From WISC-TV Students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are sharpening their foreign language skills and developing global perspectives in foreign language housing. As part of the program, students immerse themselves in their language of choice …
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Human Subjects: Bioethical Boundaries and Global Health
The Center for the Humanities proudly presents: Human Subjects: Bioethical Boundaries and Global Health Claire Wendland Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology; Obstetrics & Gynecology; Medical History and Bioethics; African Studies Program; Holtz Center for Science …
Student Funding Opportunities in German and European Studies
Undergraduates: 2009 EU Studies Summer Program in Brussels The Wisconsin and Seattle EU Centers of Excellence are pleased to announce that applications are now being accepted for the summer 2009 EU Studies Summer Program in …
Call for Proposals: 2009 WAGE Individual Faculty Research Awards
The Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy (WAGE) announces an individual grant competition to support research projects on globalization and the international economy. All University of Wisconsin Madison faculty are encouraged to apply. …
Global Health Certificate Program Celebrates First Graduates, Welcomes New Students
UW-Madison News Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: January 15, 2009 CONTACT: Cindy Haq, 608-263-6546, clhaq@wisc.edu MADISON – Last September, 40 or so students, faculty, and staff gathered in a small conference room of the Health …
Farrell To Receive Honorary Doctorate from City University London
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: January 15, 2009 CONTACT: Masarah Van Eyck, (608) 262-5590, mvaneyck2@international.wisc.edu Madison — City University London will award University of Wisconsin–Madison professor of mechanical engineering Patrick Farrell with an honorary degree [DSc …
Medieval Conference Unites Scholars
Co-sponsored by the new Center for Translation Studies and the Program in Medieval Studies, this international conference brought together at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, on October 28 and 29, 2008, medievalists whose scholarship …
Global Hot Spots: The Global Financial Crisis
“In Search of Stability: The Politics and Economics of the Global Financial Crisis” Professor Mark Copelovitch (Political Science) will discuss the causes and consequences of the ongoing global crisis, as well as the key issues …
The Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) World Cinema Virtual Seminar Series
Adjusting to Hollywood Style: International trends in the 1910s and 1920s Professor David Bordwell (UW-Madison) Within a very few years — approximately 1910-1917 — Hollywood filmmakers developed a distinctive approach to visual storytelling. Within a …
The Wisconsin Experience in Motion: Physical Therapy in Belize
As part of her semester break, Dean of Students Lori Berquam has accompanied three UW-Madison faculty members and four students on a two-week service-learning trip to Punta Gorda, Belize. The educational travel fellowship is aimed …