University of Wisconsin–Madison
An exhibit showcasing the life-long efforts of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand to promote scientific research will be on display at the Red Gym, 716 Langdon Street, June 21-28, sponsored by the Royal Thai Embassy in Washington, D.C., in cooperation with the Center for Southeast Asian Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. The …
In its first year, the University of Wisconsin–Madison Shanghai Innovation Office (SIO) has hosted high-level delegations, coordinated conferences that have brought together Wisconsin and Chinese experts from academia as well as from the public and private sectors, and facilitated collaborative agreements. As UW–Madison moves to further strengthen connections in China, faculty and staff across campus …
Gilles Bousquet, who served as dean of the Division of International Studies and vice provost for globalization at the University of Wisconsin–Madison from 2002 until taking a leave to serve as UW-Eau Claire’s interim chancellor during the 2012-13 academic year, will rejoin the UW–Madison faculty in July. “For many years, Gilles has led UW–Madison’s internationalization …
A public forum titled “Why China? Why Wisconsin? Why now?” will highlight the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s growing engagement with the Greater China region and the importance of advancing these initiatives further. A diverse panel of speakers will address a variety of topics, including Wisconsin’s historic ties with China through decades of scholarly exchange, the strategic …
The late Donald Nichols, emeritus professor of economics and public affairs at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, was “the catalyst for all our efforts to relate international studies to the state’s changing role in the global economy,” says David M. Trubek, Dean Emeritus of International Studies. Nichols, who advised three Wisconsin governors and a president, died …
Grants of $5,000 to $50,000 are now available to faculty and staff—working individually or in teams—for one- to three-year projects that advance area and international studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. The Mellon Foundation Area and International Studies Research Awards are made possible by the 2012 grant from the Mellon Foundation to support efforts at …
For up-to-date information, go to the UW-Nazarbayev University Project website. The University of Wisconsin–Madison recently moved into the third phase of a consulting agreement with Nazarbayev University (NU) in Astana, Kazakhstan, with a goal of fostering more faculty and staff collaborations between the two universities. UW–Madison is among a group of leading institutions enlisted in …
Joe Elder got involved with the University of Wisconsin’s study abroad program in India in 1961, the first year UW students could go there to earn credit. That fall, UW sent five students there. But by early 1962, no one at the university had heard from them, so Elder, a first-year faculty member, took off …
The Ideas and Universities Project of the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) is sponsoring a virtual seminar series that brings together leading higher education scholars from around the world to consider the roles of universities in the global knowledge economy and the evolving identity of university teacher-researchers and their changing roles in institutions of higher learning. …
Nancy Heingartner never expected that studying in Soviet Union to teach Russian language would lead to diplomatic work. Yet Heingartner went on to receive a Fascell Fellowship in the late 1990s and worked for a year and a half for the U.S. State Department in Kiev, Ukraine. She even got to meet then-President Bill Clinton. …