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As part of this year’s Mildred Fish-Harnack Human Rights and Democracy Lecture, Larry Cox, executive director of Amnesty International USA, will speak about “The War on Human Rights.” Cox promotes human rights as the basis for peace and security in the post-September 11 era. A veteran human rights advocate, Cox was senior program officer for …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Ronnie Hess, Director of Communications, Division of International Studies, UW–Madison, (608) 262-5590, rlhess@wisc.edu; Jim Delehanty, Associate Director, African Studies Program, (608) 262-4458, jmdeleha@wisc.edu Madison, WI – Florence Chenoweth, United Nations Food and Agriculture (FAO) representative to the UN and executive director of the FAO Liaison Office in New York, will be …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: 3/21/07 CONTACT: Elizabeth Covington, Executive Director, European Studies Alliance, UW–Madison, (608) 265-8040, eecovington@wisc.edu EUROPEAN OFFICIALS TO SPEAK ON RESEARCH INNOVATION, CELEBRATE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF EUROPEAN UNION MADISON – Visiting experts from Europe will speak at a European Union/U.S. innovation exchange seminar at the University of Wisconsin–Madison on Wednesday, March 28. The …
Untitled Document NAFSA Webinar on Global Competence The Division of International Studies will host a NAFSA “Webinar” on global competence April 11, 2007. The Web-based seminar is designed to stimulate the thinking of those who are involved in developing creative ideas for study abroad but it is also useful for other UW–Madison faculty and staff …
“Saturdays are for funerals: Coping with HIV/AIDS” by Madeline Uraneck, a Peace Corps volunteer in Lesotho.
Theoneste Rutagengwa, a highly experienced Rwandan human rights activist and journalist, is on campus this semester as a visiting scholar. His visit here is being sponsored by the Division of International Studies, the African Studies Program of the International Institute, in conjunction with the Scholars at Risk Program and the Institute for International Education’s Scholar …
The ongoing work of UW–Madison’s Engineers without Borders was featured in a recent Badger Herald article. For the story, click on the URL. http://badgerherald.com/news/2007/03/16/breaking_down_border.php
The Language Institute’s new program expanding access to in-demand languages, was recently featured in On Wisconsin. The Institute is an initiative of the College of Letters and Science with substantial support from the Division of International Studies. For more information, please click on the URL. http://www.uwalumni.com/media/images/photography/onwisconsin/pdf/Spring07Dispatches.pdf
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From University of Wisconsin–Madison News As film festivals sprout up around the state, the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s very own event returns for its ninth year, running Thursday-Sunday, April 12-15. The Wisconsin Film Festival will “unspool,” as they say in the industry, 182 films in theaters on campus and in downtown Madison. There are now film …