University of Wisconsin–Madison
UW–Madison’s long-standing focus on “targeted minorities” is a much-too-provincial view of “diversity” in the global world of the 21st century. This narrow approach ignores the many channels through which students are exposed to the wide range of subject matter, ideas, people, cultures, and attitudes that characterize UW–Madison. For starters, in 2008-09 UW–Madison undergraduates came from …
UW–Madison News — MADISON – Work on a project to provide a Haitian community with hydroelectric power has won the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s chapter of Engineers Without Borders a prestigious United Nations engineering award. “This is a huge honor, and it feels really good to have the project recognized at such a high level,” says …
International children’s and young adult literature will be the focus of an all-day celebration at the University of Wisconsin–Madison from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 21, 2009, at the Memorial Union, 800 Langdon Street, Madison, Wisconsin. The conference, entitled “Open a Book … Open a Door … Open your Mind … to …
The Human Rights Initiative invites you to a lecture, “Making Climate Change a Health Issue: The Lancet/University College of London Commission on Climate Change” by Dr. Nora Groce from the University College London, on Monday, November 23 from 3:30-5 p.m. at 206 Ingraham. Learn more about Dr. Nora Groce Professor Nora Groce is the Leonard …
Center for European Studies is pleased to announce that there are funds available for tenure-track faculty travel grants for conference attendance and international research in European Studies, including: • Several awards of approximately $600 for travel to conferences within the United States only (no international conferences). To apply, please provide a one-page description of your …
UW–Madison News Release by Masarah Van Eyck Record numbers of University of Wisconsin–Madison students are earning some of their academic credit abroad, with a participation rate that far exceeds the national average. What is more, they are increasingly choosing to study in previously non-traditional destinations such as China and India. According to the Open Doors …
Universities Offer International Resources to Help Economy at Home By Karin Fischer The Chronicle of Higher Education, November 15, 2009 Universities, with their global reach and increasingly international missions, can use their overseas connections and expertise to improve their state and local economies. That was the argument made by speakers at a panel discussion Sunday …
UW–Madison News Release by Masarah Van Eyck Before leaving for Ireland last September, University of Wisconsin–Madison student Sarah Zink wrote about her expectations of the study abroad experience that awaited her. “What I really want is an experience I can look back on as being life-changing,” Zink wrote. “I can’t wait to learn about a …
What is global competence? Can you learn it? How do you know when you have it? Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Wisconsin Public Radio’s daily call-in program about all things international, will tackle the notion of “global competence” in its broadcast on Tuesday, November 17 at 3pm (rebroadcast each evening at 9pm). The broadcast …
The University of Wisconsin–Madison – along with more than 1,000 organizations worldwide – will mark Global Entrepreneurship Week during the week of November 15. Led by its Office of Corporate Relations, the university is taking part in a number of events on and off campus, including: Entrepreneurial Boot Camp: From November 15-20, UW–Madison students will …