A project established in 2016 to strengthen Russian studies at UW–Madison will continue through 2020 thanks to a $900,000 award from Carnegie Corporation of New York. The renewed funding will allow the Wisconsin Russia Project …
Month: October 2018
EU Ambassador to the US and Financial Times Editor to Headline Conference on Migration and Displacement
Wars that devastated Europe over the past 100 years can still teach valuable lessons on the long-term impact of population displacement. The lasting outcomes of wars in Europe that have driven population displacement will be …
UW–Madison is top university for 2018 Fulbright DDRA awards
Seven University of Wisconsin–Madison students have been selected as recipients of the highly competitive Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) Awards. UW–Madison boasts the highest number of DDRA awardees of any university in the nation …
Going Global
UW-MADISON EAP PROGRAM LEGACY POSITIVELY IMPACTS INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENT INITIATIVES
Jessica Weeks
Jessica Weeks is fascinated by the “dark side” of international relations: dictatorships. But her award-winning research combats the black-and-white view of authoritarian regimes and democracies. Dictators at War and Peace, published in 2014, classifies regimes to better understand …
Beauty Vanishes
During more than four decades as a photographer, Michael Kienitz ’74 has worked in some of the most beautiful spots in the world — from Peru to the Hindu Kush mountain range near the Afghanistan–Pakistan border. But …
ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT: JESSICA MILLER
Studying Arabic has opened many doors to worldwide opportunities for UW-Madison alumna Jessica Miller.
Water-skiing star — and UW–Madison senior — nabs a world first in international competition
Gabbie Taschwer doesn’t quite walk on water, but she’s almost that good.