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Atapattu Is GLSI Associate Director
By Dennis Chaptman, UW-Madison University Communications Legal scholar and attorney Sumudu Atapattu has been named Associate Director of the Global Legal Studies Initiative (GLSI), a joint program of the University of Wisconsin Law School and …
Helping South Africa in Science
A summer exchange program brings South African science teachers to UW-Madison. For more, see the Capital Times article at the URL below. http://www.madison.com/archives/read.php?ref=/tct/2006/08/12/0608120104.php
Joe Elder Op-ed on Middle East
UW-Madison professor of Sociology Joe Elder commented on U.S. policy on Israel/Lebanon in a recent Milwaukee Journal Sentinel op-ed. To read the article, visit the link below. http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=480144
The Kevin Barrett Case
The University of Wisconsin-Madison has been under intense scrutiny for its decision to allow part-time lecturer Kevin Barrett to teach an introductory course on Islam history and culture. More than 1,000 e-mails and calls from …
East Asian Studies Aids in Global Study Tour
University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Center for East Asian Studies helped make possible a three week field trip in China for Madison Memorial High School students. The Center helped pay most costs for the accompanying teachers. For …
Fall Borders Book Series
Untitled Document FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: August 1, 2006 CONTACT: Ronnie Hess, Director of Communication, Division of International Studies. University of Wisconsin-Madison, (608) 262-5590, rlhess@wisc.edu For poster, and more information click here. NEXT “WORLD BEYOND …
Summer Arabic Program Featured
UW-Madison’s Summer Arabic & Persian Immersion Programs were featured on WKBT television. To see both a video and print report, go to http://www.wkbt.com/Global/story.asp?S=5167169 For more information on the program, a joint project of the Department …
Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney on BBC
UW-Madison professor Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney is interviewed on the BBC’s “Thinking Allowed.” She discusses her recent books on Japan’s tokkotai pilots during World War II and counters the misleading parallels which have been drawn between them …
Portraits of Compassion
Portraits of Compassion in On Wisconsin, Summer 2006 After volunteering at an orphanage in Central America, Ben Schumaker ’03 wanted to help give the children a sense of identity. Now his initiative to recruit high …