Get a sneak preview of this year’s Earth Day learning event. Across the globe, climate change has put people, animals, and plants in a constant state of movement. What do these shifts mean for our …
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Wisconsin high schoolers explore new languages and cultures at Languages of the World Day
More than 525 students from 27 Wisconsin high schools gathered recently at UW-Madison for Languages of the World Day, an event hosted by the UW Language Institute. Throughout the day, students attended presentations and interacted …
New Faculty Q&A with Jing Wang
Q&A with Jing Wang, incoming assistant professor of Race, Ethnicity, and Media. Jing will be joining the School of Journalism and Mass Communication in Fall 2023. Hometown: Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, China I come from Zhejiang Province in …
TEACH in India: Taking the Wisconsin Idea Global
In December 2022, UW School of Veterinary Medicine faculty offered a first-of-its-kind training program for Emergency Management and Research Institute (EMRI) veterinarians in Hyderabad, India, called TEACH (Training in Emergency Animal Care and Handling). Emeritus Professor Christopher Olsen, Assistant Professors Keith …
Global health among UW’s 5 hottest majors
Higher education is constantly evolving to reflect the changing interests of students and specialized needs of employers. At UW–Madison, the majors with the greatest enrollment growth are a good barometer of the university’s responsiveness to …
Research partnership helmed by UW–Madison’s Kendall and DiPrete Brown transforms lives of grandmothers and orphans in Malawi
In a small village in Malawi, a grandmother of five lost her will to live. Gogo Abiti Juma took over care for her five grandchildren after their parents died of AIDS, and the family struggled …
EWB brings hands-on design experience with Ugandan project
After a long wait, the University of Wisconsin-Madison student chapter of Engineers Without Borders will soon work with community members on the other side of the world to begin construction on two schoolhouses in rural …
Fulbright program brings visiting teachers from across Eastern Europe, Central Asia to School of Education
During a six-week stretch in the fall semester, the UW–Madison School of Education hosted 22 teachers from 12 different countries across Eastern Europe and Central Asia as part of the Fulbright Teaching Excellence and Achievement …
Alumna Kari Anderson (’04) helps families displaced by the war in Ukraine find a new path.
The first interview must be cancelled at the last minute, because another wave of Russian bombs has taken out the power and internet near Lviv, Ukraine, where Kari Anderson has been stationed for much of …
UW–Madison professor emeritus conferred honorary doctorate from University College Dublin
UW–Madison Professor Emeritus Michael Apple has been awarded an honorary doctorate from University College Dublin (UCD) in Ireland. During a ceremony on Dec. 5, UCD conferred Apple, the former John Bascom Professor of Curriculum and Instruction and …