University of Wisconsin–Madison
Recognizing the importance of China to the economic and political future of Wisconsin and the United States, the Division of International Studies is introducing a UW–Madison China Initiative designed to promote global competence and to advance internationalization with respect to China. To celebrate the inauguration of the Initiative we present to you a month of …
Don’t miss the spring’s final two lectures Join Madison-area learners on Friday, April 4 and Friday, May 2 as we continue to look at the ever-increasing role played by global affairs in society. Starting with the environmental challenges facing the earth and finishing up with India’s growing power, these two programs are sure to spark …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Wendy Christensen, Communications, Division of International Studies, UW–Madison, communication@international.wisc.edu, 608 262-5590 UW–Madison’s International Institute Faculty Book Series Features Human Rights Around the World Celebrating the contributions that UW–Madison faculty bring to the study of human rights, this semester’s book series offers diverse perspectives and voices to shed light on these complex …
EXTENDED DEADLINE April 7, 2008, 4:00 pm in 261 Bascom One more opportunity to apply! The Washington DC Semester in International Studies has been extended to April 7, 2008. The program offers qualified undergraduates the opportunity to intern in an agency, corporation, non-profit organization or embassy with an international affairs focus and to receive university …
From UW–Madison Communications For the past five years, the University of Wisconsin–Madison has welcomed hundreds of Wisconsin high school students and teachers to World Cinema Day, a program of the Language Institute and the Wisconsin Film Festival to raise cultural awareness and deepen understanding of diverse perspectives through international film. This year, a record number …
by Diane Cole, U.S. News and World Report Posted March 26, 2008 Graduate schools are going global—that is, if they haven’t done so already. These days, not only do students from around the world come to the United States for grad school (numbers have rebounded since 9/11). American students themselves are increasingly searching out research …
On 11 March, William Brustein (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) and Susan Jeffords (University of Washington), two experts on the internationalization of higher education, held a candid discussion at the University of Wisconsin–Madison (pictured to the right) about how communities and regions benefit from the global efforts of their public universities.Topics in this two hour-long …
By: Elizabeth Michaels /The Daily Cardinal Sen. Russ Feingold lobbied for U.S. foreign relations improvements Monday at the Memorial Union Monday as part of the Distinguished Lecture Series, sponsored by Wisconsin Union Directorate and the UW Division of International Studies. Feingold focused his discussion on how international relations and the worldview of the United States …
Samara Kalk Derby, The Capital Times Asked what he thinks about calling in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to deal with anti-war protesters, Sen. Russ Feingold says it shouldn’t happen. “I think that public protest is one of the greatest things that happens in this country,” he told a UW–Madison audience of more than …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 3/21/08 Contact: Masarah Van Eyck, mvaneyck2@international.wisc.edu, 608-262-5590. Three University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty will be named Chevaliers de l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques in a private ceremony with the French Consul General, Jean-Baptiste de Boissière, in Madison on March 27. Dating from 1808 under Napoleonic rule, the L’Ordre des Palmes Académiques was established to …