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From The Washington Times, June 14, 2009 By Joseph Weber President Obama on Tuesday announced his intention to nominate former Peace Corps volunteer Aaron Williams to run the federal agency. “America was built on a belief that the best progress comes from ordinary citizens working to bring about the change they believe in,” the president …
From the Wisconsin State Journal “On Campus” blog, June 14, 2009 On Campus: University of Wisconsin Medical School to lead effort to improve care for AIDS patients in Ethiopia By DAVID WAHLBERG 608-252-6125 dwahlberg@madison.com The UW School of Medicine and Public Health is leading a federally funded partnership to improve emergency medicine for people with …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 9, 2009 CONTACT: Nancy Heingartner, 608-265-6298, outreach@creeca.wisc.edu UW–Madison Russia Experts Make Civil Society Recommendations to President Obama and Others in Moscow Summit University of Wisconsin–Madison professors Theodore P. Gerber, Sociology, and Mark S. Johnson, Educational Policy Studies (beginning fall 2009) , along with colleagues from the Eurasia Foundation, the New Eurasia …
UW–Madison News Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 6/30/09 CONTACT: Jim Delehanty, jmdeleha@wisc.edu, 608-262-4458 MADISON – This week, the University of Wisconsin–Madison African Studies Program is taking 15 high school social studies teachers and curriculum planners from across the United States to Rwanda for 30 days. This endeavor is made possible by the Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad …
Local Iranian citizen reacts to protests, unrest [Note: Mirsharifi is a doctoral student in UW–Madison’s Second Language Acquisition (SLA) program. She is teaching in the university’s summer Arabic & Persian Immersion Program (APIP) coordinated by UW–Madison Global Studies. ] Read the full story. View the news video. MADISON (WKOW) — Fatemeh Mirsharifi teaches Persian at …
Know Your Madisonian: Cynthia Haq, UW–Madison Center for Global Health From the Wisconsin State Journal June 6, 2009 Dr. Cynthia Haq directs UW–Madison’s Center for Global Health, formed in 2005. It includes students and faculty from the schools of medicine, nursing, pharmacy and veterinary medicine. Haq also heads up the medical school’s new program in …
Thanks to the superb writing of Mai Chou Her and the other UW–Madison Student Correspondents, LexioPhiles has nominated the Badgers Abroad Blog among the Top 100 International Exchange and Experience Blogs from around the world! Cast your vote for the Badgers Abroad Blog!
CIBER’s Applied Funds program provides grants of up to $2,000 to support travel, conference registration, and participation in faculty development programs. Deadline: Monday, June 1 Eligibility: All University of Wisconsin faculty, academic staff, and Ph.D. students are eligible to apply. All Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Iowa Community and Technical College instructors and administrators are eligible to …
June 16, 2009 11:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Fluno Center for Executive Education Skyview Room 601 University Avenue Mexico is Wisconsin’s second-largest trading partner and currently faces a convergence of economic, political and social uncertainties. Companies with existing or potential ties to Mexican markets need to understand this situation and how it may impact their …
On Wednesday, May 6, Joan Spero, UW–Madison alumna and an expert in philanthropic issues, addressed an audience that included students, faculty, and community members. She spoke about the impact of Global Philanthropy and U.S. Foreign Policy at home and abroad. Watch her talk now in our video library! Find more information about the event, and …