University of Wisconsin–Madison
April 23-24, 2009 BioPharmaceutical Technology Center (Promega) Madison, WI Registration Required, Scholarships Available ABOUT THE EVENT: Join us for a lively two days of information-sharing and discussion regarding this important – and often challenging (and sometimes controversial) – topic! This year’s program is designed to allow participants to explore these questions: How do we define …
The Central Asian Student Association (CASA) and the Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia (CREECA) invite you to a celebration of Nawruz, the traditional Central Asian New Year, with a free concert by the “Silk Road Ensemble!” Date and Time: Thursday, April 2 at 7:30 P.M. Location: Great Hall of the Memorial Union, …
The Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia (CREECA) and the Department of Scandinavian Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison will host the Baltic Studies Summer Institute (BALSSI) in the summer of 2009 (June 15-August 7, 2009). Elementary Estonian, Latvian, and Lithuanian language courses will be offered, as well as lectures (in English) on …
By Elizabeth Redden, Inside Higher Education Sustainable study abroad. “It almost seems like an oxymoron,” says Daniel Greenberg, executive director of Living Routes, an Amherst, Mass.-based provider that runs study abroad programs in eco-villages. The perception of paradox, Greenberg says, has in some ways frozen the field. The prevailing sense is this: “You can’t be …
UW–Madison fails to make list, looks to increase efforts on campus to gain ranking By Courtney Stacy, The Badger Herald Five colleges and universities across the nation were awarded Tuesday for their outstanding efforts to promote internationally friendly campuses — but the University of Wisconsin not being one of them. The NAFSA Association of International …
Doug Moe, The Wisconsin State Journal Wednesday evening, at the Sa-Bai Thong restaurant on Odana Road, a distinguished-looking visitor from Thailand eased into a booth and smiled broadly as he was handed a copy of a newspaper story four decades old. Pongsak Payakvichien is a legend in journalism in Thailand. When the Wisconsin Alumni Association …
By: Andrea Carlson /The Daily Cardinal – March 9, 2009 UW–Madison students began a charity program in Kenya after visiting the country on a study abroad program last spring. When twelve UW–Madison students traveled to Kenya through a study abroad program in the spring of 2008, they had no idea how much the experience would affect …
Nadav Shelef (Political Science, UW–Madison) Friday, March 13 1:30 – 2:30 p.m Room 121, The Pyle Center, UW-Campus Nadav Shelef (Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, 2005) is the Harvey M. Meyerhoff Assistant Professor of Israel Studies and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science. His current project, Evolving Nationalism: Homeland, Religion, and National …
Ali İlker Gümüşeli Professor of Educational Administration & Supervision Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey Thursday, March 12, 2009 12:00-1:00 p.m. Room 259 Educational Sciences Building Global connectivity increases every day, countries can no longer be isolated from each other. The reflections of any single change that happens in any part of the world can be …
By Gil Halsted, Wisconsin Public Radio Listen to the audio (in Realplayer). (MADISON) As the U.S. war in Iraq appears to be winding down, officials at UW–Madison are exploring a unique partnership with the university in Saddam Hussein’s hometown of Tikrit. President Barack Obama’s recent promise to begin withdrawing troops from Iraq by the end …