By Zvika Krieger, Newsweek Aug 9, 2008 Drive down Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai’s main thoroughfare, and you’ll pass the world’s only seven-star hotel, its tallest building and its largest man-made resort island. But head off into …
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Report Offers Advice for Colleges on Building International Partnerships [Chronicle of Higher Education]
A major new challenge facing the United States is the deterioration of positive relationships with several major regions of the world, according to a new report from the American Council on Education. The report, “International …
World Stem Cell Summit offers registration discounts to UW-Madison community
The UW-Madison Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Center (SCRMC) , WiCell Research Institute and Genetics Policy Institute are co-sponsoring the 2008 World Stem Cell Summit on Monday and Tuesday, Sept. 22-23, at the Alliant Energy …
UW-Madison Students Improve Ecuador Water Quality
CONTACT: Jeff Russell, (608) 262-7244, russell@engr.wisc.edu UW-MADISON STUDENTS IMPROVE ECUADOR WATER QUALITY MADISON – “I’ve got a project for you,” University of Wisconsin-Madison civil and environmental engineering professor Peter Bosscher told Jonathan Blanchard and Kevin …
Leader of Indian university visits UW-Madison
As part of an ongoing effort to forge stronger ties with leading educational institutions in India, the University of Wisconsin-Madison is hosting P.K. Abdul Azis, the vice chancellor of India’s Aligarh Muslim University, on campus …
Area studies programs in Congress [Chronicle of Higher Education]
8/6/2008 Daily Report from The Chronicle of Higher Education Wednesday, August 6, 2008 Conservatives Claim Some Victories in Democratic Congress’s Higher-Education Bill By KELLY FIELD Washington Liberal Democrats may have drafted the Higher Education Act …
Campus film screening: Belarusian Waltz
Wisconsin Public Television, UW-Madison’s Center for Russia, East Europe and Central Asia (CREECA) , and P.O.V. present a screening of the documentary film Belarusian Waltz by Andrzej Fidy 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 5 4070 Vilas …
Eight UW–Madison Graduate Students Receive Scott Kloeck-Jenson Travel Award
Global Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison has awarded the Scott Kloeck Jenson Award to eight outstanding graduate students whose work will deepen international understanding and global social justice concerns. The grants given to the …
The (Global) Wisconsin Idea [Madison Magazine]
The university may draw them here but Middle Eastern students are forging connections – and creating a special community – throughout Madison By Jennifer Page, for Madison Magazine The growing crowd gathers in the sparse …
Language immersion programs at UW-Madison [The Capital Times]
Todd Finkelmeyer — The Capital Times 7/21/2008 The Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute and the South Asia Summer Language Institute are eight-week intensive language training programs for undergraduates, graduate students and professionals. The eight-week courses, …