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.
Year: 2018
UW-MADISON WORK PRESENTED AT INTERNATIONAL ALZHEIMER’S CONFERENCE IN CHICAGO
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.
Tjernström’s research looks at natural hazards, risk attitudes
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’ …
Alumnus-led Teach for Nepal marks 5 years
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 …
UW Alumnus Named Mexican Secretary of Finance
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 …
FIRST IMPRESSIONS
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.
ASTM International awards top honor to Edil
Global standards organization ASTM International has presented its prestigious Award of Merit to Tuncer Edil, a professor emeritus of civil and environmental engineering and geological engineering.
“Ring around bathtub” at giant volcano field shows movement of subterranean magma
The Laguna del Maule volcanic complex in Chile is a large, complicated and explosive landscape that, oddly, lacks the classic cone seen on many volcanoes, including Fuego, the Guatemalan volcano that killed hundreds in a …
Study finds “hidden harvest” in world’s inland fisheries
A new study published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences says we are dramatically underestimating the role inland fisheries play in global food security.
Medtronic Partnership Gives Wisconsin MBA Students Opportunity To Experience Global Business
In a large presentation room, a Webex conference call is underway. As executives wait at a main table for the meeting to start, participants start joining remotely from all over the globe—Europe, Africa, across the …