University of Wisconsin–Madison
For Nelson Institute alumna Carolina Toapanta, the University of Wisconsin–Madison was not only a place of education, but inspiration. In fact, a trip to the giant, iconic terrace chair at the Memorial Union became the impetus behind the creation of a giant bamboo chair that now serves as a roadside attraction and symbol of hope …
“You have to be brave enough to be different and be persistent for the common good.” This philosophy has been a guiding star for UW alumna Dr. Penny Lukito, who leads Indonesia’s FDA. Lukito was appointed as head of the Badan Pengawas Obat dan Makanan (translated as National Agency of Drug and Food Control of …
When Elizabeth Lang Oreamuno was starting out as a reporter in Costa Rica, a renowned journalist at a competition dismissed her by saying the kind of journalism she wanted to do didn’t exist there. But years later, she has shown it does exist — in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University …
Nelson Institute adjunct professor and Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology alumnus, Eduardo Santana Castellón recently co-authored a letter to the editor titled, Value of Mexican Nature Reserve is More than Monetary in the journal Nature. The letter addresses the United Nations´ new System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA), which will help countries establish the monetary …
Through poetry, Hajjar Baban has found her voice and her calling. Her chosen field, she says, allows her to “be honest about my understanding of the world while changing and imagining new ways of being. Baban has been named one of 30 recipients of a 2021 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans, a …
Over the past weeks, UW–Madison has celebrated appointments of alumni into key positions on the national and world stage. Most recently, Linda Thomas-Greenfield was confirmed as Ambassador to the United Nations—a role in which she will be navigating relationships and challenges critical for the international community. On Jan. 28, Mark Green, former USAID Administrator Mark …
On February 23, the U.S. Senate voted to confirm Linda Thomas-Greenfield as the 31st U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. Thomas-Greenfield, who earned a master’s degree from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and an honorary doctorate, brings more than 30 years of experience to the post. As leader of the U.S. delegation to the global organization, Thomas-Greenfield will shoulder …
Think that world hunger can’t be overcome? Bettina Luescher begs to differ. Hunger kills more people than AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis combined. But Bettina Luescher, MA ’85, keeps her message about hunger simple: it’s a problem that can be solved, and people can help. For $10, you can feed a child in a Kenyan refugee …
Julien Rashid was in the Wisconsin in Washington 2016 fall cohort. He graduated in 2017 with a B.S. in molecular biology and community and environmental sociology with a certificate in global health. Today he works at the Global Health Technologies Coalition (PATH) as the U.S. policy and advocacy associate. I couldn’t look away the first …
I remember hearing about the Wisconsin in Washington (WIW) program in my History of American Foreign Policy class sophomore year. It seemed like exactly the type of program I’d want to join, yet I wasn’t sure. I had been to Washington on family vacations, but could I really live there? In a city? With all …