UW-Madison alumna Mary Jane Curry recently published a book titled “Global Academic Publishing: Policies, Perspectives and Pedagogies.”
Month: April 2018
Professional Certificate in Online Education helps international educator prepare for the future
With 15 years of classroom experience and a PhD in education, Jonathan Green knows a few things about teaching and learning. But even with such a wealth of knowledge, excelling at online education can be …
How talking more can make you better at listening — to foreign languages
The typical foreign language class spends much of its time listening to fluent speakers — a teacher or a recording — and doing other comprehension-focused exercises, like matching printed words and phrases to pictures, but …
Tochon receives honorary professorship from Guangdong University of Foreign Studies
UW-Madison’s Francois Tochon was recently awarded an honorary professorship from Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, a public university located in Guangzhou, China.
Engineering faculty elected to AIMBE College of Fellows
The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has elected four faculty members and affiliates from the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering to its select College of Fellows.
Waisman Center welcomes a center leader to director position
Qiang Chang, a longstanding member of the University of Wisconsin–Madison Waisman Center’s leadership team, has been named the new director of the center following a nationwide search.
Sweetening the Process of Biomarker Discovery in Alzheimer’s Disease
Alzheimer’s disease is a common form of dementia, affecting about 5 million Americans and more than 15 million individuals worldwide. Despite its prevalence, however, many aspects of the disease’s development and progression are still poorly …