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By Frances Shuter Taylor Published in the Capital Region Business Journal The other day, I came across a telling statistic – one in five U.S. jobs is now linked to international trade. The assumption is that U.S. companies’ growth increasingly will depend upon overseas markets for sourcing components or raw materials, or for sales, or …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: June 29, 2007 CONTACT: David Pilsbury, Chief Executive, Worldwide Universities Network, D.Pilsbury@wun.ac.uk or 011-44-777-591-4865 London, England – Five universities in the United Kingdom have agreed to waive tuition fees of Fulbright scholars coming to their campus under a new agreement between the U.S. and U.K. Fulbright Commission and Worldwide Universities Network …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 28, 2007 Contact: Ronnie Hess, Director of Communications, Division of International Studies, (608) 262-5590; rlhess@wisc.edu UW-MADISON STUDENTS EARN SUMMER INTERNATIONAL INTERNSHIPS Madison, WI – Fourteen University of Wisconsin–Madison students have received summer international internships, the Division of International Studies announced today. The internships are given through the International Academic Internship Initiative, …
By Anita Weier, The Capital Times Peter Jones came to the University of Wisconsin–Madison from the University of Bristol thanks to a scholarship from the Worldwide Universities Network, a global research and graduate education network that develops collaboration among 18 universities here and internationally — and helps individual students. “I arrived in Madison at the …
WAGE Senior Fellows Jeremi Suri & Jonathan Zeitlin will lead a Fall ’07 Faculty Development Seminar in the Humanities on the topic of International Governance. As a co-sponsor of this seminar WAGE would like to invite all faculty members to apply to participate in this seminar. *International Governance* Led by Professors Jeremi Suri (History) & …
From UW Communications Author: “What are your core moral principles – the principles you would not violate?” Henry Kissinger: “I am not prepared to share that yet.” This peculiar exchange hints at one of the central themes of a new book about the enigmatic statesman, “Henry Kissinger and the American Century,” written by University of …
We think the world of our students, and it’s no surprise to us that our students are already changing the world. Among our best and brightest are students in the first graduating class of Wisconsin International Scholars (WISc). Four years ago, the students were selected to participate in a new enrichment program designed to give …
Dear Friends, Las month I spent two weeks in Asia meeting with university and government representatives and many of our alumni. I will report more on my trip and several exciting initiatives involving East Asian Studies in the next edition of E-International. But I wanted to once again share with you my conviction that UW–Madison …
John Campbell, former U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria, and Florence Chenoweth, until recently United Nations Food and Agriculture (FAO) representative to the UN and executive director of the FAO Liaison Office in New York, will be on campus in 2007 and 2008. Ambassador Campbell will be Diplomat-in-Residence while Dr. Chenoweth will be a research consultant. Ambassador …
University of Wisconsin–Madison students share their international experiences with high school peers through individual presentations and panel discussions. Contact Language Institute outreach coordinator Wendy Johnson if you are interested in exploring the possibility of UW students visiting your school. Click here to read the entire story.