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Inside Islam Wins Award for “Groundbreaking Effort” in Web Writing about Muslims

Inside Islam: Dialogues and Debates has won one of the Sixth Annual Brass Crescent Awards, citing “a groundbreaking effort by the University of Wisconsin, Inside Islam has built a blog concurrent with podcasts and a radio show with the help of its students.” This award puts the Inside Islam team among the most influential Muslim …

Brittany Killian Awarded $6,000 to Study in Beijing

Brittany Killian was recently awarded a $6,000 scholarship from the U.S. Department of Education, International Education Program Service – Fulbright-Hays Groups Project Abroad (GPA) Project: Advanced Chinese Language Training Programs.  She will be studying abroad spring 2010 through International Academic Programs (IAP) at the CIEE Study Center Intensive Chinese Language program in Beijing. The CIEE …

Great Festivals of Japan: Experiences Abroad

Meet alumni abroad correspondents, Jeff Oloizia and Neal  Vermillion. Follow their journeys abroad on the Badgers Abroad Blog. Below is an entry from Oloizia who highlights festivals in Japan. Great Festivals of Japan: Awa Odori Step outside the glass doors of Tokushima Station on any day of the year, and you may not be overwhelmed …

UW Alumn Serves in U.S. Embassy in Baghdad

Nick Holt graduated from UW–Madison in 2002 with a BA in International Relations [now International Studies]. He studied abroad in Cairo, Egypt. After graduation he worked for international relief organizations in the West Bank, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Lebanon. He graduated with an MPA from Princeton University in 2006, and joined the U.S. State Department …

Economy May Be to Blame for Decrease in International Student Enrollment

WPR News Headline — Although more international students are enrolling at American universities, the UW–Madison has actually seen its numbers drop this year. The Institute of International Education reports foreign student enrollment nationwide has gone up eight percent, for an all time high of about 672,000 students. Jason Jonely is the Assistant Director for International …

Lodi’s International Education Week Broadens Students’ Horizons [Wisconsin State Journal]

LODI – When Max Love attended the annual International Education Week at Lodi High School as a student there, it fueled his interest in global learning and led to his desire to serve in the Peace Corps in Eastern Europe. A 2009 Lodi High School graduate, he returned to the event this year as a …

In a Few Wor(l)ds: The World Literature/s Conference – December 3-5

In a Few Wor(l)ds: The World Literature/s Conference will happen December 3-5, in the Pyle Center located at 702 Langdon Street.  The keynote address, “World Literature in a Post-Literary Age” will be given by David Damrosch from Harvard University on Thursday, December 3 at 7 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. …

Call for Abstracts & Save the Date: Sixth Annual Global Health Symposium

The Sixth Annual Global Health Symposium titled, “Wisconsin Ideas for Improving Global Health” will be held February 3, 2010, from 5-9 p.m. at the Health Sciences Learning Center, Room1306. Are you interested or engaged in global health?  The UW–Madison Center for Global Health will sponsor its sixth annual symposium to highlight the exciting global health …

UW-Madison Ranked in Top 20 of World Universities

According to the Academic Ranking of World Universities – 2009, UW–Madison is once again ranked in the top 20 (#17) of world universities compiled by Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Check out Global Higher Ed’s articles to read about the complexities inherent in rankings.

China Town Hall: Local Connections, National Reflections – Event December 8

The Madison Committee on Foreign Relations (MCFR) and the University of Wisconsin–Madison and invite you to participate in a special event, China Town Hall: Local Connections, National Reflections. The event will take place December 8 from 5:30-8:15 p.m., in the Pacific Room at the Edgewater Hotel located at 666 Wisconsin Avenue. Registration is required (details …