University of Wisconsin–Madison
American students today are exposed to the idea of doing public service by the time they reach high school, if not earlier. By the time they enter college, volunteering has become second nature. That’s not necessarily the case for students who come to U.S. universities from other countries. International students often get their first taste …
The annual Undergraduate Symposium showcases the “research, creative endeavor and service-learning” of hundreds of students at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, encompassing all areas of study, including the humanities, fine arts, biological sciences, physical sciences, and social sciences Presentations and posters featured at the 2014 symposium, held April 10 at Union South, covered a variety of …
Lori DiPrete Brown has traveled professional pathways that have taken her to countries around the world, as a global public health educator, researcher, and author of policies and guidebooks, working with international agencies and educational institutions. Her journey is deeply rooted in an intensely personal odyssey that DiPrete Brown took three decades ago – an …
Fulbright Israel Post-Doctoral Fellowships for American Researchers in All Academic Disciplines 2015/2016 – 2016/2017 The United States-Israel Educational Foundation (USIEF), the Fulbright commission for Israel, plans to offer 8 fellowships to American post-doctoral researchers in support of work to be carried out at Israeli universities during the course of the 2015/2016-2016/2017 academic years. The US …
“What can I do with this language?” It’s a question that Michael Kruse often hears from undergraduates at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, which offers instruction in dozens of languages – from those most widely used to many that are less commonly taught. “Everything is being done in different languages. Anything you can do in English …
After three decades in which China achieved record economic growth in part by feeding the insatiable U.S. appetite for consumer of goods, Wall Street economist Stephen Roach (’68 BA Economics) sees an unhealthy codependency that could easily spiral out of control into a new trade war and other doomsday scenarios. “Both economies are currently in …
Being able to share her study abroad experience with other students at the University of Wisconsin–Madison “made it that much more meaningful for me, because I began to feel like what I had to say and what I experienced abroad had value,” says Kiana Murphy. Murphy, a junior majoring in English and creative writing, studied …
As noon approached, the seats in Ingraham Hall, Room 206 – a frequent venue for scholarly lectures on international topics – filled quickly. This audience had come to hear a speaker who easily could deliver a extensive series of academic talks, but, on this day, they had come to celebrate the individual, his distinguished career …
Katie Morris speaks with such enthusiasm about the culture and people of Brazil that it’s easy to overlook the fact that the University of Wisconsin–Madison senior has yet to set foot in South America’s largest country. After studying Spanish in high school and learning Portuguese at UW–Madison, Morris says classroom discussions sparked her curiosity about …
Joe Elder and his bride, Joann, sailed to India in 1951 to teach English in high schools in Tamilnadu. Part of their reimbursement after they returned was to be a free year of graduate study in Oberlin College, Ohio. For his master’s thesis, Elder asked the question: “What happens to the caste system among Indian …