WISC-TV’s Neil Heinen talks with members of a University of Wisconsin-Madison group who are making life significantly better for the people of Rwanda. Click here to watch the video.
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Weak dollar drives up cost of studying abroad [USA Today]
By Sarah Butrymowicz, USA TODAY For years, rising numbers of U.S. college students have been packing their bags and flying overseas, typically to Europe, for a semester or year abroad and a wealth of irreplaceable …
Universities Seek to Strengthen Ties in Africa and China [The Chronicle of Higher Education]
By Karen Fischer, The Chronicle of Higher Education Officials from research universities meeting here this week agree there is a pressing need to build stronger and more sustained partnerships with African institutions. They also concur …
Doctoral student shares experiences from Nobel laureates meeting
by Renee Meiller, UW Communications From June 29-July 4, UW-Madison nuclear engineering doctoral student Rachel Slaybaugh was among nearly 500 young researchers from around the world to attend the Lindau Meeting, a unique event in …
Dalai Lama visit to Wisconsin highlights close ties [Associated Press]
The Dalai Lama is admired around the world but he’s a particularly big hit in this slice of America’s Dairyland. The Tibetan political and spiritual leader has developed a tight relationship with Madison over the …
Foreign students flock to the US [The Boston Globe]
By Peter Schworm, The Boston Globe The faltering US dollar, which has steadily lost value against major currencies around the world, has produced a silver lining for foreign students, and the American universities that recruit …
Top 10 Cures for Study Abroad Boredom [examiner.com]
By Jessica Warnock, examiner.com Inevitably, once you arrive to your new country, once all the orientations, paper-work filling sessions and unpacking is complete, you will at some point become incredibly and mind-numbingly bored. While it is …
WAGE announces individual research award winners
The UW-Madison Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy (WAGE) is pleased to announce the winners of our 2008 Individual Research Award competition. WAGE will provide $10,000 to support each of three research projects …
Beyond Borders and Bullets ‘Human security’ advocates call for a different approach to global problems [The Chronicle of Higher Ed]
By Peter Monghan, The Chronicle of Higher Education, June 27 2008 Every day human cataclysms vie for headline space: Hunger and disease plague the war-riven Congo; the Sudanese government stonewalls United Nations peacekeepers; Myanmar’s oppressive …
UW-Madison grad student to meet with Nobel laureates
by Renee Meiller, UW-Madison Communications University of Wisconsin-Madison nuclear engineering doctoral student Rachel Slaybaugh never dreamed she’d have the opportunity to chat with a Nobel Prize-winning physicist — much less several of them. Yet, from …