University of Wisconsin–Madison
By Aaron Nathans The Capital Times How do you stop a herd of rampaging elephants? A group of University of Wisconsin–Madison business students recently learned that the answer lies in learning to think from a different point of view. A group of 10 master’s of business administration students visited the impoverished African nation of Malawi …
by Brian Mattmiller, UW–Madison Communications Few infectious diseases in human history have posed more public health challenges than HIV/AIDS, a disease that has emerged in the past three decades to infect more than 40 million people worldwide. But it is not only the medical challenges of AIDS that make the disease so vexing. Behavior, politics, …
by Rachel Alkon Alumni of UW–Madison and the Peace Corps continue to have a strong historical bond. Since the program’s inception in 1961, UW–Madison has produced thousands of volunteers. And today, for the 20th consecutive year, UW–Madison takes the top spot, with 104 volunteers currently serving in the field. UW–Madison also ranks as the institution …
In the early European histories of the New World, there are numerous accounts of African slaves accompanying explorers and colonists. Now, digging in a colonial era graveyard in one of the oldest European cities in Mexico, archaeologists have found what they believe are the oldest remains of slaves brought from Africa to the New World. …
Untitled Document FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: 1/31/2006 CONTACT: Ronnie Hess, Director of Communications, Division of International Studies, UW–Madison, (608) 262-5590, rlhess@wisc.edu GRANT FROM THE KOREA FOUNDATION BOOSTS KOREAN STUDIES AT UW-MADISON Madison, WI – The Center for East Asian Studies has received nearly $100,000 to expand Korean studies at the UW–Madison. The grant includes about …
by Rob Zaleski Well, so much for retiring to Vancouver Island. Or some remote fishing cabin in Ontario. Or anywhere else in Canada, which — until last week — seemed like one of few sane places left on the planet. But then Canadians went out and did a truly bewildering thing. They elected a right-wing …
Untitled Document FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: January 25, 2007 CONTACT: Courtney Skare, Study Abroad Advisor, International Academic Programs (IAP), UW–Madison, (608) 261-1020, caskare@bascom.wisc.edu NEW STUDY ABROAD “101” INFORMATION SESSION Madison, WI – Starting this semester, International Academic Programs will be holding a “Study Abroad 101” information session. The session, held every day from 2:30 p.m. …
Untitled Document Wisconsin State Journal TORTURE WORLDWIDE AND THE CIA A UW-MADISON PROFESSOR’S BOOK TELLS 50-YEAR TALE OF PSYCHOLOGICAL TORTURE TECHNIQUES DEVISED BY U.S. AGENCY. Date: Sunday, January 22, 2006 Byline: RON SEELY rseely@madison.com 608-252-6131 When UW–Madison professor Alfred McCoy first saw the photograph of a hooded Iraqi prisoner from the Abu Ghraib prison in …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 CONTACT: Ronnie Hess, Director of Communications, Division of International Studies, UW–Madison, (608) 262-5590, rlhess@wisc.edu AUSTRALIAN CONSUL-GENERAL TO VISIT UW-MADISON CAMPUS Madison, WI – Bob Charles, Australia’s consul-general in Chicago, will visit the UW–Madison campus January 31, 2006. Mr. Charles will meet with UW–Madison’s Chancellor, the …
Series, in conjunction with UW–Madison School of Journalism seminar, runs from February 1 through May. See Web for list and dates of speakers, films. http://www.journalism.wisc.edu/latest/1_07Warstories.htm