FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SEPTEMBER 9, 2005 CONTACT: Alisha Kirchoff, CREECA Events Coordinator 608-262-3379 or events@creeca.wisc.edu Madison, WI – Renowned Russian poet Sergey Gandlevsky will visit the UW-Madison campus, the Center for Russia, East Europe and …
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Ugandan Human Rights Leader to Deliver Soffa Lecture
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: Friday, September 9, 2005 Contact: Ronnie Hess, Director of Communications, Division of International Studies, (608) 262-5590, rlhess@wisc.edu UGANDAN HUMAN RIGHTS LEADER TO DELIVER SOFFA LECTURE Madison, WI – Ruth Ojiambo Ochieng, …
Jeremi Suri: Nuclear Threat Seen as Rising
Speaking at the Rotary Club of Madison on August 10, 2005, UW-Madison history professor Jeremi Suri, who is affiliated with the International Institute, marked the 60th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki with …
European Union Center at UW-Madison Wins Major Grant to Become Center of Excellence
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SEPTEMBER 9, 2005 CONTACT: Elizabeth Covington, Associate Director, European Union Center of Excellence, eecovington@wisc.edu EUROPEAN UNION CENTER AT UW-MADISON WINS MAJOR GRANT TO BECOME CENTER OF EXCELLENCE Madison, WI – UW-Madison’s European …
UW alumnus who chaired world federation of U.N. associations to visit campus
Madison, WI – A distinguished UW-Madison alumnus who until recently was secretary-general of the World Federation of United Nations Associations will be on campus at the end of September to meet with faculty and students, …
Ten UW-Madison Students Recipients of Scott Kloeck-Jenson Awards
UW-Madison’s Global Studies program has awarded seven Scott Kloeck-Jenson Pre-Dissertation Travel Awards and three Scott Kloeck-Jenson International Internship Awards to outstanding graduate students whose work is expected to foster international understanding and serve social justice …
Professor takes grass roots health care to the world
Nursing professor Linda Baumann, whose interests range from sailing to nurses’ training in developing countries to her neighborhood’s exercise group, says she has learned to “do what you love to do until the end of …
UW Telescope May Help State Firms
Through a unique partnership, UW-Madison has helped South Africa build and fund SALT, the Southern African Large Telescope, the largest telescope in the hemisphere. The partnership is featured in WisBusiness.com http://www.wisbusiness.com/index.iml?Article=41914
South African Telescope On Line
Five years after breaking ground on a South African mountain top near the edge of the Kalahari desert, astronmers released the first images captured by SALT.
Madison World Music Festival to be Held September 15-17
Following the success of last year’s World Music Festival, this year’s festival will be held on campus from Thursday, Sept. 15-Saturday, Sept. 17. http://www.union.wisc.edu/worldmusicfest/