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Diaspora and Cosmopolitanism: An International Conference

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UW–Madison Postcolonial, Migration and Transnational Studies (Part of Worldwide Universities Network [WUN] International Network in Colonial and Postcolonial Studies) Presents Diaspora and Cosmopolitanism: An International Conference University of Wisconsin–Madison The Pyle Center June 20-21, 2008 Participants Susan Stanford Friedman University of Wisconsin–Madison, Keynote Speaker Ladan Affi University of Wisconsin–Madison Francis Bradley University of Wisconsin–Madison Aparna …

International Exposure Leads UW Student to Form Innovative Student Group on Stem Cell Research

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By Dana Bedessem, Division of International Studies Bundled-up students file into the Paul Ebling Symposium Center with wind-burnt red cheeks and noses, brushing off the snow before finding a seat among the crowd. The auditorium is loud with chatter – mostly about the blizzard they had all just braved to make it to this special …

Brainstorm: Why Study Abroad? [The Chronicle of Higher Education]

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By Stan Katz, The Chronicle of Higher Education The Chronicle recently reported on a new American Council on Education report (“Mapping Internationalization on U.S. Campuses: 2008 Edition”) on the status of the internationalization of American campuses. The report concludes that some progress has been made — the percentage of schools offering education abroad has grown …

Kikkoman to Open Research Facility at UW [The Capital Times]

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Kikkoman Foods Inc. will establish a research and development laboratory as well as an environmental studies scholarship in cooperation with the University of Wisconsin–Madison. The new lab, which will open this fall, will be located at University Research Park in Madison. It will be led by one of the company’s research scientists from its research …

Alumni Donations Make Study Abroad Possible: 2008 Study Abroad Award Ceremony

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This year 50 undergraduate students received scholarships to study abroad in 23 different countries. The students come from all over Wisconsin and the U.S. and are highly diversified in majors and destination countries. At the award ceremony in April two UW seniors and former study-abroad scholarship recipients, Stephanie Koczela, who studied in Nairobi, Kenya, and …

How Networks Impact the Myanmar, China Disaster Responses

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The recent disasters in China and Myanmar underline the network aspects of the crisis response, says emergency management expert Donald Moynihan, associate professor at the Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Organizations from all over the world are trying to work together to provide basic services. Their capacity …

Diplomats in a Global Age: Panel Discussion

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Please join us to hear firsthand how three UW–Madison visiting diplomats-in-residence each dealt with a challenge or crisis that arose during their diplomatic career. The panel, comprised of John Campbell, Alfred Defago, and Florence Chenoweth, will also speak more generally of the challenges faced by ambassadors and diplomats in a globalizing world. This event is …

UW Receives Large Grant from German Government for German and European Studies

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Contact: Elizabeth Covington, Executive Director, European Studies Alliance, (608) 265-4778, eecovington@wisc.edu The Center for German and European Studies (CGES) at University of Wisconsin–Madison has received a grant for $530,000 from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) renewing the center’s funding through 2012. “Writing a successful grant this time was a terrific challenge because DAAD had …

Foreign Universities Want More U.S. Students [The Chronicle of Higher Ed]

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By BETH MCMURTRIE for the Chronicle of Higher Education A new report by the Institute of International Education says that foreign universities would welcome more students from the United States but that American students increasingly prefer short-term programs to the semester-long and yearlong programs that many overseas institutions continue to offer. The report, “Meeting America’s …

Where Multicultural Ed and Internationalization Meet [Inside Higher Ed]

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By Elizabeth Redden, Inside Higher Ed “Elitist, frivolous, escapist.” “Divisive, political, provincial.” Such are some common perceptions of college officials involved in internationalization (see the former colorful set of adjectives) and multicultural education (see the latter) — perceptions that are among the challenges to cooperation between the two fields, as outlined during an American Council …