University of Wisconsin–Madison
by Sandra Knisely, UW–Madison Communications New Year’s Eve in Nejapa, El Salvador, looks a lot like the Fourth of July. At Griselda Guzman’s house, homemade fireworks lighted the front yard, where the guests dancing outside her pale yellow home included 11 University of Wisconsin–Madison engineering students and three advisers. That first night of celebration launched …
Refugee Health Awareness Week 3/3/08 – 3/7/08 Hosted by the Global Health Interest Group, MEDiC and Physicians for Human Rights All talks are at the Health Sciences Learning Center. Lunch provided for all noon talks Monday 3/3, 12-1pm, Room 1325, Garret Bucks: Searching for Shelter: The Refugee Experience from Camp to Chicago Mr. Garrett Bucks …
The Human Rights Initiative Spring Lecture Series “Health as a Human Right: The Right to Health in Theory and Practice” Professor Stephen Marks François-Xavier Bagnoud Professor of Health and Human Rights Director, Program on Human Rights in Development Harvard University Thursday, March 6, 2008 2-5pm 1325 Health Sciences Learning Center, 750 Highland Ave Respondents: Professor …
By Elizabeth Redden for Inside Higher Ed Success in campus internationalization efforts “is most often measured in the amount of activity, or in the inputs,” said Christa Olson, associate director of international initiatives for the American Council on Education. How many globally themed courses does a college offer, for example, or how many study abroad …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, February 15, 2008 CONTACT: Ritt Deitz, Executive Director, UW–Madison Professional French Masters Program (608) 262-4090, mdeitz@wisc.edu Historic Under-the-Radar French-Language Quebec Youth Identity Symposium at the UW–Madison French House on March 13. MADISON—How do young people in the French-speaking Canadian province of Quebec As they enter professional life in their twenties …
The UW–Madison African Studies Program with the UW Human Rights Initiative presents a panel discussion “CRISIS IN KENYA” Panelists: Michael Schatzberg, Professor, Political Science Thomas Spear, Professor Emeritus, History Scott Straus, Assistant Professor, Political Science Wednesday, February 27, 2008 at 7 PM Great Hall, Memorial Union 800 Langdon Street
by Elizabeth Redden at Inside Higher Ed What, exactly, do we mean when we say “global studies?” “That’s the central question,” Niklaus Steiner, the director of the Center for Global Initiatives at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, said when pressed by an assistant provost in his audience who asked, “What is the …
by Karen Fischer, The Chronicle of Higher Education There’s much buzz in academic circles about creating more-global college campuses, but to strengthen campuswide internationalization by capitalizing on often-disparate activities— such as study abroad, international research by faculty members, and overseas-development work — can be challenging. That theme was echoed throughout a conference, “Globalization: Implications for …
From dongA.com, February 20, 2008 The nomination of Federation of Korean Industries Vice Chairman Lee Youn-ho as commerce, industry, and energy minister highlights the growing prominence of University of Wisconsin graduates in Korea. The majority of the university’s graduates in Korea have made their mark in the presidential transition committee, politics, academia and economics. The …
Concern over American students’ international test results stirs fresh interest in ed-tech lessons from other countries By Robert L. Jacobson, Senior Editor, eSchool News With increasing anxiety, advocates of American education have been looking at other countries around the world and asking: What do they know that we don’t know?To be sure, educational and political …