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Taiwanese Arts Week (Sept 10 – 18, 2011) is a series of arts-related performances, lectures, and events celebrating the tradition and innovation of creative practice in Taiwan. A public reception will be held Wednesday, September 14 at 7:00 p.m. in the lobby of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art located at 227 State Street. The reception immediately …
The University of Wisconsin–Madison and the Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp), the top research university in Brazil, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to open the door for developing collaborations across a range of areas. Unicamp President Fernando Costa and UW–Madison Chancellor David Ward signed the agreement during a two-day visit by Costa to the …
Mr. Ling Li, the program director for the Luce Scholars Program and program officer for Asia of the Henry Luce Foundation, will be on campus on Friday, August 26 to discuss the Luce Scholars Program. There will be two meeting: one is for potential applicants (open to students, alumni, junior faculty) and the other is …
Eighteen academically-talented high school students from China and the United States recently wrapped up a unique, three-week residential experience at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where they explored global issues of sustainability and the promise of solutions through various emerging technologies. The new Global Wisconsin Idea Program was developed by the Wisconsin Center for Academically Talented …
Interim Chancellor David Ward welcomed a group of education leaders from around the world to the University of Wisconsin–Madison on Tuesday, July 26 for a panel discussion, “Education and Competitiveness: The End of an American Century?” held in the Wisconsin Idea Room of the Education Building on Bascom Hill. The panel focused on trends in …
Six members of the UW-Tianjin Summer Program, through UW–Madison’s International Academic Programs (IAP), have received awards for their participation in the “2011 Chinese Speech Contest of Summer Programs” at Peking Normal University on July 31, 2011. UW–Madison students Jae Sang Lee, John Prusynski, and Mark Troianovski all received first place for their speeches in their …
University consortia and individual investigators are encouraged to submit white papers and full funding proposals to the Minerva Initiative, the Department of Defense’s competitive, university-based social science basic research program. Because of a delay in releasing the funding solicitation, program managers have extended the deadline for white paper submissions to Friday, September 16, 2011, and …
Countries around the world are ramping up investments in higher education in a push to create world-class research institutions. At the same time, the top research universities in the United States are confronting the challenges of dwindling resources and support. Interim Chancellor David Ward will welcome a group of education leaders from around the world …
Changing how an apparel factory operates can have a profound impact on an entire community. Dawn Crim witnessed that earlier this year during a trip to the Dominican Republic. As special assistant to the chancellor for community relations and liaison to the Labor Licensing Policy Committee at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, Crim spent five days …
For up-to-date information, go to the UW-Nazarbayev University Project website. Gilles Bousquet, dean of the Division of International Studies and vice provost for globalization at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, recently traveled to Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, where UW–Madison is engaged in a ground-breaking higher-education initiative. Bousquet talks about the initiative and his experiences …