University of Wisconsin–Madison
By Anita Weier, The Capital Times PARIS – Ties to the University of Wisconsin–Madison hold firm no matter where alumni end up. That was proven during a recent trip to Paris organized by the UW Alumni Association, where traveling alumni had dinner with members of the Paris-based UW Alumni Club of France. Club President Kyle …
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 live in dorms where their second language is spoken most of the time. And now, the university hopes students will …
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 of Wisconsin–Madison. http://www.news.wisc.edu/12602.html
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 (GLSI), a joint project of the University of Wisconsin Law School and the Division of International Studies, is soliciting funding …
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. Howell, UW–Madison professor of German, has been named director of International Academic Programs, within the Division of International Studies. “Rob …
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 professor of African Languages and Literature, has been awarded the President’s Volunteer Service Award. The Award was presented Friday, April …
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 SYMPOSIUM Madison, WI – UW–Madison students took top honors last month at the third Wisconsin Chinese Language and Culture Symposium. …
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 of the Nihongo Hausu, the newest addition to the International Learning Community (ILC), a foreign language immersion residence in Adams …
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 that the conflict is extremely grave and what she saw and learned shook her to the core. http://www.madison.com/archives/read.php?ref=/wsj/2006/04/29/0604280410.php
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 UW–Madison students have been awarded prestigious study- abroad scholarships, the Division of International Studies’ International Academic Programs (IAP) announced today. …