The Mosse/Weinstein Center for Jewish Studies presents the 8th biennial Conney Conference on Jewish Arts at UW–Madison, from March 27-30. All events are free and open to the public. The Conney Conference on Jewish Arts …
Year: 2022
Ask an Expert: Why Do Global Events Cause Gas Prices To Rise in the U.S.?
Q: What are we seeing right now with gas prices and the crisis in the Ukraine? Why are gas prices so intertwined with global events? A: The price of gas has risen considerably since the …
The power of persistence: One student’s fight to educate himself and others
Growing up in a remote village of Cambodia in a country still wracked with civil war, Sarakk Rith was determined to go to school. “My father was very enthusiastic about education,” he recalls. “He didn’t …
United Nations Director Barbara Hendrie to speak about plastic pollution at March 24 Weston Roundtable
It is estimated that about 60 percent of the plastic produced in the last seven decades is in a landfill or natural environment. This sobering statistic is part of what motivates Barbara Hendrie, the Director …
Moonshine: Celebrating poetry and dance
UW–Madison dance students and others got a chance to learn from professional dancers and choreographers in a Moonshine Masterclass, held after the Dance Department’s live performance of Moonshine, a mix of music, theater, dance and …
Alumna Linda Thomas-Greenfield, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, to speak at spring commencement
Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, a top diplomat on the world stage, will take to the Camp Randall stage this May to address University of Wisconsin–Madison graduates. Thomas-Greenfield, the United States Ambassador to the United Nations, will …
Kaplan receives IES grant to develop forecasting models for UN Sustainable Development Goals
UW–Madison’s David Kaplan, the Patricia Busk Professor of Quantitative Methods in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Psychology, has received a three-year, $897,000 grant from the Institute for Education Sciences to work on the …
Holly Gibbs featured in The Guardian article highlighting loopholes in Amazon soy moratorium
Nelson Institute Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment (SAGE) and Department of Geography professor Holly Gibbs is featured in a recent article from The Guardian highlighting the challenges surrounding a landmark Amazon soy moratorium. […] Read the full …
WICCI releases assessment report, ten years in the making
The Wisconsin Initiative on Climate Change Impacts (WICCI), a nationally recognized collaboration of scientists and stakeholders working together to help Wisconsin policymakers and citizens understand the impacts of climate change, has released an assessment report …
Fellowship will bring Thai cheese retailers, marketers to Wisconsin to learn about specialty cheeses
The University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences and the Center for Dairy Research will help host a group of cheese retailers and cheese marketing specialists from Thailand later this year thanks to …