University Instructor Eleftherios Michael, Cato Institute Researcher …
A delegation from Zhejiang University visited UW–Madison October 25-26, and attended two days of proceedings. The delegation met with faculty and staff from the Division of International Studies, Department of Kinesiology, and College of Engineering. On Tuesday morning, Vice Provost and Dean Gilles Bousquet signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Wu Ping, the vice …