University of Wisconsin–Madison
By Elizabeth Redden, Inside Higher Education At “globalized” universities, mapping can be a challenge – mapping where and in what forms international connections and research can be found on a campus. But try mapping what’s happening across multiple universities and you could end up – as a dozen researchers recently did – with 10,000+ pages …
By Dan Muckelbauer – GM Today Staff You wouldn’t expect detail-oriented, data-based engineering types to go all cross-cultural, change-the-world- one-village-at-a-time kumbayah. But then Engineers Without Borders at the University of Wisconsin–Madison isn’t your typical 4-year-old organization. Neither are its partnerships with groups as diverse as Rotary and churches, including in West Bend. Nor are its …
Roy F. Weston Distinguished Lecture Series in Sustainability “Food Security and Bioenergy: Approaches to assess a complex relationship – Experiences from FAO’s work in Tanzania” Presented by Andreas von Brandt, UN Food and Agriculture Organization Date: Monday, March 30 Time: 4:30 pm Location: 1106 Mechanical Engineering, 1513 University Ave. We are pleased to announce that …
Press Release DATE: March 20, 2009 CONTACT: Masarah Van Eyck, (608) 262-5590, mvaneyck2@international.wisc.edu Madison-German Ambassador Klaus Scharioth will give a public lecture on April 1 at UW–Madison entitled “The Transatlantic Agenda – A German Perspective.” He will also deliver the keynote address at the German-American International Symposium “Excursions in German-American Studies: Celebrating 25 Years at …
Mark Copelovitch, Political Science Menzie Chinn, La Follette School of Public Affairs Darian Ibrahim, UW Law School Wednesday, March 25 2:45 PM – 5:30 PM Reception 5:30 PM – 6:00 PM Lubar Commons Law School Registration Requested. CLE credit for Wisconsin attorneys pending. About the event: Due to globalization, international society is rapidly shrinking with …
April 23-24, 2009 BioPharmaceutical Technology Center (Promega) Madison, WI Registration Required, Scholarships Available ABOUT THE EVENT: Join us for a lively two days of information-sharing and discussion regarding this important – and often challenging (and sometimes controversial) – topic! This year’s program is designed to allow participants to explore these questions: How do we define …
The Central Asian Student Association (CASA) and the Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia (CREECA) invite you to a celebration of Nawruz, the traditional Central Asian New Year, with a free concert by the “Silk Road Ensemble!” Date and Time: Thursday, April 2 at 7:30 P.M. Location: Great Hall of the Memorial Union, …
The Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia (CREECA) and the Department of Scandinavian Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison will host the Baltic Studies Summer Institute (BALSSI) in the summer of 2009 (June 15-August 7, 2009). Elementary Estonian, Latvian, and Lithuanian language courses will be offered, as well as lectures (in English) on …
By Elizabeth Redden, Inside Higher Education Sustainable study abroad. “It almost seems like an oxymoron,” says Daniel Greenberg, executive director of Living Routes, an Amherst, Mass.-based provider that runs study abroad programs in eco-villages. The perception of paradox, Greenberg says, has in some ways frozen the field. The prevailing sense is this: “You can’t be …
UW–Madison fails to make list, looks to increase efforts on campus to gain ranking By Courtney Stacy, The Badger Herald Five colleges and universities across the nation were awarded Tuesday for their outstanding efforts to promote internationally friendly campuses — but the University of Wisconsin not being one of them. The NAFSA Association of International …