Madison World Music Festival to be Held September 15-17
Following the success of last year’s World Music Festival, this year’s festival will be held on campus from Thursday, Sept. 15-Saturday, Sept. 17. http://www.union.wisc.edu/worldmusicfest/
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Following the success of last year’s World Music Festival, this year’s festival will be held on campus from Thursday, Sept. 15-Saturday, Sept. 17. http://www.union.wisc.edu/worldmusicfest/
Clearing — or perhaps roiling — the murky and often contentious waters of Mesoamerican archeology, a study of 3,000-year-old pottery provides new evidence that the Olmec may not have been the mother culture after all. Writing in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a team of scientists led by UW–Madison archeologist James Stoltman …
Stephen Bunker, University of Wisconsin–Madison professor of Sociology and a well-known Latin Americanist, died in July 2005 after a long battle against cancer. The university community will feel the loss of this remarkable individual. http://www.intlstudies.wisc.edu/news/Bunker.asp
Wisconsin State Journal Sunday, July 24, 2005 Denise Thornton For the State Journal As college students arrive home for the summer, many are returning to Wisconsin from classrooms around the world. Volatile international politics have not slowed the flow of students with an urge to see for themselves what they are reading in the newspaper. …
From the La Crosse Tribune By Kate Schott Hala Ghoneim is never off duty this summer. An instructor for the Summer Arabic and Persian Immersion Program at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, she doesn’t just teach classes, but also lives with her students in Baird residence hall. “There is no shift,” she said. “I’m never …
William C. Thiesenhusen, emeritus professor of agricultural economics and agricultural journalism at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and former director of the university’s Land Tenure Center, died the weekend of June 25-26 at his residence near Madison. He was 68 years old. Thiesenhusen was born Feb. 12, 1936 in Waukesha, Wis. and grew up on a …
Undergraduate students studying the life sciences at UW–Madison will have a new opportunity to pursue their work overseas through a grant from the German American Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). Ten German universities received DAAD funding for the new programs, which will be launched next year. UW–Madison and Harvard University will work with the University of …
8:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. The Pyle Center – UW–Madison Campus 702 Langdon St.Room 232, Madison. This interactive videoconference for Wisconsin and Illinois companies will be broadcast live from Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois. Speaker John M. Kolmer will compare and contrast existing and newly negotiated Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) involving Chile, Singapore, and Australia. Through …
The summer road trip is a traditional pastime of the college student. Generally, the destination is a concert by some great artist they have wanted to see all year, other times it is a unique or sunny region of the country. On May 20, 2005, four UW Madison students went on a road trip of …
‘A University of Wisconsin–Madison professor will be honored with one of the most prestigious decorations bestowed by the Japanese government. The government of Japan announced that the emperor has selected Akira Miura to receive the Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold Rays with Rosette. Miura, professor emeritus in East Asian languages and literature, is being …