University of Wisconsin–Madison
Teaching faculty provide a laboratory for the Wisconsin Idea and a conduit for the knowledge, experiences and skills produced on campus to reach the rest of Wisconsin, the nation and the world. Whatever paths they employ, teaching faculty are instrumental in spreading knowledge to their students at the university, as well as around Wisconsin and …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: Monday, April 16, 2007 CONTACT: Ronnie Hess, UW–Madison Division of International Studies, (608) 262-5590, rlhess@wisc.edu Madison, WI — Madison, WI –Fifty UW–Madison students have been awarded prestigious study-abroad scholarships, the Division of International Studies’ International Academic Programs (IAP) announced today. The awards, totaling nearly $80,000, have been made possible in large …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: Monday, April 16, 2007 CONTACT: Ronnie Hess, University of Wisconsin–Madison Division of International Studies. (608) 262-5590, rlhess@wisc.edu Madison, WI – A group of University of Wisconsin–Madison seniors will be making history this spring when they participate in the campus’ May commencement exercises. The students are among the first graduating class of …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: April 12, 2007 CONTACT: Dianna Murphy, Associate Director, Language Institute, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Tel. (608) 262-1575, Fax (608) 890-1094, diannamurphy@wisc.edu On Thursday, April 19, the University of Wisconsin–Madison Language Institute will host over 700 high school students and their teachers for World Languages Day, an all-day event that aims to raise …
“UW prof beaten by Pakistan elite police” – The Capital Times by Doug Moe “Professor reports Pakistani assault” – The Badger Herald by Nick Penzenstadler “UW Professor attacked in Pakistan” – The Daily Cardinal by Heather Gjerde
For areas of focus see http://www.chancellor.wisc.edu/strategicplan/areasOfFocus/ For UW–Madison’s strategic plan, along with action plans and progress reports, visit http://www.chancellor.wisc.edu/strategicplan
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: April 10, 2007 CONTACT: Dianna Murphy, Associate Director, Language Institute, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Tel. (608) 262-1575, Fax (608) 890-1094, diannamurphy@wisc.edu Madison, WI – Several hundred Wisconsin high school students and teachers will be in Madison April 13, 2007 to participate in World Cinema Day. World Cinema Day is an outreach program …
The Center for Southeast Asian Studies and the University of Wisconsin Press announce two new publications in their New Perspectives in Southeast Asian Studies, edited by Professors Alfred W. McCoy, Kris Olds (Managing Editor), R. Anderson Sutton, and Thongchai Winichakul. The books are: Viet Nam: Borderless Histories, edited by Nhung Tuyet Tran and Anthony …
The Wisconsin Film Festival opens Thursday, April 12, 2007. The four-day annual festival presents new independent films, including world cinema. See special “streams” such as “Contemporary European Cinema,” “African Action”, “Diaspora Melancholy: Asian-American,” and “the World of Jewish Film” at the festival’s Website.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: April 4, 2007 CONTACT: Ronnie Hess, Division of International Studies, UW–Madison, (608) 262-5590 Madison, WI — UW–Madison students took top honors last month at the third Midwest Chinese Speech Contest, sponsored at Northwestern University by the Consulate General of the People’s Republic of China in Chicago. According to Hongming Zhang, associate …