University of Wisconsin–Madison
Last Friday the University Wisconsin Foundation hosted its annual Bascom Hill Society Autumn Dinner Event, the theme of which was international education, research, and service at UW–Madison. Dean and Vice Provost Gilles Bousquet was the emcee extraordinaire! A highlight of the evening was this video on UW–Madison’s International Learning Community (ILC). What is the ILC? …
UW–Madison News Release – October 13, 2010 Mildred Fish-Harnack, a famous University of Wisconsin–Madison alumna who was the only American executed in Nazi Germany as an underground conspirator on orders of Adolf Hitler, is being honored in an exhibit opening today (Oct. 13) and a lecture Friday, Oct. 15. A native of Milwaukee, Fish-Harnack was …
Two study abroad scholarships – one to Asia, the other to France – have been named in honor of retiring UW Foundation president Andrew “Sandy” Wilcox. The scholarships will be administered through UW–Madison’s International Academic Programs (IAP) office. Read an article about Wilcox’s retirement ceremony in The Daily Cardinal. Read the university news announcement, “Ceremony …
The Badger Herald – October 12, 2010 EXCERPT: Currently there are 5,082 international students on campus, including degree-seeking and study abroad students, as well as undergraduate, graduate and professional students. This number has grown by over 5 percent from last year at this time and 10 percent from two years ago. By far, the largest …
The Chronicle of Higher Education – October 6, 2010 EXCERPT: Universities throughout the world are increasingly focused on internationalizing, but their reasons, and the ways in which they proceed, vary widely by region. These are among the findings in a new report, “Internationalization of Higher Education: Global Trends, Regional Perspectives,” from the International Association of …
The Division of International Studies welcomed its advisory board at an evening reception on Thursday, October 7, 2010. Speaking at the reception were Anthony Carroll, vice president of Manchester Trade Ltd. and adjunct professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, and Ambassador John E. Lange (ret.), senior program officer for developing-country policy …
The Wisconsin China Initiative welcomed advisory board members from around the world for their annual leadership meeting held October 6-7, 2010. The two-day assembly began with a welcome reception and dinner, where new UW–Madison China studies faculty, Joseph Dennis, assistant professor of history, and Sida Liu, assistant professor of sociology, spoke. On Thursday, the board …
The Madison Committee on Foreign Relations (MCFR) and the University of Wisconsin–Madison invite you to participate in a special event: CHINA TOWN HALL: Local Connections, National Reflections Monday, October 18, 2010 5:30-8:15 p.m. Pacific Room, Edgewater Hotel, 666 Wisconsin Ave. Registration required (Details below) Download full event invite. The program will open with a lecture …
The Division of International Studies is proud to present the tenth annual Mildred Fish-Harnack Human Rights and Democracy Lecture. You are invited to be a part of an historic series honoring Wisconsin native and UW alum Mildred Fish-Harnack, on Friday, October 15 at 3:30 p.m. in the Pyle Center. Continuing in the tradition of attentive …
The popular Global Hot Spots Lecture Series will continue on Friday, October 15, 2010, with the talk “A Nuclear Iran?” by Andrew Kydd. This free and public lecture will take place from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. in the Pyle Center, located at 702 Langdon Street in Madison. To attend the event, registration is requested by …