University of Wisconsin–Madison
The National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages held its 13th annual conference in Madison, WI last month. Dean and Vice Provost Gilles Bousquet gave welcome remarks and was also a member of the opening panel discussion “Building Language Capacity: Innovation and Collaboration,” where presenters focused on collaboration, innovation, and globalization.
UW–Madison news release CONTACT: Stacy Forster, (608) 262-0930, forster2@wisc.edu April 29, 2010–The Institute for Research on Poverty will welcome two important figures to the University of Wisconsin–Madison in May to present seminars on economic issues that affect everyone but which hit the poor especially hard. On May 4, scholar, journalist and author Richard Longworth will …
Hosted by the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the Alliance Française in Chicago, last week’s three-day program, Albert Camus: 50 Ans Après, reexamined Camus’ literary and political writings on the anniversary marking 50 years since his death. Camus, a French Algerian author, philosopher, and journalist, received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1957. He was a …
Channel3000 (April 28, 2010) — A group of University of Wisconsin–Madison students have developed a system to help give those in developing countries electricity in their homes. UW–Madison electrical engineering graduate student Dan Ludois was looking for a way to provide power to people in developing countries without any. “People want to be able to …
UW News Release (scroll down for highlights) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 4/27/10 CONTACT: Julie Stubbs, (608) 890-0370, stubbs@wisc.edu UW-MADISON UNDERGRADUATES WIN PRESTIGIOUS NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS MADISON – University of Wisconsin–Madison juniors Asad L. Asad and Nicholas Lillios have recently been awarded $30,000 each for graduate study. Asad was recently announced as one of only 20 undergraduates in …
A little over three months ago, we watched Haiti experience an earthquake of monumental proportions. People gathered around the world to support its recovery and rehabilitation by sending millions of dollars in aid, as well as its best volunteers, doctors, and social workers. One of these doctors was Ann Behrmann, assistant clinical professor of pediatrics …
April 22-24, the international colloquium Albert Camus: 50 Ans Après will be held by the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the Alliance Française in Chicago. The three-day program will reexamine Camus’ literary and political writings on the occasion of this watershed anniversary marking 50 years since his death. Camus, a French Algerian author, philosopher, and journalist, …
From Peru to China to South Africa, 1000 photos were submitted to this year’s Study Abroad Photo Contest. Winners were chosen from four different categories: Natural Landscapes, Urban Landscapes, People and Culture, and Badgers Abroad. Winning photos are currently displayed in the Red Gym Art Gallery, located at 716 Langdon Street on the second floor, …
On April 30, the La Follette Spring Symposium will present a public conference and keynote lecture on Modern Day Slavery. The symposium will include panels on topics such as: An overview of the broader issues of modern-day slavery The scope of the problem of modern-day slavery in Wisconsin What work is being done in the …
Jenny Parker is a student in the Professional French Masters Program at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. As part of the program she is required to do an internship in a francophone country. Because she already spent five years in France, Parker decided to do her internship in Senegal this year. In the following Q&A she …