University of Wisconsin–Madison
Campus events respond to cartoon controversy by John Lucas, UW Communications Three campus events have been organized to discuss the international controversy over cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad as a terrorist figure. The Offices of the Dean of Students will hold a panel discussion entitled “Free Speech, Civility and the Impact on Campus Climate” at …
Andrew Seaton, the British government’s senior representative to Wisconsin and 12 other Midwestern states, will speak at UW–Madison on Tuesday, Feb. 21. Seaton will discuss “The European Union and the Transatlantic Alliance: Are the Models Broken?” at the Pyle Center, 702 Langdon St., at 4 p.m. His talk – sponsored by the UW European Studies …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: 2/14/06 CONTACT: Lara Kain, Outreach Coordinator, Center for Russia, East Europe and Central Asia (CREECA), (608) 265-6298, outreach@creeca.wisc.edu CENTRAL ASIAN VIRTUOSO MUSICIANS TO BE ARTISTS-IN-RESIDENCE AT UW-MADISON Madison, WI – UW–Madison students as well as music lovers in the greater Madison area will have a unique opportunity to learn first-hand …
Untitled Document FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: 2/7/2006 CONTACT: Lara Kain, Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia Outreach Coordinator. outreach@creeca.wisc.edu or 608-265-6298 CONFERENCE TO EXAMINE LEGACY OF CHERNOBYL AS NUCLEAR ACCIDENT’S 20TH ANNIVERSARY NEARS Madison, WI — The legacy of the explosion at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station in the Ukraine twenty years ago …
Untitled DocWorld Turns Blind Eye To The Horrors In Uganda The Capital Times :: OP-ED :: Saturday, February 4, 2006 Adam Lichtenheld, Guest Columnist. Lichtenheld is a UW–Madison student majoring in political science Lichtenheld received a special award in May 2006. For more information click here. Nightfall in the East African nation of Uganda ushers …
By Aaron Nathans The Capital Times How do you stop a herd of rampaging elephants? A group of University of Wisconsin–Madison business students recently learned that the answer lies in learning to think from a different point of view. A group of 10 master’s of business administration students visited the impoverished African nation of Malawi …
by Brian Mattmiller, UW–Madison Communications Few infectious diseases in human history have posed more public health challenges than HIV/AIDS, a disease that has emerged in the past three decades to infect more than 40 million people worldwide. But it is not only the medical challenges of AIDS that make the disease so vexing. Behavior, politics, …
by Rachel Alkon Alumni of UW–Madison and the Peace Corps continue to have a strong historical bond. Since the program’s inception in 1961, UW–Madison has produced thousands of volunteers. And today, for the 20th consecutive year, UW–Madison takes the top spot, with 104 volunteers currently serving in the field. UW–Madison also ranks as the institution …
In the early European histories of the New World, there are numerous accounts of African slaves accompanying explorers and colonists. Now, digging in a colonial era graveyard in one of the oldest European cities in Mexico, archaeologists have found what they believe are the oldest remains of slaves brought from Africa to the New World. …
Untitled Document FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: 1/31/2006 CONTACT: Ronnie Hess, Director of Communications, Division of International Studies, UW–Madison, (608) 262-5590, rlhess@wisc.edu GRANT FROM THE KOREA FOUNDATION BOOSTS KOREAN STUDIES AT UW-MADISON Madison, WI – The Center for East Asian Studies has received nearly $100,000 to expand Korean studies at the UW–Madison. The grant includes about …