The International Division is happy to congratulate the graduating 2021–2022 Wisconsin International Scholars and eagerly awaits their plans and goals for the future. Many look forward to volunteering, graduate school, receiving prestigious scholarships, and working …
Month: May 2022
Declare, o muse
The man on stage closes his eyes and begins to strum his silver guitar, swaying slightly with the melody, as he gently sings about pain, grief, and loss: All of them were bone All of …
Afghan evacuees enrich Wisconsin’s workforce
‘Perseverance, Determination, Scholarship, Leadership:’ WSB’s First BEL Scholars Graduate
For Business Badger Katie Haghighi (BBA ’22), the pace won’t slow after Saturday. Once the marketing and international business major has diploma in hand, she’s committing her energy and efforts to the startup she founded: …
IRIS Centers host “Teaching About Ukraine” Webinar
The Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia (CREECA), in partnership with European Studies, and the Institute for Regional and International Studies National Resource Center (IRIS NRC), hosted “Teaching About Ukraine: Webinar for K-12 …
Message from the dean: Reflections on the spring 2022 semester
The spring 2022 semester is one that many of us will remember for quite some time. In addition to a growing sense of normalcy on campus, there have been many successes that we can celebrate …
Global problem, local solution
Jenna Greene calls her contribution to Earth RepAIR, the UW-Madison team participating in the XPRIZE Carbon Removal competition—a $100 million global challenge funded by Elon Musk and the Musk Foundation—“a narrow piece of the puzzle.” …
Towards Africa-Centered AI
African studies and computer science may seem like two fields that have few ties. But senior and King-Morgridge Scholar Sheriff Issaka is blending the two through AI4Afrika—a wide-reaching project to bring African voices, narratives, and …
Bharat Biotech co-founder receives honorary degree
Often, diseases that emerge in the developing world are overlooked by researchers, with little effort going toward the development of new drugs to treat or prevent. Some of these diseases, SARS, H1N1, and Zika have …
Analyzing an ‘Erie’ algae similarity with Kenya’s Kisumu Bay
When spring comes around, freeing Lake Mendota in Madison, Wisconsin, from its annual deep freeze, Paul Block and his students study the season’s climate conditions to predict what summer has in store for the lake. …