Category: Awards & Grants

GLS Call for Funding Proposals

Untitled Document FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: May 11, 2006 CONTACT: Heinz Klug, Director, Global Legal Studies Initiative, klug@wisc.edu. Global Legal Studies Initiative Announces Call for Funding Proposals Madison, WI — The Global Legal Studies Initiative (GLSI), a joint project of the University of Wisconsin Law School and the Division of International Studies, is soliciting funding …

Howell Named New IAP Director

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: May 09, 2006 CONTACT: Ronnie Hess, Director of Communications, Division of International Studies, UW–Madison, (608) 262-5590, rlhess@wisc.edu HOWELL NAMED NEW DIRECTOR OF UW-MADISON INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC PROGRAMS Madison, WI – Robert B. Howell, UW–Madison professor of German, has been named director of International Academic Programs, within the Division of International Studies. “Rob …

Schleicher Gets Presidential Award

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: Monday, May 1, 2006 CONTACT: Ronnie Hess, Director of Communications, Division of International Studies, (608) 262-5590, rlhess@wisc.edu UW-MADISON’S SCHLEICHER RECEIVES PRESIDENT’S VOLUNTEER SERVICE AWARD Madison, WI – Antonia Folarin Schleicher, UW–Madison professor of African Languages and Literature, has been awarded the President’s Volunteer Service Award. The Award was presented Friday, April …

UW-Madison Students of Chinese Take Top Medals at Second Chinese Language and Culture Symposium

Untitled Document FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: May 1, 2006 CONTACT: Ronnie Hess, Director of Communications, Division of International Studies. (608) 262-5590, rlhess@wisc.edu UW-MADISON STUDENTS OF CHINESE TAKE TOP MEDALS AT SECOND CHINESE LANGUAGE AND CULTURE SYMPOSIUM Madison, WI – UW–Madison students took top honors last month at the third Wisconsin Chinese Language and Culture Symposium. …

UW-Madison Students Receive Special Study-Abroad Awards

Untitled Document FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: Thursday, April 20, 2006 CONTACT: Ronnie Hess, Director of Communications, UW–Madison Division of International Studies, (608) 262-5590, rlhess@wisc.edu UW-MADISON STUDENTS RECEIVE SPECIAL STUDY-ABROAD AWARDS Madison, WI – Some 40 UW–Madison students have been awarded prestigious study- abroad scholarships, the Division of International Studies’ International Academic Programs (IAP) announced today. …

UW MBA Students Win International Competitition

http://www.news.wisc.edu/12436.html

UW Undegraduate Wins Prestigious Truman Scholarship

Untitled Document Julie Curti, a UW–Madison undergraduate who studied abroad in Bonn, Germany and was a peer advisor in International Academic Programs’ (study abroad) office, is the recipient of a Truman scholarship. Click here for more on Curti’s scholarship. Click here for more on Curti’s study-abroad academic experience.

Scott Straus wins book award

Scott Straus, a UW–Madison political science professor, recently received an “Award for Excellence” in political science and government by the Professional and Scholarly Publishing division of the Association of American Publishers. Straus received the award for his book, “The Order of Genocide: Race, Power and War in Rwanda.” The book was featured in the Division …

Grant for Central Asian Turkic Languages

http://www.news.wisc.edu/13481.html

WUN Grants for UW Scholars

Untitled Document FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: Monday, February 19, 2007 CONTACT: Ronnie Hess, Director of Communications, Division of International Studies, UW–Madison, (608) 262-5590, rlhess@wisc.edu Worldwide Universities grants announced for UW scholars MADISON — Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) and the Division of International Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have awarded UW–Madison and other WUN participating …