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“Re-imagining the University in the Global Era,” a conference in the “Ideas and Universities International Video Seminar Series, examines the assumptions underlying modern universities, the emergence of corporate universities, and the potential for internationalizing universities within the context of the knowledge economy. Sponsored by scholars at the University of Bristol (UK), the World Universities Network …
NEWS ADVISORY DATE: 2/20/2006 CONTACT: Ronnie Hess, Director of Communications, Division of International Studies, UW–Madison, (608) 262-5590 or rlhess@wisc.edu AUTHORS OF A CASTLE IN THE BACKYARD: THE DREAM OF A HOUSE IN FRANCE TO SPEAK AT PARIS BOOKSTORE Madison, WI — Michael Hinden and Betsy Draine, authors of A Castle in the Backyard: The …
Untitled Document FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: Wednesday, February 21, 2007 CONTACT: Alex Grace, Distinguished Lecture Series Committee director, UW–Madison Wisconsin Union Directorate, 262-2216; adgrace@wisc.edu UN Special Envoy on HIV/AIDS to Speak at UW–Madison Madison, WI — Stephen Lewis, Canadian politician and diplomat, will speak Monday, March 12 as part of the Wisconsin Union Directorate’s Distinguished …
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Untitled Document FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: Monday, February 19, 2007 CONTACT: Ronnie Hess, Director of Communications, Division of International Studies, UW–Madison, (608) 262-5590, rlhess@wisc.edu Worldwide Universities grants announced for UW scholars MADISON — Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) and the Division of International Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have awarded UW–Madison and other WUN participating …
Campus events respond to cartoon controversy by John Lucas, UW Communications Three campus events have been organized to discuss the international controversy over cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad as a terrorist figure. The Offices of the Dean of Students will hold a panel discussion entitled “Free Speech, Civility and the Impact on Campus Climate” at …
Andrew Seaton, the British government’s senior representative to Wisconsin and 12 other Midwestern states, will speak at UW–Madison on Tuesday, Feb. 21. Seaton will discuss “The European Union and the Transatlantic Alliance: Are the Models Broken?” at the Pyle Center, 702 Langdon St., at 4 p.m. His talk – sponsored by the UW European Studies …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: 2/14/06 CONTACT: Lara Kain, Outreach Coordinator, Center for Russia, East Europe and Central Asia (CREECA), (608) 265-6298, outreach@creeca.wisc.edu CENTRAL ASIAN VIRTUOSO MUSICIANS TO BE ARTISTS-IN-RESIDENCE AT UW-MADISON Madison, WI – UW–Madison students as well as music lovers in the greater Madison area will have a unique opportunity to learn first-hand …
Untitled Document FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: 2/7/2006 CONTACT: Lara Kain, Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia Outreach Coordinator. outreach@creeca.wisc.edu or 608-265-6298 CONFERENCE TO EXAMINE LEGACY OF CHERNOBYL AS NUCLEAR ACCIDENT’S 20TH ANNIVERSARY NEARS Madison, WI — The legacy of the explosion at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station in the Ukraine twenty years ago …
Untitled DocWorld Turns Blind Eye To The Horrors In Uganda The Capital Times :: OP-ED :: Saturday, February 4, 2006 Adam Lichtenheld, Guest Columnist. Lichtenheld is a UW–Madison student majoring in political science Lichtenheld received a special award in May 2006. For more information click here. Nightfall in the East African nation of Uganda ushers …