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Update and Photos: UW Trip to China

Chancellor Biddy Martin is leading a delegation of UW–Madison faculty and staff in China; Dean of the Division of International Studies Gilles Bousquet is a member of the delegation. Follow the chancellor on Twitter and Dean Bousquet on Facebook . Also, UW Communications is covering the trip, sending updates and photos from China. See for …

WAGE: Strategies for Doing Business in India – Event April 15

Please join the Center for World Affairs and Global Economy (WAGE) on April 15 for two events on Doing Business in India: Strategies for Doing Business in India 11:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Fluno Center Registration is required with a charge for lunch. Legal Aspects of Doing Business in India Outreach Workshop 2:45 p.m. – …

UW–Madison to Welcome China’s Champions

UW–NEWS (March 26, 2010) – Eleven accomplished Chinese student-athletes will spend six months living and studying at the University of Wisconsin–Madison as part of a groundbreaking partnership with Beijing University of Sport, the foremost sports, physical education and exercise science institution in China. The group includes several Olympic medal winners. The Chinese Champions Workshop will …

International Student Services Receives MIU Funding

UW–MADISON NEWS (March 24, 2010) — University of Wisconsin–Madison Chancellor Biddy Martin has identified seven projects – ranging from enhanced advising services to better services for students with special needs – to be the first to receive funding in the second round of the Madison Initiative for Undergraduates program. Martin has also set aside funding …

Division and WAA Announce Issue 2, Wisconsin Worldview

The Division of International Studies and the Wisconsin Alumni Association (WAA) are pleased to announce the second issue of the online communique, Wisconsin Worldview, published specifically for alumni living abroad. A message from the Wisconsin Alumni Association President and CEO Paula Bonner and Division of International Studies’ Dean Gilles Bousquet: In this issue of Wisconsin …

Post-event Media: Former Special Rapporteur Addressed Violence Against Women at Annual Distinguished International Lecture Series

Yakin Ertürk, former special rapporteur to the United Nations Commission on violence against women, its causes and consequences, was this year’s distinguished speaker for the J. Jobe Soffa and Marguerite Jacqmin Soffa Distinguished International Visitor Fund lecture last Thursday, March 18, at the Pyle Center. Ertürk,  professor of sociology and head of the Gender and …

Martin Leads UW Delegation to China

UW–MADISON NEWS (March 22, 2010) — Chancellor Biddy Martin is leading a delegation of University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty and staff to China as part of her first trip to Asia as the university’s leader. Martin is visiting Beijing, Tianjin, Hangzhou and Shanghai to participate in a variety of activities designed to raise the university’s visibility …

Call for Applications: Certificate in Global Health

Would you like to develop or enhance your skills in the area of global health?  The UW–Madison Center for Global Health invites graduate and health professions students and mid-career professionals to consider applying for the Certificate in Global Health, a collaborative offering of UW faculty from the Schools of Medicine and Public Health, Nursing, Pharmacy, …

CIBER Colleague Suzanne Dove Provides a Global Perspective on Business

Wisconsin State Journal (March 20, 2010) — When Suzanne Dove graduated from West High School in 1987, she vowed never to come back to Madison to live. The daughter of respected UW–Madison McArdle Laboratory cancer researchers William Dove and Alexandra Shedlovsky Dove, Suzanne went off to see the rest of the world. For nearly 20 …

Grant to Establish Undergraduate Russian Flagship Center

UW–MADISON NEWS (March 22, 2010) — The University of Wisconsin–Madison will continue to be a national leader in language learning with the recent award of nearly $1 million from the National Security Education Program to establish an undergraduate Russian Flagship Center. The three-year grant will establish an innovative program to promote advanced language learning, giving …