Lately, a number of factors have created uncertainty and confusion for international students planning to study at UW–Madison during the coming fall semester. Many international students are even wondering how they will be received on …
Month: July 2020
Wisconsin Russia Project builds avenues for virtual international collaboration
Collaborating with scholars and partners across borders can be challenging at the best of times, but a global pandemic adds an entire new layer of complication. Ted Gerber, director of the Wisconsin Russia Project (WRP) …
Grad student helping organize PPE production, COVID response in developing countries
While her University of Wisconsin-Madison engineering classmates were landing jobs or applying to graduate school, Rebecca Alcock was preparing for a summer of volunteer work in a Guatemalan mountain town and trying to sort through …
Alumni highlight: Farha Tahir
I remember hearing about the Wisconsin in Washington (WIW) program in my History of American Foreign Policy class sophomore year. It seemed like exactly the type of program I’d want to participate in, and yet, …
Chancellor speaks on COVID-19 research at Nanjing Tech Week 2020
“Chinese scientists are currently leading several of the most promising research projects at UW-Madison related to COVID-19,” said UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank, as part of her recorded remarks at last week’s “Nanjing Tech Week 2020,” …