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  2. Year: 2019
  3. Month: September

Month: September 2019

Badgers and JR Central celebrate 20 years of high-speed internships

Posted on September 27, 2019

It’s the most competitive, most sought after international internship offered by the University of Wisconsin–Madison. The JR Central Internship Program, established by Distinguished UW Alum and JR Central Chairman Emeritus Yoshiyuki Kasai, has been offering …

Posted in Alumni, Internships & Careers, StudentsTagged International Internship, japan, jr-central

Opening Eyes Around the World

Posted on September 24, 2019

In Sitapur, India, a surgeon from Suresh Chandra’s team performed a 20-minute, $25 cataract surgery on a man who was blind in both eyes. By removing the cloudy lenses that covered his eyes, Chandra’s team …

Posted in Faculty & StaffTagged blindness, india, ophthalmology, science

Senior spends summer learning Portuguese and Brazilian culture

Posted on September 20, 2019

When Chandler Maas was accepted into the Summer Intensive Portuguese Institute (SIPI), she wasn’t sure what condensing an entire year of language study into an 8-week summer session would look like. However, the UW–Madison senior …

Posted in LanguagesTagged portuguese, wisli

UW-Madison and CIEE host one-day passport event, offering up to 225 passports to encourage students to study abroad

Posted on September 13, 2019

The CIEE Passport Caravan is a one-day, on-campus event sponsored by the International Division, International Academic Programs (IAP), and the Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE). At the event, on Wednesday, September 18 from 9 …

Posted in News

Free passport photos available for UW students, faculty, and staff

Posted on September 12, 2019

UW–Madison’s International Academic Programs office is making life even easier for students preparing to study abroad. A new service will provide free passport-sized photos to all UW students, faculty, and staff to make the passport …

Posted in StudentsTagged passport, Study Abroad

Nelson Institute alumna expands community conservation efforts around the globe

Posted on September 11, 2019

From the lush rainforests of Napo Province, Ecuador to the golden shores of Coron Island in the Philippines, Nelson Institute alumna, April Sansom has traveled the world to work with communities on land rights and …

Posted in Alumni, News, Peace Corps, StudentsTagged conservation, Nelson Institute

Researchers and scholars to discuss the future of high-speed transportation in the U.S.

Posted on September 10, 2019

Speeding across the U.S. at 300 mph on a maglev train or letting the landscape blur past at over 700 mph while on a hyperloop could be a reality sooner than later. With new transportation …

Posted in NewsTagged high-speed transportation, Internships, japan

After 40 years of partnership UW– Madison and the University of Guadalajara, Mexico, expand international collaboration

Posted on September 9, 2019

This summer, the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Guadalajara in the state of Jalisco, Mexico made a decades-old partnership official with the signing of a new, three-year cooperative agreement that will expand collaboration …

Posted in News, PartnershipsTagged Mexico

Asian languages and cultures student Christine Welch embraces life’s possibilities

Posted on September 4, 2019

Christine Welch lives in a world of possibilities. Whether it is learning a fifth language, working toward a PhD in Asian languages and cultures, or opening a popular State Street eatery, nothing seems too far …

Posted in StudentsTagged a million possibilities, christine welch

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