University of Wisconsin–Madison
On Tuesday, January 6, Michael Knetter, Dean of the Wisconsin School of Business at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, discussed the economic outlook for 2009 at the Rotary Club of Milwaukee. While his short term outlook is cloudy and turbulent, Knetter has a long term positive outlook. Knetter believes that U.S. companies that have embraced technological …
February 2008 features the eighth annual International Opportunities Month (IOM) on the UW–Madison campus, organized by a campus-wide committee of globally focused organizations, chaired by CIBER. Throughout the month, students of all majors can attend IOM events to learn about global issues and to hear about ways to travel, work, study and volunteer abroad. UW–Madison …
By Deborah Zif for the Wisconsin State Journal University officials say there are no UW–Madison students studying in Gaza as Israeli air strikes rain down on the area. But Jennifer Loewenstein, associate director of UW–Madison’s Middle East Studies Program, said she was supposed to be there. After living in Gaza for six months in 2002, …
[UW–Madison news release] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 12/29/08 CONTACT: Sam Dennis, 608-263-7699, sfdennisjr@wisc.edu; Curt Staats, 608-274-3636, staats@wisc.edu STUDENT’S VISION COMES TO LIFE IN HONDURAS MADISON – One of the failings of university learning is that the work of students is often left on the shelf. Assignments, though faithfully completed, rarely make it out of the theoretical. …
By Kris Olds, Global Higher Ed The Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) is one of several international consortia that have been created, since the late 1990s, to deepen linkages between universities. I’ve been involved with two of them (the WUN and Universitas 21) while working at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the National University of Singapore. …
The UW–Madison EUCE has resources available for the study of the European Union, Europe and/or EU- US relations. The EUCE will grant a small number of travel awards of up to $1,000 to UW faculty and graduate students conducting research on the EU, European integration, and/or transatlantic relations, defined broadly. For example, such research projects …
By Lynn F. Jacobs, Jeremy S. Hyman U.S. News & World Report Thinking you might want to study abroad? For some, it’ll prove to be one of the most rewarding, life-enhancing experiences of their college careers. For others—well, they’ll enjoy the fish and chips, but that’s about all. This week, visiting blogger Sara Dumont , director …
By Graham Spanier for The Chronicle of Higher Education The humorist Dave Barry once observed, “Americans who travel abroad for the first time are often shocked to discover that, despite all the progress that has been made in the last 30 years, many foreign people still speak in foreign languages.” Here’s another take on travel …
News article Dec 19, 2008 Graham Sykes We are pleased to announce that funding has been secured to help support a summer school in Nanjing in July 2009. The 2009 July 22 solar total eclipse, with nearly 6 minutes available on the ground in China, is the longest one over a century. This is an …
The Division of International Studies, the College of Letters & Science, the Graduate School, and the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Administration at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, along with the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) , invite all UW–Madison faculty and academic staff to apply for seed funds designed to facilitate international collaboration. Funded initiatives …