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 …
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Engineers without Borders at UW-Madison Wins United Nations Award
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 …
8th Annual International Children’s and Young Adult Literature to be Celebrated at UW-Madison
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 …
The Human Rights Initiative Presents a Lecture on Making Climate Change a Health Issue
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, …
Faculty Travel Grants In European Studies – Applications due December 9
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 …
UW-Madison in Top 10 in National Study-Abroad Ranking
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, …
Chronicle Covers UW’s Int’l Economic Development Taskforce
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 …
UW-Madison Students Seek International Life, Outlook
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 …
WPR’s “Here on Earth” to Discuss “Global Competence” during International Education Week
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 …
Global Entrepreneurship Week in Wisconsin – November 16 – 22
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 …