Category: Awards & Grants

UW students going on internships abroad receive grants, awards

University of Wisconsin–Madison students preparing to embark on international internships for the summer and fall of 2015 were among those honored April 23 at the Division of International Studies Spring 2015 Scholarship Award Ceremony at the Gordon Dining and Event Center, co-sponsored by the Division’s International Academic Programs and International Internship Program. At the event, …

UW students going abroad in 2015 get encouragement, awards

UW–Madison students preparing to embark on a variety of international experiences in the coming months received words of encouragement and financial support at the spring 2015 International Studies Scholarship Award Ceremony on April 23, at the Gordon Dining and Event Center. The event – hosted by the University of Wisconsin–Madison Division of International Studies, International …

Russian-language summer program for under-served youth receives $230,000

The Pushkin Summer Institute at the University of Wisconsin–Madison has been awarded two grants totaling $230,000 to help fund summer Russian-language classes for high school students from under-represented, low-income and minority communities. A $90,000 grant from STARTALK, a project of the National Foreign Language Center at the University of Maryland, will help fund the program …

CANCELED: Fish-Harnack Lecture: Rights advocate to talk about homophobia in Uganda

THIS LECTURE HAS BEEN CANCELED. A leading advocate of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) rights in Uganda will talk about the struggles of sexual minorities in the dangerously hostile climate of East Africa, in the 2015 Mildred Fish-Harnack Human Rights and Democracy Lecture. Frank Mugisha, executive director of Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG), will …

Scholarships provide boost to UW-Madison students headed abroad

Nearly 120 UW–Madison students preparing to embark on a variety of international experiences in the coming months received words of encouragement and financial support at the fall 2014 International Studies Scholarship Award Ceremony on Wednesday, December 2, at the Gordon Dining and Event Center. The event – hosted by the University of Wisconsin–Madison Division of …

4 UW–Madison faculty receive 2014-15 Fulbright Scholar awards

Four University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty members have received Fulbright Scholar Awards to lecture and/or conduct research abroad during the 2014-15 academic year, the U.S. Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board announced recently. They are among approximately 1,100 U.S. faculty and professionals who will travel abroad in 2014-15 through the Fulbright …

Seven at UW-Madison receive Fulbright awards for doctoral research

The U.S. Department of Education has awarded grants totaling $306,628 to seven doctoral students at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, through the Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) program. The students will use their DDRA grants to conduct research in other countries for six to 12 months. Nationally, the Education Department awarded $2.94 million in DDRA …

Scott Kloeck-Jenson 2014 recipients recognized

  In memory of Scott Kloeck-Jenson, a UW–Madison Global Studies Scholar dedicated to global peace and justice, Global Studies awards the SKJ International Internship Fellowships to support graduate students interested in undertaking practitioner internships on social justice issues and the International Pre-Dissertation Travel Fellowships to support overseas travel to potential field research sites for doctoral …

With WEDC grant, UW to help Wisconsin companies develop international internships

To compete in today’s global marketplace, Wisconsin companies need people who have the skills to operate abroad. Studies, however, indicate that this need is not being fully met. A $50,000 grant from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) will enable the University of Wisconsin–Madison to work with eight to 12 small and medium-sized Wisconsin companies …

2014 South Asia Book Awards to feature honored authors

The 2014 South Asia Book Award (SABA) Ceremony, sponsored by the South Asia National Outreach Consortium, will be held Saturday, October 18, from 3 to 5 p.m., in the Children’s Department Program Room at the Madison Central Public Library, 201 W Mifflin St. The South Asia Book Award for Children’s and Young Adult Literature will …