UW–Madison students preparing to embark on a variety of international experiences in the coming months received words of encouragement and financial support at the spring 2015 International Studies Scholarship Award Ceremony on April 23, at …
Steve Barcus
Story by Steve Barcus, International Division
Returnees provide send-off, advice for new UW Peace Corps invitees
Like many graduating seniors at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, Rebecca Morgan grapples with a feeling of not knowing what to expect this summer. Morgan wakes up every morning feeling either overwhelmed with excitement or overcome …
Schwarzman Scholars competition
Schwarzman Scholars competition is open. Application opens: April 15, 2015 UW-Madison deadline: July 22, 2015 Foundation deadline: October 1, 2015 *No institutional letter of endorsement or nomination from the candidate’s undergraduate or graduate university is …
Fish-Harnack Lecture to feature expert on human rights, immigration/refugee law
Obiora Chinedu Okafor, a respected academic on international, human rights, and immigration/refugee law, will deliver the 2015 Mildred Fish-Harnack Human Rights and Democracy Lecture. Okafor, professor at Osgoode Hall Law School, York University in Toronto, …
Fulbright Info Session English Teaching Assistantships
Please forward to Undergraduates and Graduates. Applicants to the Fulbright US Student program must be US citizens. The Fulbright US Student Program 2016-17 competition will open on Tuesday, March 31. New application and country program …
Fulbright Info session for Grads
Please forward to grad students. Applicants to the Fulbright US Student program must be US citizens. The Fulbright US Student Program 2016-17 competition will open on Tuesday, March 31. New application and country program information …
Fulbright Info Session for Undergrads
Applicants to the Fulbright US Student program must be US citizens. The Fulbright US Student Program 2016-17 competition will open on Tuesday, March 31. New application and country program information will be available on the …
Writing assignment in UW-Madison class reaches newspaper readers in France
Imagine writing an article as an assignment for a French workshop class and ending up with your prose published in a newspaper in France. Two students at the University of Wisconsin–Madison just added that milestone …
Yao to lecture on understanding China’s economic growth
Yao Yang, dean of the National School of Development and director of the China Center for Economic Research at Peking University in Beijing, will deliver a free public lecture on Understanding the Political Economy of …
Diplomatic legacy of WWI felt a century later
Contrary to high hopes at the time, the peace process at the end of the so-called “War to End All Wars” a century ago laid the groundwork for many current global conflicts. Today’s tensions between …