University of Wisconsin–Madison
The Ideas and Universities Project of the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) is sponsoring a virtual seminar series that brings together leading higher education scholars from around the world to consider the roles of universities in the global knowledge economy and the evolving identity of university teacher-researchers and their changing roles in institutions of higher learning. …
The University of Wisconsin–Madison continues to rank among the national leaders in the number of students studying abroad, with 2,159 students studying outside the United States for academic credit in 2010-11, according to the 2012 Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange. UW–Madison ranked ninth among peer institutions in the latest Open Doors Report, published …
Nancy Heingartner never expected that studying in Soviet Union to teach Russian language would lead to diplomatic work. Yet Heingartner went on to receive a Fascell Fellowship in the late 1990s and worked for a year and a half for the U.S. State Department in Kiev, Ukraine. She even got to meet then-President Bill Clinton. …
Two information sessions for students interested in applying for Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) awards for Summer 2013 and the 2013-14 academic year are scheduled (please note different times for graduate and undergraduate applicants): Wednesday, December 5, 2012, in 206 Ingraham Hall: 2-3 p.m. for undergraduate applicants; 3:30-4:30 p.m. for graduate applicants Thursday, January …
On Thursday, November 8, Fatima Sadiqi will speak on the UW–Madison campus about North African Women’s Rights in the Aftermath of the Arab Spring as this fall’s J. Jobe Soffa and Marguerite Jacqmin Soffa Distinguished International Visitor. Her talk, which is free and open to the public, will be held at Union South, at 4 …
Two information sessions are scheduled at UW–Madison for graduate students considering applying (or re-applying) for a dissertation research grant through the Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA), administered through the U.S. Department of Education. The sessions are Wednesday, November 7, and Thursday, November 15, from 4 to 5 p.m., in 336 Ingraham Hall. General information …
While en route to Beijing in 2011 to begin his post as the new U.S. ambassador to China, Gary Locke stopped at a Starbucks in Seattle–Tacoma International Airport to buy a cup of coffee. A Chinese-American businessman snapped a photo and posted it on Sina Weibo, the Chinese version of Twitter. Reposted over 40,000 times, …
Fourteen University of Wisconsin–Madison students have received 2012-13 fellowships from the Fulbright U.S. Student Program, the country’s flagship program for international exchange. Additionally, three graduate students have received Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad grants, and four faculty members have been awarded grants through the CIES Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program. Since its establishment in 1946 under …
Fourteen University of Wisconsin–Madison students have received 2012-13 fellowships from the Fulbright U.S. Student Program, the country’s flagship program for international exchange. Additionally, three graduate students have received Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad grants, and four faculty members have been awarded grants through the CIES Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program. Since its establishment in 1946 under …
Fatima Sadiqi, who founded a women’s NGO working on family law reforms and women’s rights in her native Morocco, will speak on “North African Women’s Rights in the Aftermath of the Arab Spring” as this year’s J. Jobe Soffa and Marguerite Jacqmin Soffa Distinguished International Visitor. Sadiqi, a professor of linguistics and gender studies at …