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Droughts can grip the vast Sahel region of Africa for decades, dramatically altering the border where forest and savannahs give way to the Sahara Desert. Predicting those droughts is vital, but hard. Droughts can grip the vast Sahel region of Africa for decades, dramatically altering the border where forest and savannahs give way to the …
UW–Madison’s Michael W. Apple delivered the keynote address at the Re-Imagining Education for Democracy Summit in Queensland, Australia, on Nov. 13. UW–Madison’s Michael W. Apple delivered the keynote address at the Re-Imagining Education for Democracy Summit in Queensland, Australia, on Nov. 13.
Assistant Professor Emilia Tjernström received a grant to measure the effects of introducing performance-pay contracts for citizen journalists in an online English-language news company in Kenya. The study will improve understanding of whether performance contracts increase profits and how they affect journalists’ output quality. Assistant Professor Emilia Tjernström received a grant to measure the effects …
Earlier this fall, UW–Madison’s Michael Apple gave the opening keynote address at the 5th Anniversary PEACEMOMO Conference on Peace Activism in Seoul, Korea, and major newspapers in Seoul published interviews with Apple. Earlier this fall, UW–Madison’s Michael Apple gave the opening keynote address at the 5th Anniversary PEACEMOMO Conference on Peace Activism in Seoul, Korea, …
Title: Clinical associate professor in large animal internal medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine. Title: Clinical associate professor in large animal internal medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine.
If you’re interested in studying comparative education in China next summer, apply to this four-week study abroad program led by School of Education Professor Maggie Hawkins. If you’re interested in studying comparative education in China next summer, apply to this four-week study abroad program led by School of Education Professor Maggie Hawkins.
UW–Madison’s Jin-Wen Yu presented “Fine, Without Me/You?” in the Dance-Forms 74th International Choreographers’ Showcase in August. The performance was part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the largest arts festival in the world. UW–Madison’s Jin-Wen Yu presented “Fine, Without Me/You?” in the Dance-Forms 74th International Choreographers’ Showcase in August. The performance was part of the Edinburgh …
Law & Social Inquiry, the journal of the American Bar Foundation, has published a review symposium on Mitra Sharafi’s “Law and Identity in Colonial South Asia: Parsi Legal Culture, 1772-1947.” Law & Social Inquiry, the journal of the American Bar Foundation, has published a review symposium on Mitra Sharafi’s “Law and Identity in Colonial South …
Today’s announcement of the Nobel Prize in Physics, awarded to researchers Rainer Weiss of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Kip Thorne and Barry Barish of the California Institute of Technology, bears University of Wisconsin System connections. Today’s announcement of the Nobel Prize in Physics, awarded to researchers Rainer Weiss of the Massachusetts Institute of …
Language Institute: Tell us a little bit about yourself. Why did you decide to come to the University of Wisconsin–Madison? Language Institute: Tell us a little bit about yourself. Why did you decide to come to the University of Wisconsin–Madison?