Brazil—one of today’s most vibrant rising global powers and a long-time U.S. partner—is the focus of a variety of visits and events in coming weeks at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Brazil’s economy, now the world’s …
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World Cinema Day Invites Area Students to View and Discuss International Film
Hundreds of high school students and teachers from around Wisconsin were invited to the Orpheum Theatre for UW-Madison’s 8th World Cinema Day on March 31, 2011. World Cinema Day is held annually in conjunction with …
Wisconsin China Initiative Events on April 7 and 8
The Wisconsin China Initiative at UW-Madison invites you to attend two upcoming events. PUBLIC TALK: “The Third Waves: Recent Films from Taiwan” Thursday, April 7: Lin Wenchi, the director of film studies at National Central …
GSHE Distinguished Speaker Series Presents Patti McGill Peterson
Patti McGill Peterson, a senior associate at the Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP) will be giving a free public talk titled “Liberal Education in Global Perspective” on Monday, April 11, 4:00 – 5:30 p.m. …
Post-event Media: UW-Madison Celebrates 50 Years of Peace Corps
Language for Life: Languages and Engineering
How is knowledge of a second language useful in a career in engineering? Come to this panel discussion Monday, April 4 from 4-5 p.m., to hear from three UW-Madison alumni who use languages in their …
[UW News] UW-Madison Celebrates 50 Years of Peace Corps and Wisconsin Idea With Events
UW- Madison News — March 15, 2011 Celebrating 50 years of the Peace Corps and the state of Wisconsin’s history of volunteerism and public service, the University of Wisconsin-Madison will host a variety of free …
Celebrating 50 Years of Peace Corps: Q & A with Madison and Chicago Peace Corps Represenatives
The Peace Corps is a celebrated organization working to help people around the world, while promoting a better understanding of Americans and of other people on the part of American volunteers. UW-Madison is presently ranked …
Student Group Teams with Global Health Initiative to Raise Awareness
UW-Madison launched the Global Health Initiative (GHI) in 2009 to help tackle complex global health challenges by stimulating collaboration across disciplines. This semester GHI introduced the Incubator Series, an 8-session series focused on the U.N. …
Palestine Amid the Arab World Uprising: Facts on the Ground and Prospects for the Future
Public lecture by Ziad Abbas Monday, March 21 4:00 – 5:30 p.m. 336 Ingraham Hall, UW-Madison Ziad Abbas is a Palestinian refugee whose family was uprooted from the village of Zakariah in 1948. He will …