Know Your Madisonian: Cynthia Haq, UW-Madison Center for Global Health From the Wisconsin State Journal June 6, 2009 Dr. Cynthia Haq directs UW-Madison’s Center for Global Health, formed in 2005. It includes students and faculty …
Steve Barcus
Story by Steve Barcus, International Division
Badgers Abroad Blog Nominated for International Blog Award
Thanks to the superb writing of Mai Chou Her and the other UW-Madison Student Correspondents, LexioPhiles has nominated the Badgers Abroad Blog among the Top 100 International Exchange and Experience Blogs from around the world! …
CIBER Applied Funds Program
CIBER’s Applied Funds program provides grants of up to $2,000 to support travel, conference registration, and participation in faculty development programs. Deadline: Monday, June 1 Eligibility: All University of Wisconsin faculty, academic staff, and Ph.D. …
Uncertainties in Mexico: Update for Wisconsin Companies
June 16, 2009 11:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Fluno Center for Executive Education Skyview Room 601 University Avenue Mexico is Wisconsin’s second-largest trading partner and currently faces a convergence of economic, political and social uncertainties. …
New to the Video Library: Global Philanthropy and U.S. Foreign Policy
On Wednesday, May 6, Joan Spero, UW–Madison alumna and an expert in philanthropic issues, addressed an audience that included students, faculty, and community members. She spoke about the impact of Global Philanthropy and U.S. Foreign …
News from the UW-Madison India Initiative
Read the new India Initiative Newsletter. [pdf]
Mellon Foundation Grant Establishes New Faculty Positions
CONTACT: Gary Sandefur, 608-263-2303, gsandefur@ls.admin.wisc.edu MADISON – The University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Letters and Science has received the first $400,000 of a $2.5 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The grant will …
International Education Dean Named to National Academy of Education
CONTACT: Kenneth Zeichner, 608-263-4651, zeichner@education.wisc.edu MADISON – Kenneth Zeichner, the Hoefs-Bascom Professor of Teacher Education in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction and associate dean of the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Education, has been …
Community Engagement Moves World Dance Alliance Assembly
CONTACT: Doreen Adamany, 608-262-2353, dadamany@education.wisc.edu MADISON – Madison, Wis., will become the world’s dance hot spot May 28-31 when the University of Wisconsin-Madison Dance Program hosts the World Dance Alliance-Americas (WDAA) General Assembly. Individual dance …
UW Madison Student Serves as Correspondent for National Geographic; Talks with Iraqi Refugees
Glimpse: Stories from Abroad Adam Lichtenheld “In an interdependent society, diplomacy is far too important to be entrusted to political leaders and their proxies. As a traveler, writer, and journalist, I have sought to do …