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Veteran diplomat Lange to talk with UW students about international careers

Retired U.S. Ambassador John E. Lange, a UW–Madison alumnus, will share insights a forum open to all students interested in international careers, on Thursday, October 15, from 2 to 3 p.m. in Room 206 of Ingraham Hall. This session also will include information about UW–Madison’s Washington, D.C. Semester in International Affairs Program. Lange is the …

Princeton in Asia Information Session

For Undergraduates of any nationality: Princeton in Asia (PiA) Info Session Thursday, October 1st, 5:00 – 6:00 pm in 336 Ingraham Hall Presented by PiA alumni Kurt Kuehne (SE Asian Studies, Sociology), Michael Dunford (SE Asian Studies), and Molly Clark-Barol (Civil Society and Community Research) Seniors, looking for the job of a lifetime? Before you …

SSRC Workshop/SocSci&Humanities Grad Workshop

The International Division and the Graduate School are sponsoring a grant workshop for graduate students in the social sciences and humanities on Wednesday, September 16, from 4-6 pm in Bascom 260. Daniella Sarnoff, director of the International Dissertation Research Fellowship program at the Social Science Research Council (SSRC), will be presenting, along with Erin Crawley, …

Ladinsky Memorial Fund receives gift, launches lecture

The Center for Southeast Asian Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison recently received a $360,000 gift to the Judith L. Ladinsky Memorial Fund, which honors Ladinsky, professor of Population Health Sciences and long-time head of the U.S. Committee for Scientific Cooperation with Vietnam (USCSCV). The recent gift came from the estate of Dr. Nina Byers, …

Yin named director of China Initiative

Jerry C.P. Yin, professor in the Departments of Genetics and Neurology, has been named as the new faculty director of the Wisconsin China Initiative (WCI) by Vice Provost and Dean Guido Podestá of the University of Wisconsin–Madison International Division. “Jerry brings to this important position a broad understanding not just of China, but of the …

Global Hot Spots: DeWitt to discuss pope’s call to action and Global Wisconsin Idea

In his encyclical Laudato Si’, Pope Francis critiqued consumerism and irresponsible development, lamented environmental degradation and global warming, and called on all people of the world to take “swift and unified global action.” Recently, Dr. Calvin B. DeWitt, an environmental scientist in the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, joined five …

Study Abroad Fair showcases opportunities from across campus, around the world

Thinking about studying abroad? Perhaps you haven’t made up your mind yet about whether going overseas is right for you. Or maybe you’ve decided to go abroad, but aren’t sure where, for how long, or what type of experience would be best for you. Regardless of how far you’ve come in your decision-making and planning …

Peace Corps journey leads Kloppenburg home

“I can talk all day, really about anything, and especially about the weather,” says Micah Kloppenburg. “The weather can easily be an entry point to any other conversation, any discussion that you would want to have.” “And I think that’s a great analogy to the Peace Corps as well, that the Peace Corps is an …

Jhabvala to speak on structural inequalities and poverty in India

Structural inequalities are among the main reasons widespread poverty persists in India, despite continuous economic growth, says Renana Jhabvala, the 2015 J. Jobe Soffa and Marguerite Jacqmin Soffa Distinguished International Visitor. Jhabvala, who has been extensively involved in policy issues regarding poor women and the informal economy in India, will discuss “Structural Inequalities and Poverty: …

Fulbright ETA Crunch time workshop

ROOM CHANGE: we’ll meet in 336 Ingraham Hall. Dr. Erin Crawley is holding a question/answer and peer review session for all those applying for a Fulbright US student English Teaching Assistantship grant by the campus deadline. This is open to graduating seniors and graduate students who are in the final throes of the ETA application …