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  2. Year: 2017
  3. Month: November

Month: November 2017

Africa in Our Lives: Sam Allen

Posted on November 27, 2017

UW-Madison senior Sam Allen has never taken the conventional path when it comes to his education. The Geography and International Studies major managed to integrate his passion for Swahili with a career path in the …

Posted in News, StudentsTagged Sam Allen, Tanzania

Health access program bridges micro-finance, health for Uganda’s poor

Posted on November 22, 2017

In 2008, Kevin Gibbons began research in Uganda’s fishing communities. His goal, as a student at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, was to understand how efforts to promote sustainable fisheries affected family income.

Posted in Alumni, News, Projects & InitiativesTagged Kevin Gibbons, sustainable fisheries, Uganda’s fishing communities

Icebound detector reveals how ghostly neutrinos are stopped cold

Posted on November 22, 2017

Famously, neutrinos, the nearly massless particles that are a fundamental component of the universe, can zip through a million miles of lead without skipping a beat.

Posted in News, Partnerships, ResearchTagged IceCube Neutrino Observatory, Neutrino Research

Apple gives keynote at Re-Imagining Education for Democracy Summit in Australia

Posted on November 20, 2017

UW-Madison’s Michael W. Apple delivered the keynote address at the Re-Imagining Education for Democracy Summit in Queensland, Australia, on Nov. 13.

Posted in Faculty & Staff, NewsTagged Michael W. Apple, Re-imagining Education for Democracy Summit

Grant supports Tjernström’s study of online news company in Kenya

Posted on November 20, 2017

Assistant Professor Emilia Tjernström received a grant to measure the effects of introducing performance-pay contracts for citizen journalists in an online English-language news company in Kenya. The study will improve understanding of whether performance contracts …

Posted in Faculty & Staff, ResearchTagged Emilia Tjernstrom, Performance contracts research

UW-Madison ranked #1 for semester study abroad participation

Posted on November 13, 2017

The University of Wisconsin–Madison has been ranked as #1 for semester-long study abroad participation among all U.S. public institutions, and #14 among all U.S. universities and colleges for total students studying abroad, up two positions …

Posted in News, Students, Study AbroadTagged International Students, open doors, Study Abroad

UW-Madison’s Apple delivers opening keynote at Conference on Peace Activism in Seoul

Posted on November 10, 2017

Earlier this fall, UW-Madison’s Michael Apple gave the opening keynote address at the 5th Anniversary PEACEMOMO Conference on Peace Activism in Seoul, Korea, and major newspapers in Seoul published interviews with Apple.

Posted in Faculty & Staff, NewsTagged Michael Apple, PEACEMOMO Conference on Peace Activism

UW Advance gives international students a taste of American life, culture, and academics

Posted on November 9, 2017

Lunch was just one of the reasons 44 undergraduates from China gathered at the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Carson Gulley Center on Oct. 13. They enjoyed a warm meal, but celebrating UW Advance was the first …

Posted in News, StudentsTagged International Students, UW Advance

Language Institute Recognized by the Wisconsin Association for Language Teachers

Posted on November 8, 2017

At its annual meeting on November 3, the Wisconsin Association for Language Teachers (WAFLT) awarded the Language Institute the 2017 Anthony H, Gradisnik Award for Outstanding Contributions to World Language Learning and Global Studies. The …

Posted in Awards & Grants, LanguagesTagged Language Institute, Wisconsin Association for Language Teachers

UW–Madison hosts 160 Pakistani Fulbright Scholars for social movement seminar

Posted on November 6, 2017

A group of 160 Fulbright Scholars from Pakistan may be pursuing their studies at universities across the U.S., but they will have one location in common—Madison, Wisconsin. For the second year in a row, UW–Madison …

Posted in Fulbright & Fellowships, NewsTagged Daniel Rosenblum Faisal Niaz Tirmizi, fulbright, Lalita du Perron, pakistan
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