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by Diane Cole, U.S. News and World Report Posted March 26, 2008 Graduate schools are going global—that is, if they haven’t done so already. These days, not only do students from around the world come to the United States for grad school (numbers have rebounded since 9/11). American students themselves are increasingly searching out research …
On 11 March, William Brustein (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) and Susan Jeffords (University of Washington), two experts on the internationalization of higher education, held a candid discussion at the University of Wisconsin–Madison (pictured to the right) about how communities and regions benefit from the global efforts of their public universities.Topics in this two hour-long …
By: Elizabeth Michaels /The Daily Cardinal Sen. Russ Feingold lobbied for U.S. foreign relations improvements Monday at the Memorial Union Monday as part of the Distinguished Lecture Series, sponsored by Wisconsin Union Directorate and the UW Division of International Studies. Feingold focused his discussion on how international relations and the worldview of the United States …
Samara Kalk Derby, The Capital Times Asked what he thinks about calling in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to deal with anti-war protesters, Sen. Russ Feingold says it shouldn’t happen. “I think that public protest is one of the greatest things that happens in this country,” he told a UW–Madison audience of more than …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 3/21/08 Contact: Masarah Van Eyck, mvaneyck2@international.wisc.edu, 608-262-5590. Three University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty will be named Chevaliers de l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques in a private ceremony with the French Consul General, Jean-Baptiste de Boissière, in Madison on March 27. Dating from 1808 under Napoleonic rule, the L’Ordre des Palmes Académiques was established to …
A recording of last week’s Global Public University event is posted on UW–Madison’s Instructional Communications site. You may find and watch it here, along with last fall’s discussion with David Ward and Steven Toope: http://www.uwex.edu/ics/stream/event.cfm?eid=15670 Both Susan Jeffords and William Brustein were lively and generous in relaying their vast experience in internationalizing university campuses. They …
UW–Madison’s Division of International Studies has appointed Kimberly Coulter, PhD, as its first Worldwide University Network (WUN) administrative program manager. Assuming the first position of its kind in the United States, Coulter is tasked with heightening UW–Madison’s profile and engagement as a global public university. I’m thrilled to be a part of the Division of …
Workshop: “Health and Development in Africa: An International Dialogue”Monday, 7 April 2008 1:30 – 6:00 p.m. University of Wisconsin–Madison, School of Medicine and Public Health Health Sciences Learning Center 750 Highland Avenue Auditorium (Room 1325) The workshop examines various international organizations’ development policy and initiatives in the area of health, specifically those underway in Africa. …
CONTACT: Masarah Van Eyck, mvaneyck2@international.wisc.edu, 608-262-5592 On March 5, 2008, the Wisconsin Legislature passed a Joint Resolution on International Education. Spearheaded by Sam Dunlop of St. Norbert College, the resolution recognizes that “international education is a critical component of higher education…contributing to the economy of the state and to a diverse college environment.” “This is …
The Business Journal of Milwaukee, March 12 Just a day after the University of Wisconsin’s patent licensing arm won a government ruling upholding a pair of key stem cell patents, Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle announced Wednesday that Madison will host a world gathering of stem cell researchers, advocates and investors later this year. The World …