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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: November 2, 2005 CONTACT: Ronnie Hess, Director of Communications, Division of International Studies, (608) 262-5590, rlhess@wisc.edu Two New International Studies Faculty to Work Across Disciplines Madison, WI – Until just a few months ago, Claire Wendland and Laura Schechter were not exactly your average graduate students but true to type were …
Untitled Document Study: Demographer reassesses Japanese marriage slump October 24, 2005 by Paroma Basu, UW–Madison Communications It seems obvious to assume that marriage rates are waning in the industrialized world because women are more educated and financially independent than ever before. But sociologists say the connection is hardly so black or white. Rather, several studies …
UW–Madison has established a Center for Global Health, a joint initiative of the UW schools of medicine, nursing, pharmacy and veterinary medicine, and the Division of International Studies. The center’s mission is to develop and support global health education, research and partnerships by building on UW–Madison’s extensive expertise in the health sciences and area and …
Anthropology professor Sharon Hutchinson wants to expand the bubble that Americans live in. by Daniel Uttech, UW–Madison Communications “It’s OK to live in a bubble,” she says. “But people need to see through it. We are so privileged in this country.” Professor of anthropology Sharon Hutchinson leads a discussion about internally displaced people in Sudan, …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: 10/17/2005 CONTACT: Christine Merritt, Center for East Asian Studies, cmerritt@wisc.edu SPECIAL GUEST LECTURE SERIES AT UW-MADISON EXAMINES US- NORTH KOREA RELATIONS Madison, WI – Although an agreement in principal concerning dismantlement of North Korea’s nuclear programs was reached last month in six-nation talks, North Korea is still identified by the U.S. …
In an op. ed. in the October 18, 2005 edition of Chosun Ibo, the leading Korean newspaper, UW–Madison professor Jeremi Suri writes about “the real history of the Korean War.” Professor Suri argues that “high-level government records from Russia and China, released in the 1990s, reveal [that] the leaders of North Korea, the Soviet Union, …
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. WE HOPE TO RESCHEDULE AT A LATER DATE. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: Friday, October 14, 2005 CONTACT: Elizabeth Covington, Executive Director, UW–Madison European Studies Alliance, 608.265.4766, eecovington@wisc.edu or info@europeanstudiesalliance.org GERMAN MARSHALL FUND OFFICIAL TO SPEAK ON U.S. –EUROPEAN RELATIONS Madison, WI – UW–Madison alumnus Ronald Asmus, a former senior member …
Middle School Students to See the World at World Cultures Day Untitled Document NEWS ADVISORY – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: Thursday, October 13, 2005 CONTACT: Lara Kain, Outreach Coordinator, Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia (CREECA) and Center for European Studies (CES), UW–Madison, (608) 265-6298, outreach@creeca.wisc.edu MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS TO “SEE” THE …
The Capital Times By Bob Rashid Special to The Capital Times ALMATY, Kazakhstan – More than a decade’s worth of work to improve public health by Madison doctors has earned heartfelt thanks half a world away. A banquet honoring Madison’s Dr. John Doyle and others was held Saturday at the Hotel Dostyk in Almaty, Kazakhstan. …
Twenty years ago, the United States was the world’s largest creditor nation, unsurpassed in its ownership of assets outside of its borders, even after deducting what foreigners owned inside its borders. “In the last 20 years, the United States has become the world’s largest debtor nation,” says Chinn, who served as a senior economist for …