Russian has taken 2016 UW–Madison graduate Elizabeth Olguin everywhere from her ballet classes in the U.S. to development projects in Moldova. Thanks to a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Award for 2021-2022, her next destination will …
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Bringing the Wisconsin Idea to Yemen: UW–Madison Cooperation with Engineers Without Borders and the United Nations Development Program to Combat COVID-19 in Yemen
Representatives from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, Engineers Without Borders International (EWB), and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) held a webinar on June 23 with attendees from around the world to discuss their recent cooperation …
Theatre and Drama presents ‘Rashomon’ July 15-25
In a forest grove, a samurai is found dead, his wife assaulted, and a notorious bandit is captured. But as the mystery of the crime unfolds, witnesses tell very different stories of what happened. Based …
ISS and IFSS join the International Division
As of July 1, 2021, International Student Services (ISS) and International Faculty and Staff Services (IFSS) have become part of the International Division. Bringing the expertise of ISS and IFSS into the International Division will …
Civilizing Influence: Kathryn Ciancia explores how “civilization” has been used to include and exclude certain groups.
Kathryn Ciancia’s fascination with how people have historically mobilized the idea of “civilization” began with the stories her Polish grandfather shared. As a child growing up in a town near Liverpool in the United Kingdom, …
Social Work Students to Serve Clients at New Center for DREAMers
A new center at UW-Madison will help DREAMers in Wisconsin access and coordinate legal representation, mental health and social services, educational and career counseling, and provide a place of community. The Sandra Rosenbaum School of …
UW Law School Clinical Professor Erin Barbato receives grant to launch Center for DREAMers
The UW Law School will launch a new center to support Wisconsin’s DREAMers, an all-encompassing term describing individuals who have lived in the United States without official lawful status since coming to the country as …
Study examines international students’ career development in the U.S.
A research proposal by UW–Madison students Hannah Rapp and Yi-jung (Sally) Wu was one of three to be awarded a $1,000 graduate research scholarship in fall 2020 by the Future Institute Research Center (FIRC). Rapp …
WIDA’s Erika Rosales Wins $110K WI Idea Grant to Help DREAMers
The School of Education’s Wisconsin Center for Education Research is delighted to congratulate Erika Rosales on her two-year, $110,000 grant from the Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment to create the Center for DREAMers at UW with Erin …
Discovery of ‘Dragon Man’ Skull in China May Add Species to Human Family Tree
A laborer discovered the fossil and hid it in a well for 85 years. Scientists say it could help sort out the human family tree and how our species emerged. Read the full article.