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Faculty Grant Opportunities via CIBER

Upcoming Deadlines for CIBER Grant Opportunities The UW–Madison Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) offers two university grant programs for UW System faculty. The deadline for the next Global Research/Curriculum Development awards is Wednesday, October 1, 2008. The deadline for the next round of Applied Funds support is Monday, December 1, 2008. CIBER’s …

Mary Robinson to Give Human Rights and Democracy Lecture

The UW–Madison Division of International Studies and the Human Rights Initiative present the Mildred Fish-Harnack Human Rights and Democracy Lecture Human Rights Challenges in the 21st Century Mary Robinson Former President of Ireland and United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Friday, September 26, 2008 4:00 p.m. Ebling Symposium Center Microbial Sciences Building 1550 Linden …

World Stem Cell Summit comes to Madison Sept. 21-23

by Jordana Lenon, UW Communications Meeting stem cell experts from around the world, unique networking opportunities, and a public day of outreach await those attending the World Stem Cell Summit and related events Sept. 21-23 in Madison, Wis. This is not your typical scientific meeting. The entire summit is open to anyone. In the past, …

Law School’s Ohnesorge Named Co-Director of UW-Madison China Initiative

University of Wisconsin Law School Professor John Ohnesorge has been named Co-Director of the new UW–Madison China Initiative, which is designed to promote global competence and to advance internationalization with respect to China. The Initiative, announced by the UW–Madison Division of International Studies in 2008, has brought together a group of outstanding faculty, alumni, and …

China Moves Up to Fifth as Importer of Students [The Chronicle of Higher Education]

By Mara Hvistendahl, The Chronicle of Higher Education When Seo Ming-jun came to Shanghai Jiaotong University five years ago to study Chinese, she was planning to stay a year, then return to her native Seoul to complete her undergraduate degree. But halfway through the year she liked China so much that she applied for a …

Unexpected adventures abroad: From absent visas to the weak U.S. dollar, students learn lessons from afar [The Badger Herald]

by Jessi Polsky, The Badger Herald University of Wisconsin senior Elizabeth Yurish was feeding elephants in Tsitsikamma National Park, South Africa, while thousands of miles away, fellow UW senior Erica Efron attempted to navigate the narrow medieval streets of Prague, Czech Republic. Every year, thousands of students stuff their backpacks, grab their passports and hop …

Human Rights Course Development Grants

The Human Rights Initiative at the University of Wisconsin, Madison is pleased to sponsor new course development grants to further course offerings on human rights on campus. The grants will be available to tenure-track and tenured faculty in all disciplines. The purpose of the grants is to develop new human rights content, which can come …

UW scientists play key role in largest physics experiment to date [The Capital Times]

Todd Finkelmeyer, The Capital Times After nearly two decades of preparation, dozens of University of Wisconsin–Madison scientists and engineers are eagerly anticipating Wednesday’s scheduled startup of the Large Hadron Collider — billed as the largest physics experiment in history. This $10 billion endeavor is a collaboration of thousands of scientists and engineers from around the …

Wisconsin celebrates Kikkoman lab opening [The Daily Cardinal]

By: Abby Sears, The Daily Cardinal The Kikkoman Foundation is giving $100,000 in scholarships to environmental studies students as part of the partnership with UW–Madison. Officials and business leaders from both Wisconsin and Japan gathered Tuesday to celebrate the opening of an innovative new Kikkoman research facility in University Research Park. Gov. Jim Doyle, Madison …

UW Receives Large Grant from European Union for Center of Excellence

The European Union Center of Excellence (EUCE) at University of Wisconsin–Madison has received a grant for €300,000 (ca. $450,000) from the European Commission in Brussels renewing its funding through 2011. “Since the establishment of the Wisconsin European Union Center, our University has emerged as one of the major centers of European Studies in the United …