By Lynn F. Jacobs, Jeremy S. Hyman U.S. News & World Report Thinking you might want to study abroad? For some, it’ll prove to be one of the most rewarding, life-enhancing experiences of their college careers. …
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Higher Education in a Global Society [The Chronicle of Higher Education]
By Graham Spanier for The Chronicle of Higher Education The humorist Dave Barry once observed, “Americans who travel abroad for the first time are often shocked to discover that, despite all the progress that has …
UK Funding for China-UK Solar Physics Summer School
News article Dec 19, 2008 Graham Sykes We are pleased to announce that funding has been secured to help support a summer school in Nanjing in July 2009. The 2009 July 22 solar total eclipse, …
Call for Proposals: UW–Madison WUN International Collaboration Grants
The Division of International Studies, the College of Letters & Science, the Graduate School, and the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Administration at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, along with the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) …
Video Presentations from the Global Economic Crisis: The Untold Stories
On November 20th the Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy (WAGE) convened a panel of distinguished UW-Madison professors who offered different perspectives on the causes, consequences, and potential solutions for the global economic …
Jorge Avendaño Receives 2008 Wisconsin Global Citizen Award
Jorge Avendaño, professor of law at Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, will receive the 2008 Division of International Studies Wisconsin Global Citizen Award. Avendaño demonstrated outstanding leadership in the study of international law and furthered …
WUN Leeds Fund for International Research Collaborations 2008/09 call opens
The WUN Leeds FIRC provides individual development grants of between £5,000 and £20,000 for use over an 18 months period. The aim is to provide vital seed funding to allow new, high quality, long term …
Where are Human Rights Today? The 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights – 60th Anniversary “Where are Human Rights Today?” UW-Madison Humanities Building, Room 3650 December 10, 2008 4:30 – 6:00pm Free admission, members of the public invited Featuring guest speakers: …
Students Abroad Blog To Educate Peers and Highlight Wisconsin Experience [Madison Commons]
By Valerie Figlmiller, for Madison Commons Students have recently begun to blog about their time while studying abroad to give others perspective and to emphasize the “Wisconsin Experience.” UW-Madison’s Division of International Studies publicly launched …
Call for Proposals: International Funding Opportunities
We are pleased to announce these following funding opportunities for the 2009-10 academic year. Please see the links below for proposal information, deadlines, financial guidelines, and eligibility. You may direct any questions to Associate Dean …