University of Wisconsin–Madison
Jean Geran, a University of Wisconsin–Madison alumna who has worked on international child protection issues in a variety of capacities, will discuss “Right to Identity: Child Abandonment, Trafficking, Migration and Protection,” as this year’s J. Jobe Soffa and Marguerite Jacqmin Soffa Distinguished International Visitor. “The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child articulates …
Four University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty members have received Fulbright Scholar Awards to lecture and/or conduct research abroad during the 2014-15 academic year, the U.S. Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board announced recently. They are among approximately 1,100 U.S. faculty and professionals who will travel abroad in 2014-15 through the Fulbright …
WASHINGTON, D.C. – University of Wisconsin–Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank recognized the Washington, D.C. Semester in International Affairs at a special reception in the nation’s capital on October 20, sponsored by the Wisconsin Alumni Association. Tony Carroll, who is among the group of UW–Madison alumni who helped to start the program 10 years ago, introduced Chancellor …
Deadline for US Scholars to submit a US Scholar application to the Fulbright Arctic initiative is February 16, 2015. The Fulbright Arctic Initiative will bring together a network of scholars, professionals and applied researchers from the United States, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russia and Sweden for a series of three seminar meetings and a …
The U.S. Department of Education has awarded grants totaling $306,628 to seven doctoral students at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, through the Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) program. The students will use their DDRA grants to conduct research in other countries for six to 12 months. Nationally, the Education Department awarded $2.94 million in DDRA …
Preeminent China economist Nicholas R. Lardy, a University of Wisconsin–Madison alumnus, will return to the Madison campus on Wednesday, October 22 to give a public lecture on “The Rise of Private Business in China.” Lardy, who received his B.A. in economics at UW in 1968, last month published Markets over Mao: The Rise of Private …
In memory of Scott Kloeck-Jenson, a UW–Madison Global Studies Scholar dedicated to global peace and justice, Global Studies awards the SKJ International Internship Fellowships to support graduate students interested in undertaking practitioner internships on social justice issues and the International Pre-Dissertation Travel Fellowships to support overseas travel to potential field research sites for doctoral …
Seven area and international studies centers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison will receive more than $3.4 million in federal Title VI grants for the 2014-15 academic year under the National Resource Centers (NRC) and Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships programs, administered by the U.S. Department of Education. According to the U.S. Department of …
Fulbright Scholar Program Faculty Workshop University of Wisconsin–Madison 206 Ingraham Hall 1155 Observatory Dr. October 21, 2014 — 1:30-3:00 PM Catherine Matto, Assistant Director of the Fulbright US Scholar Program at the Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES) will offer a workshop on the Fulbright Program for Faculty and Professionals: Learn about teaching and …
Princeton in Asia Info Session Thursday, October 16 2014, 6:00 – 7:00 pm in 206 Ingraham Hall. This session will be hosted by a current UW–Madison graduate student, who is a former PiA fellowship recipient. Princeton in Asia sponsors over 165 fellowships in 21 countries and is the oldest and largest non-profit organization of its …