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Celebrating International Education Week

Untitled Document FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: October 26, 2006 CONTACT: Ronnie Hess, Director of Communications, Division of International Studies, UW–Madison, (608) 262-5590, rlhess@wisc.edu UW-MADISON CELEBRATES INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION WEEK Madison, WI – The UW–Madison will celebrate International Education Week, November 12 through 18, with a series of, talks, workshops and conferences. International Education Week is a …

Bousquet Appointed Chair of CIC Group

Untitled Document FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: October 25, 2006 CONTACT: Ronnie Hess, Director of Communications, UW–Madison Division of International Studies, (608) 262-5590, rlhess@wisc.edu BOUSQUET APPOINTED CHAIR OF CIC GROUP Madison, WI – Gilles Bousquet, the dean of International Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has been appointed chair of the Committee on Institutional Cooperation’s Senior …

Schooling Around the World

Untitled Document FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 10/24/06 CONTACT: Amy Stambach, (608) 262-1760, aestambach@wisc.edu PANEL TO HIGHLIGHT SCHOOLING AROUND THE WORLD MADISON – A group of doctoral students in the UW–Madison Department of Educational Policy Studies (EPS) will offer global perspectives on education in “Schooling around the World: Sights, Sounds, Stories and Travels,” on Wednesday, November 15, …

World Cultures Day

NEWS ADVISORY – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: October 4, 2006 CONTACT: Lara Kain, Outreach Coordinator, Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia (CREECA) and Center for European Studies (CES), UW–Madison, (608) 265-6298, outreach@creeca.wisc.edu Madison, WI – Approximately 175 Wisconsin middle school students, including several dozen from the Dane County area, will participate in the …

Obituary: Gordon Baldwin

http://www.news.wisc.edu/13028.html

South Asia Conference on Sri Lanka

Untitled Document FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: Friday, October 13, 2006 CONTACT: Rachel Weiss, Outreach Coordinator, UW–Madison Center for South Asia, (608) 262-9224, rweiss@wisc.edu SOUTH ASIA CONFERENCE TO FOCUS ON SRI LANKA Madison, WI – The 35th Annual Conference on South Asia will be held on October 19 – 22, 2006 at the Madison Concourse Hotel, …

New Program Targets Global Poverty

http://www.news.wisc.edu/12993.html

Teacher Training in LCTL

http://www.news.wisc.edu/12989.html

News Reports on Global Issues Forum

Badger Herald: Congressional candidates debate global issues Daily Cardinal: Representative hopefuls debate at Memorial Union Capital Times: Magnum parades his ‘moderate’ credentials WISC: Magnum And Baldwin Face Off In 2nd Debate

Jeremi Suri on North Korea

North Korea is calling its nuclear weapons test a “great leap forward” for its people, but nations around the globe are condemning the move. Joy Cardin and her guest take a look at what happens next. Guest: Jeremi Suri, associate professor of history at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He is the author of “Power and …