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Op.Ed.: Travel Adjusts Attitudes

Sarah Howard, a UW–Madison senior majoring in journalism and political science, writes in a Badger Herald op. ed. piece during International Education Week that “students should be praised for their decision to go [study] abroad.” To read more, go to the URL below. http://badgerherald.com/oped/2006/11/17/travel_adjusts_attit.php

New York Times Environment Reporter to Speak

Untitled Document New York Times Environment Reporter to Speak Nov. 20 at UW–Madison MADISON — New York Times environment reporter *Andrew Revkin* will give a free public lecture at 4:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 20, in the Wisconsin Historical Society Auditorium, 816 State Street. Revkin’s illustrated talk, *”The Daily Planet: A Journalist’s Search for Sustainability, from …

Here on Earth: Kamikaze Diaries

On Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders, Jean Feraca and her guest Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney, anthropology professor, University of Wisconsin–Madison and author of “Kamikaze Diaries: Reflections of Japanese Student Soldiers” examine the diaries of Japanese Kamakaze Pilots during World War II, smashing through stereotypes. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archives.cfm

International Students Share Experiences with Area Schools

by Ariane Strombom, UW–Madison Communications Each year, more than 3,000 international students from more than 100 countries study on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus. Sharing that worldly experience with the community is the inspiration behind the program International Reach… http://www.news.wisc.edu/13146.html

International Children’s Literature Conference

Untitled Document FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: Monday, November 13 CONTACT: Rachel Weiss, rweiss@wisc.edu/608-262-9224 AWARD-WINNING AUTHORS OF INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S LITERATURE TO BE FEATURED AT UW-MADISON CONFERENCE Madison, WI – Four award-winning authors will be guests of honor at an all-day conference on international children’s and young people’s literature in Madison, Saturday, November 18. The conference, “Open …

Bousquet Responds to Daily Cardinal Op Ed

http://www.dailycardinal.com/opinion/language-vital-to-education.html

Training Students for the Global Stage

by Sharyn Alden For the Wisconsin State Journal Gilles Bousquet, dean of International Studies at UW–Madison, develops partnerships to help students become more competent in international business. . . http://www.madison.com/wsj/mad/business/index.php?ntid=106462#

Dharwadker Book Wins Award

Untitled Document UW–Madison’s Aparna Bhargava Dharwadker Awarded NYU’s Joe A. Callaway Prize for Best Book on Drama or Theatre Aparna Bhargava Dharwadker, a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is the winner of the Joe A. Callaway Prize for 2004-2005 for the best book on drama or theatre, presented by New York University’s Department of …

Here on Earth: Italian Literature

UW–Madison profs Rumble and Menechella on poetry from the Greek island of Cefalonia — http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archives.cfm

Cynthia Enloe: Women and the U.S. War in Iraq

Untitled Document News Advisory DATE: Tuesday October 31, 2006 CONTACT: Wendy Christensen, Division of International Studies, UW–Madison, communicationpa@intl-institute.wisc.edu Cynthia Enloe to speak about women and the U.S. war in Iraq Cynthia Enloe, one of America’s pre-eminent theorists of gender and the military, and Research Professor of Women’s Studies and International Development at Clark University, will …