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  2. Year: 2018
  3. Month: July

Month: July 2018

High school senior discovers a career path in STARTALK Korean Language & Culture Academy

Posted on July 31, 2018

Gabby Cunningham, 17, is a high school senior from Middleton, Wis. During the past two summers, she participated in STARTALK Korean Language & Culture Academy, a free four-week program on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus in …

Posted in Languages, StudentsTagged STARTALK Korean Language & Culture Academy

Locals reap little benefit in Laos’s controversial hydroelectricity ambitions

Posted on July 27, 2018

Mountainous and landlocked Laos, known as the “Battery of Asia,” is building dozens of dams at breakneck speed so it can sell energy to power-hungry neighbors as a fast track out of poverty.

Posted in Faculty & Staff, ResearchTagged Ian Baird, Xe-Pian Xe-Namnoy Power Co.

UW-MADISON WORK PRESENTED AT INTERNATIONAL ALZHEIMER’S CONFERENCE IN CHICAGO

Posted on July 25, 2018

More than 50 UW-Madison researchers presented work at the 2018 Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC) in Chicago, Illinois, this week. The event is the world’s largest gathering dedicated to the scientific study of dementia.

Posted in Faculty & Staff, ResearchTagged 2018 Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC), dementia

Tjernström’s research looks at natural hazards, risk attitudes

Posted on July 20, 2018

Emilia Tjernström, an assistant professor at the La Follette School, and colleagues used a 2012 cyclone in Fiji as a natural experiment to identify the impact of direct exposure to natural hazards on Fijian households’ …

Posted in Faculty & Staff, ResearchTagged Emilia Tjernstrom, La Follette School, natural hazards

Alumnus-led Teach for Nepal marks 5 years

Posted on July 16, 2018

Teach for Nepal, co-founded by Shisir Khanal (MIPA ’05), celebrated its five-year anniversary in April 2018. Adapted from Teach for America’s model, Teach for Nepal is a movement of young leaders who seek to end …

Posted in Alumni, Projects & InitiativesTagged Shisir Khanal, Teach for Nepal

UW Alumnus Named Mexican Secretary of Finance

Posted on July 10, 2018

UW alumnus Carlos Urzúa is about to be responsible for guiding the world’s 15th largest economy. Following the election of Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) in the 2018 Mexican general election, Urzúa has been named …

Posted in AlumniTagged Carlos Urzua, Mexico, Secretary of Finance

FIRST IMPRESSIONS

Posted on July 9, 2018

Few buildings in Madison are filled with more geographic diversity than Ingraham Hall, where the 2018 class of Mandela Washington Fellows gathers for regular meetings.

Posted in Partnerships, StudentsTagged mandela washington fellowship, U.S. Department of State’s Young African Leaders Initiative

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