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Untitled Document Hon Ip, director of the United States Geological Survey’s Diagnostic Virology Laboratory at the National Wildlife Health Center in Madison, Wisconsin, discusses avian flu on NPR. Ip is participating in the Global Biological Threats Symposium in April.. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4967188

On Friday and Saturday, March 9 and 10, the Morgridge Center for Public Service will celebrate a decade of achievement at its 10th anniversary conference, “Celebrating the Many Faces of Public Service.” The conference will focus on UW–Madison’s past as a leader in public service, as well as the current accomplishments and future goals of …

Untitled Document FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: February 27, 2006 CONTACT: Ronnie Hess, Director of Communications, Division of International Studies, UW–Madison, (608) 262-5590, http://www.ls.wisc.edu/ GLOBAL FUTURES COLLOQUIUM TO EXAMINE THE WHAT AND WHY OF GLOBALIZATION Madison, WI – The University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Division  of International Studies and member programs of the International Institute will examine the …

“Re-imagining the University in the Global Era,” a conference in the “Ideas and Universities International Video Seminar Series, examines the assumptions underlying modern universities, the emergence of corporate universities, and the potential for internationalizing universities within the context of the knowledge economy. Sponsored by scholars at the University of Bristol (UK), the World Universities Network …

Untitled Document FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: Wednesday, February 21, 2007 CONTACT: Alex Grace, Distinguished Lecture Series Committee director, UW–Madison Wisconsin Union Directorate, 262-2216; adgrace@wisc.edu UN Special Envoy on HIV/AIDS to Speak at UW–Madison Madison, WI — Stephen Lewis, Canadian politician and diplomat, will speak Monday, March 12 as part of the Wisconsin Union Directorate’s Distinguished …