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TEACH in India: Taking the Wisconsin Idea Global

In December 2022, UW School of Veterinary Medicine faculty offered a first-of-its-kind training program for Emergency Management and Research Institute (EMRI) veterinarians in Hyderabad, India, called TEACH (Training in Emergency Animal Care and Handling). Emeritus Professor Christopher Olsen, Assistant Professors Keith Poulsen and Ryan Breuer, and Adjunct Assistant Professor JR Lund led the training. Read the full story.

Global health among UW’s 5 hottest majors

Higher education is constantly evolving to reflect the changing interests of students and specialized needs of employers. At UW–Madison, the majors with the greatest enrollment growth are a good barometer of the university’s responsiveness to these trends. “Student demand plays a major role,” says Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs John Karl Scholz. “But …

Research partnership helmed by UW–Madison’s Kendall and DiPrete Brown transforms lives of grandmothers and orphans in Malawi

In a small village in Malawi, a grandmother of five lost her will to live. Gogo Abiti Juma took over care for her five grandchildren after their parents died of AIDS, and the family struggled to survive. They had little access to food, shelter, health care, or a meaningful social support system. Three of the …

EWB brings hands-on design experience with Ugandan project

After a long wait, the University of Wisconsin–Madison student chapter of Engineers Without Borders will soon work with community members on the other side of the world to begin construction on two schoolhouses in rural Uganda. Engineers Without Borders is a nonprofit organization that supports international projects to bring clean water, power infrastructure and schools …

School Movements, Labs, and the Universal Language of Dance

No matter where you go in the world, dance is a shared language. It is not, however, a language that is widely taught at a high level in upper academia. For Brazil native, Rayane Prado Nunes (she/they), the fact that UW–Madison was one of the few institutions that allowed her to put an equal emphasis …

A message from the dean: A welcome beginning to 2023!

It is with great pleasure that I greet you all in 2023! The new year is always an exciting time, but especially on campus as we also welcome the beginning of the spring semester and the possibilities that come with it. Last week I was able to attend the International Student Welcome and Information Fair …

Fulbright program brings visiting teachers from across Eastern Europe, Central Asia to School of Education

During a six-week stretch in the fall semester, the UW–Madison School of Education hosted 22 teachers from 12 different countries across Eastern Europe and Central Asia as part of the Fulbright Teaching Excellence and Achievement (Fulbright TEA) program, which is funded by the U.S. Department of State and administered by IREX. The visiting educators were …

Alumna Kari Anderson (’04) helps families displaced by the war in Ukraine find a new path.

The first interview must be cancelled at the last minute, because another wave of Russian bombs has taken out the power and internet near Lviv, Ukraine, where Kari Anderson has been stationed for much of the last nine months. The second must be rescheduled because she has to take a meeting with members of Congress. …

UW–Madison professor emeritus conferred honorary doctorate from University College Dublin

UW–Madison Professor Emeritus Michael Apple has been awarded an honorary doctorate from University College Dublin (UCD) in Ireland. During a ceremony on Dec. 5, UCD conferred Apple, the former John Bascom Professor of Curriculum and Instruction and Educational Policy Studies in the School of Education, the degree of Doctor of Education for his “service, commitment, and distinguished …

A message from the dean

As you know, in a couple of weeks, after ten years and one semester, I will be stepping down from my role as vice provost and dean of the International Division. I want to extend my deepest thanks to the International Division staff for their work, their commitment, and their support over these years in …