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WAGE: Economic Recovery in 2010? View from the Federal Reserve & Prospects for International Trade

Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy (WAGE) and the Madison International Trade Association (MITA) will host a program that features two economic experts who will give their views on the prospects for economic recovery in 2010. The event will take place January 12 from 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. at the Fluno Center, Skyview Room. …

Chancellor Biddy Martin Pushes International Research (WPR)

MADISON (WPR) – UW–Madison Chancellor Biddy Martin wants the Board of Regents to keep the UW System competitive in the global economy by investing in international research. At a meeting with the Regents Thursday, December 10, 2009, Martin said between more people getting college degrees, a growing emphasis on globalization, and the emergence of a …

Call for Pre-proposals: Reilly Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment

Pre-proposals are due in your Dean’s office by 12 p.m., Wednesday, February 3, 2010. Signed copies of the pre-proposals are due in the Provost’s Office, Room 117 Bascom Hall, by 12 p.m., Wednesday, February 10, 2010. The Provost’s Office is soliciting proposals from faculty, staff, and students for the spring 2010 Ira and Ineva Reilly Baldwin …

Division and WAA Announce New Communique, Wisconsin Worldview

The Division of International Studies and the Wisconsin Alumni Association (WAA) are pleased to announce their new communique, Wisconsin Worldview, designed specifically for alumni living abroad. A message from the University of Wisconsin–Madison Chancellor: It is with great enthusiasm that I welcome you to the first issue of Wisconsin Worldview,  an online publication for University …

Connect with Us!

The Division of International Studies is enjoying a busy semester and we invite you to stay connected with our internationalization efforts and news. We’ve moved our Facebook group page to a fan page. Join us.  You can also keep in touch with Dean Gilles Bousquet by joining his Facebook fan page. Finally, if you have …

UW-Madison Signs MOU With Qatar University (Gulf Times)

Gulf Times (December 8, 2009) — Qatar University (QU) has signed an agreement with the University of Wisconsin–Madison, USA, to establish a framework to explore future collaboration. At the signing ceremony yesterday, QU president Prof Sheikha Abdulla al-Misnad and director of the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s International Institute and dean of the Division of International Studies …

Chinese College Students Flocking to U.S. Campuses (USA Today)

LINCOLN, Neb. — Bojaio Sun knew next to nothing about football – or the state of Nebraska, for that matter – until he started looking for U.S. colleges and universities on the Internet. Now, as one of a growing number of Chinese students at the state’s flagship university here, he catches every game he can. …

Alumna Named Marshall Scholar

UW–Madison News (December 4, 2009) — One of the top national awards in higher education goes to a student who combines the “rigor of the scientist… and the communication skills of the humanist… with the imagination common to all great thinkers, whatever the field,” says nominator William Berg, a University of Wisconsin–Madison professor emeritus of …

Director of the Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy (WAGE) – Position Announcement

The UW–Madison Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy (WAGE) is an interdisciplinary research center focusing on the study of contemporary processes of economic globalization and its governance. WAGE pursues a four-fold mission aimed at supporting faculty research, promoting graduate education and training, building a cross-campus intellectual community, and sharing international expertise with business, …

Bousquet Presides over MOU Signing Ceremony at Qatar University

On behalf of Chancellor Martin, Gilles Bousquet, dean of the Division of International Studies, has traveled to Doha to attend the MOU signing ceremony between UW–Madison and Qatar University. Invited by Qatar University’s College of Education, among others, Dean Bousquet will also present his talk, “Beyond Internationalization: The 21st-Century Global University,” to faculty and administrators …