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This year 50 undergraduate students received scholarships to study abroad in 23 different countries. The students come from all over Wisconsin and the U.S. and are highly diversified in majors and destination countries. At the award ceremony in April two UW seniors and former study-abroad scholarship recipients, Stephanie Koczela, who studied in Nairobi, Kenya, and …
Contact: Elizabeth Covington, Executive Director, European Studies Alliance, (608) 265-4778, eecovington@wisc.edu The Center for German and European Studies (CGES) at University of Wisconsin–Madison has received a grant for $530,000 from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) renewing the center’s funding through 2012. “Writing a successful grant this time was a terrific challenge because DAAD had …
The Middle East Studies Program at the University of Wisconsin–Madison received a grant from the U.S. Department of Education to increase expertise among students and faculty on this strategically important region. The grant will allow UW–Madison to expand the available pool of knowledge of Middle East languages and cultures across the campus. “This grant allows …
By: Grace Kim /The Daily Cardinal The national Social Science Research Council awarded a grant of more than $90,000 to UW–Madison’s eight Title VI National Resource Centers and Middle Eastern Studies to support the public communication regarding Islamic issues. According to Tom Asher, SSRC program officer, nine universities in addition to UW–Madison received the grant, …
Shihoko Fujiwara, of Tokyo, Japan, is among seven alumni of the University of Wisconsin–Madison who will be honored next month with the 2008 Distinguished Alumni Awards, presented by the Wisconsin Alumni Association (WAA). A 2003 graduate of UW–Madison with a degree in International Studies, Fujiwara is a coordinator with the Polaris Project, a nonprofit organization …
The University of Wisconsin–Madison Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy (WAGE) announces the three winners of its research collaborative competition, each receiving $100,000 during a three-year period. Through these awards, WAGE seeks to catalyze cutting edge research on important challenges related to globalization and its governance. The three collaboratives cover the critical topics …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 3/21/08 Contact: Masarah Van Eyck, mvaneyck2@international.wisc.edu, 608-262-5590. Three University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty will be named Chevaliers de l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques in a private ceremony with the French Consul General, Jean-Baptiste de Boissière, in Madison on March 27. Dating from 1808 under Napoleonic rule, the L’Ordre des Palmes Académiques was established to …
The deadline for the UW–Madison/University of Bonn graduate fellowship program has been extended. The new deadline is Noon on MONDAY, APRIL 14, 2008. There are two types of awards available: one academic year award; several short term awards for research of 1-2 months or one semester in duration, depending on the needs of the research. …
by Kate Dixon, UW–Madison Communications They are innovators in business, champions for education and dedicated international volunteers — and they’re all under age 40. The Wisconsin Alumni Association (WAA) is honoring 23 University of Wisconsin–Madison graduates with the new Forward Under 40 Award. “These young Badgers are among the world’s best and brightest innovators and …
Global Studies and the Offices of the Dean of Students are pleased to announce the creation of WI-Global, a program designed to engage UW–Madison undergraduates in issues related to globalization and its impact on the world’s communities and cultures as well as on systems of governance, exchange, and education. WI-Global has two different components, both …