UW-Madison News — February 3, 2011 For the 11th year in a row, UW-Madison has placed in the top tier of the Peace Corps’ nationwide list of large schools producing Peace Corps volunteers. With 91 …
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Panel Discussion on the Protests in Egypt Scheduled for February 14
The Division of International Studies, in partnership with the African Studies Program and the Middle East Studies program, will sponsor a panel discussion on the protests in Egypt. Panelists include UW-Madison professors Nevine El-Nossery, (French …
[External News] UW-Madison and Egypt: Study Abroad Students Reflect on Protests and Campus Updates
The Badger Herald — February 6, 2011 “Egyptian Crisis Unlikely to Affect UW Programs”
[AIESEC] International Expo on February 10
Join AIESEC for the Student International Expo February 10, 2011 Memorial Union Great Hall 4-6 p.m. Want to explore the world? On February 10, come see the exciting opportunities that are available for UW-Madison students …
[UW News] UW-Madison Suspends Egypt Programs and Students Leave Alexandria
UW-Madison News – January 31, 2011 Note: As of 5:30 p.m. CST today, Monday, Jan. 31, the students in Alexandria had left the airport and were en route to Prague on their way back to …
[UW News] Global Health Initiative Sparks Creative Thinking with Incubator Series
UW-Madison News –February 1, 2011 If ever there were a novel approach to a global health issue, Caitilyn Allen may have found it in a radio drama produced by the Ugandan agricultural extension.
Dr. Tom Oliver Receives Worldwide Universities Network Funding Award for Public Health
The Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) announced a funding award to University of Wisconsin-Madison’s School of Medicine and Public Health faculty member Dr. Tom Oliver and his collaborators, Dr. Ken Zakariasen of the University of Alberta …
[The Badger Herald] UW Renews Chinese Champion Program for 3 Additional Years
The Badger Herald – January 25, 2011 “UW renews Chinese Champion program for 3 additional years; As Big Ten Network shows film on visit, Chinese, UW officials sing praises of student transfer” by Katherine Krueger.
This Week on WPR, Here on Earth: The Global University with Author Ben Wildavsky
On January 25, Jean Feraca of Wisconsin Public Radio’s Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders presented The Global University. The original show aired at 3 p.m., but you can listen to the rebroadcast.
Author Ben Wildavsky to Speak on the Rise of the Global Education Marketplace, Talk Begins 2011 GSHE Speaker Series
Ben Wildavsky, a senior fellow in research and policy at the Kauffman Foundation and author of The Great Brain Race: How Global Universities Are Reshaping the World, is giving a free public talk titled “The …