The Turkish National Agency (AA) announced that Professor Kemal H. Karpat received the Turkish Grand National Assembly’s highest Parliament Honorary Award of 2009 for his outstanding achievements in the international arena and contributions to Turkish …
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TATA Graduate Research Grants: Research on Contemporary India
The India Initiative is pleased to announce a new TATA Graduate Research Grant on Contemporary India. Applicants shall be doctoral students in good standing at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, in any of the university’s social …
Bousquet on Academic Strikes in France [The Chronicle of Higher Education]
France’s Professors Vow to Continue Fight Against Reform Efforts [The Chronicle of Higher Education] July 27, 2009 By Aisha Labi Excerpt: Some observers say the seeds of today’s faculty discontent were sown decades ago. Gilles …
High School Teachers Blog from Rwanda
Earlier this month15 high school social studies teachers and curriculum planners, most from Wisconsin, left for Rwanda for 30 days. Follow their blog. Led by faculty and staff in the University of Wisconsin-Madison African Studies …
UW Medical Students Rave About Exchange Program
From the Capital Times: Todd Finkelmeyer — 7/20/2009 10:19 am Jason Chiang became sold on the importance of research exchange programs during his undergraduate years at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. Although Chiang has traveled …
Obama Nominates UW Alum to Run Peace Corps
From The Washington Times, June 14, 2009 By Joseph Weber President Obama on Tuesday announced his intention to nominate former Peace Corps volunteer Aaron Williams to run the federal agency. “America was built on a …
Medical School to Lead Effort to Improve Care in Ethiopia
From the Wisconsin State Journal “On Campus” blog, June 14, 2009 On Campus: University of Wisconsin Medical School to lead effort to improve care for AIDS patients in Ethiopia By DAVID WAHLBERG 608-252-6125 dwahlberg@madison.com The …
UW-Madison Russia Experts Meet with Obama at Summit
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 9, 2009 CONTACT: Nancy Heingartner, 608-265-6298, outreach@creeca.wisc.edu UW-Madison Russia Experts Make Civil Society Recommendations to President Obama and Others in Moscow Summit University of Wisconsin-Madison professors Theodore P. Gerber, Sociology, and …
High School Teachers Leave for Rwanda on UW-Madison Fulbright Grant
UW-Madison News Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 6/30/09 CONTACT: Jim Delehanty, jmdeleha@wisc.edu, 608-262-4458 MADISON – This week, the University of Wisconsin-Madison African Studies Program is taking 15 high school social studies teachers and curriculum planners from …
Channel 27 News: From Tehran to Madison
Local Iranian citizen reacts to protests, unrest [Note: Mirsharifi is a doctoral student in UW-Madison’s Second Language Acquisition (SLA) program. She is teaching in the university’s summer Arabic & Persian Immersion Program (APIP) coordinated by …