University of Wisconsin–Madison
A competition for seed funding grants to support new areas of international collaboration between University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers and researchers affiliated with the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) has been announced by the Division of International Studies, with support from the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) and the Graduate School. Projects are to begin on or …
The University of Wisconsin–Madison this year ranks third among large universities nationwide in the number of alumni currently serving as Peace Corps volunteers, up from eighth last year. The 9,095 Peace Corps volunteers now working with local communities in 75 countries include 107 UW–Madison alumni—16 more than last year and just five below the top …
They teach what Bloomberg Rankings has identified as the third-most-important business language in the world, after English and Mandarin. Yet, as budgets for public education continue to tighten, teachers of French are struggling to keep their programs off the chopping block in Wisconsin and across the United States. An upcoming workshop at the University of …
Recently announced plans for the University of Wisconsin–Madison to open an office in Shanghai have been well-received in China, including endorsements from Badger alumni in the region and Wisconsin companies doing business there, according to Gilles Bousquet, dean of the Division of International Studies and vice provost for globalization. “With such strong support, we are …
UW News As a service learning project within Wisconsin Without Borders, students at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have made lasting connections with a village in Ecuador through a microenterprise project. This year marked the pilot year of WWB and the UW–Madison Global Health Institute. Through engagement in collaborations in reciprocal community partnership, this initiative serves …
“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 …