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“Cautious optimism” is the economic outlook from Asia, according to a survey conducted at MIPIM Asia last week by the Wisconsin School of Business in cooperation with HKUST Business School. “The strong sense of optimism that we’ve seen in the last two years in Asia has been justified,” says François Ortalo-Magné, Albert O. Nicholas Dean …
Her work, first with 3M and then with a commercial law firm affiliation, drew Sue Ginsburg into the international marketplace. “I have been exposed to and learned a lot about our global economy and doing business with other countries,” says Ginsburg, who now heads GrowthLynx, a Minneapolis marketing firm. “I love meeting people from other …
A significant indicator of the support for international education at the University of Wisconsin–Madison has been the number of students who study abroad each year—a number that has grown 75% in the past decade. According to Open Doors 2011, the report released Monday by the Institute of International Education, UW–Madison ranked 10th nationally in the …
UW News In its 2011 Open Doors Report on International Education Exchange, released this week, the Institute of International Education gives high marks to the University of Wisconsin–Madison in two categories. Nationally, UW–Madison sent the tenth-highest number of students to study abroad during the 2009-10 school year, with 2,169 students pursuing studies in other countries. …
Here is a commentary by Gilles Bousquet, Dean of International Studies and Vice Provost for Globalization at University of Wisconsin–Madison, in celebration of International Education Week: International education today is more than learning a second language or becoming well-versed in world geography. Language learning and global knowledge continue to be foundational, but, in today’s new …
Most students at the University of Wisconsin–Madison spend the last Thursday in November with family or friends, but American holidays such as Thanksgiving can magnify cultural gaps. Traditions may seem unfamiliar to international students and talk of family gatherings may seem bittersweet to those for whom “going home” means a 16-hour flight. For 52 years, …
Representatives of the University of Wisconsin–Madison have returned to China this week, where they are seeking to expand the university’s engagement and move toward the goal of creating a physical UW–Madison presence there. “On this trip, we are exploring exciting opportunities to establish a distinctive UW–Madison footprint in China,” says Gilles Bousquet, dean of the …
UW News Biochemist Har Gobind Khorana, who received the Nobel Prize for research he conducted while at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, died Wednesday, Nov. 9 in Concord, Mass. at age 89. “He revolutionized biotechnology with his pioneering work in DNA chemistry,” says Aseem Ansari, UW–Madison professor of biochemistry. “The work that he did in Wisconsin …
Wisconsin Public Radio is recognizing 50 years of the U.S. Peace Corps with a special series of broadcasts, November 5-11. Since 1961, Wisconsinites have responded to President John F. Kennedy’s call for international service in record numbers. More than 2,942 UW–Madison alumni have served in the program, second only to the University of California-Berkeley on …
A new one-hour documentary on Mildred Fish-Harnack—Milwaukee native, University of Wisconsin alumna, and the only American woman executed on direct orders from Adolf Hitler—is scheduled to premiere Monday, Nov. 7, at 8 p.m. on Wisconsin Public Television (WPT). Also, a free preview screening of Wisconsin’s Nazi Resistance: The Mildred Fish-Harnack Story is scheduled Thursday, Nov. …