by DANYA HOOKER dhooker@madison.com In some UW-Madison dorms, speaking English might get you a talking to or a blank stare. In the past, students learning German, Spanish, Italian or Japanese have had the chance to …
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NSF Gants Bolster Integrative Graduate Study
Twin grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF), coupled with matching institutional funds, will give a $6.8 million boost to innovative graduate study and research in global sustainability, development, and the environment at the University …
GLS Call for Funding Proposals
Untitled Document FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: May 11, 2006 CONTACT: Heinz Klug, Director, Global Legal Studies Initiative, klug@wisc.edu. Global Legal Studies Initiative Announces Call for Funding Proposals Madison, WI — The Global Legal Studies Initiative …
Howell Named New IAP Director
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: May 09, 2006 CONTACT: Ronnie Hess, Director of Communications, Division of International Studies, UW-Madison, (608) 262-5590, rlhess@wisc.edu HOWELL NAMED NEW DIRECTOR OF UW-MADISON INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC PROGRAMS Madison, WI – Robert B. …
Schleicher Gets Presidential Award
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: Monday, May 1, 2006 CONTACT: Ronnie Hess, Director of Communications, Division of International Studies, (608) 262-5590, rlhess@wisc.edu UW-MADISON’S SCHLEICHER RECEIVES PRESIDENT’S VOLUNTEER SERVICE AWARD Madison, WI – Antonia Folarin Schleicher, UW-Madison …
UW-Madison Students of Chinese Take Top Medals at Second Chinese Language and Culture Symposium
Untitled Document FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: May 1, 2006 CONTACT: Ronnie Hess, Director of Communications, Division of International Studies. (608) 262-5590, rlhess@wisc.edu UW-MADISON STUDENTS OF CHINESE TAKE TOP MEDALS AT SECOND CHINESE LANGUAGE AND CULTURE …
International Learning Community Connects Language Learning, Living
by Rachel Alkon, UW-Communications It’s 6:30 p.m. on a Monday, and nine American students are learning how to prepare okonomi yaki, the Japanese version of a pancake. The instructor, Nobuyoshi Asaoka, is the floor coordinator …
On Supporting Citizens Of War-torn Uganda
Aili Tripp, UW-Madison professor of political science and associate dean of International Studies, spent last summer in the midst of civil war in northern Uganda. In an op-ed. in the Wisconsin State Journal she writes …
UW-Madison Students Receive Special Study-Abroad Awards
Untitled Document FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: Thursday, April 20, 2006 CONTACT: Ronnie Hess, Director of Communications, UW-Madison Division of International Studies, (608) 262-5590, rlhess@wisc.edu UW-MADISON STUDENTS RECEIVE SPECIAL STUDY-ABROAD AWARDS Madison, WI – Some 40 …
Courage Tastes of Blood: The Mapuche Community of Nicolas Ailio and the Chilean State, 1906-2001
Before the Chilean government vanquished the indigenous Mapuche people at the end of the 19th century, heavy forests and abundant rivers, lakes and coastal inlets teemed with resources, everything the Mapuche needed to survive. “When …