University of Wisconsin–Madison
UW–Madison News Release by Masarah Van Eyck Record numbers of University of Wisconsin–Madison students are earning some of their academic credit abroad, with a participation rate that far exceeds the national average. What is more, they are increasingly choosing to study in previously non-traditional destinations such as China and India. According to the Open Doors …
Universities Offer International Resources to Help Economy at Home By Karin Fischer The Chronicle of Higher Education, November 15, 2009 Universities, with their global reach and increasingly international missions, can use their overseas connections and expertise to improve their state and local economies. That was the argument made by speakers at a panel discussion Sunday …
UW–Madison News Release by Masarah Van Eyck Before leaving for Ireland last September, University of Wisconsin–Madison student Sarah Zink wrote about her expectations of the study abroad experience that awaited her. “What I really want is an experience I can look back on as being life-changing,” Zink wrote. “I can’t wait to learn about a …
What is global competence? Can you learn it? How do you know when you have it? Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Wisconsin Public Radio’s daily call-in program about all things international, will tackle the notion of “global competence” in its broadcast on Tuesday, November 17 at 3pm (rebroadcast each evening at 9pm). The broadcast …
The University of Wisconsin–Madison – along with more than 1,000 organizations worldwide – will mark Global Entrepreneurship Week during the week of November 15. Led by its Office of Corporate Relations, the university is taking part in a number of events on and off campus, including: Entrepreneurial Boot Camp: From November 15-20, UW–Madison students will …
CONTACT: Farha Tahir, tahir@wisc.edu UW–Madison News (November 12, 2009) – Eleven University of Wisconsin–Madison students working on an island in Uganda’s Lake Victoria knew they were making a difference when a member of the country’s parliament came to check out the fledgling girls’ soccer team they had helped to put together. The UW–Madison students had …
UW Madison News (November 12, 2009) — The Wisconsin School of Business will attract some of the brightest real estate students from the top business schools in Asia, Europe and Latin America with a highly innovative Global Real Estate Master (GREM) program. The program builds on the Wisconsin School of Business’s expertise and tradition in …
The Global Legal Studies Center of the UW Law School will hold a workshop on the theme “After the Violence: Crimes, Prosecutions, and What Then?” on Saturday, November 14, 2009, from 8:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. at the UW Law School. The workshop will be held in Lubar Commons of the Law School and is …
UW–Madison News Release by John Lucas FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 11/6/09 CONTACT: Aaron Brower, 608-262-5246, ambrower@wisc.edu University of Wisconsin–Madison Chancellor Biddy Martin and the Madison Initiative for Undergraduates Oversight Committee have identified eight proposals, ranging from an electronic system designed to capture notes of student meetings with advisers to College of Letters & Science faculty lines, …
UW–Madison News (November 4, 2009) — When the Soviet Union launched its first Sputnik satellite in 1957, it effectively defeated the United States in the first round of the space race. And while the United States responded in kind with Pioneer 1, it also transformed its Cold War engagement by launching a terrestrial initiative — …