University of Wisconsin–Madison
Since March 2010, Jake Moskol has supported the coordination, programming, project planning, and facilitation needs of UW–Madison’s Global Health Initiative (GHI). Before coming to the University of Wisconsin–Madison, he worked as a project manager at Epic implementing health information systems for health care networks around the United States. He earned an undergraduate degree from UW–Madison …
UW News Release — November 3, 2010 As part of her trip to China and Taiwan, Chancellor Biddy Martin will help to inaugurate a cutting-edge videoconferencing device now available to the greater UW–Madison campus community. Two identical Cisco TelePresence CTS 3210 units were installed on the Madison campus last week, with one unit in the …
November 2010 features the 11th annual International Opportunities Month (IOM) on the UW–Madison campus, organized by a campus-wide committee of globally focused organizations, chaired by Center for International Business Education Research (CIBER). This event is designed to coincide with the U.S. Department of State’s International Education Week. Throughout IOM, students of all majors can attend …
Turkey, one of the United States’ greatest military allies, is frequently accused of EU and human rights violations, yet U.S. money continues to flow there. Please join us for a thoughtful panel discussion on the pros and cons of U.S. involvement in Turkey, Greece, and Cyprus featuring American University Instructor Eleftherios Michael, Cato Institute Researcher …
A delegation from Zhejiang University visited UW–Madison October 25-26, and attended two days of proceedings. The delegation met with faculty and staff from the Division of International Studies, Department of Kinesiology, and College of Engineering. On Tuesday morning, Vice Provost and Dean Gilles Bousquet signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Wu Ping, the vice …
UW–Madison News Release – November 1, 201 University of Wisconsin–Madison Chancellor Biddy Martin is leading a delegation of UW–Madison faculty and staff to Greater China, with stops in Beijing, Hong Kong, and Taipei. The return visit, which begins later today, Monday, Nov. 1, follows Martin’s successful spring trip to Beijing, Tianjin, Hangzhou, and Shanghai. Enhancing …
On October 26, Dean Aisha Yousuf Al-Mannai, from Qatar University, delivered the lecture “Islam’s View of Other Religions” to a standing room only audience of students, faculty, staff, and friends from the community. The lecture was in Arabic, and translated into English by Elkheir E. Elkheir. Last December, Vice Provost Bousquet, who introduced Dean Al-Mannai, …
On October 26, Professor Aisha Yousuf Al-Mannai, from Qatar University, will deliver the lecture “Islam’s View of Other Religions” at 4 p.m. at the Pyle Center’s AT&T Lounge. The lecture will be in Arabic, with English translation. Professor Al-Mannai is the current dean of the College of Sharia and Islamic Studies at Qatar University. She …
The Division of International Studies presented the tenth annual Mildred Fish-Harnack Human Rights and Democracy Lecture on October 15, 2010. Continuing the university’s tradition of attentive scholarly promotion of human rights, Shareen Blair Brysac, returned to campus to read from her book, Resisting Hitler: Mildred Fish-Harnack and the Red Orchestra. Blair Brysac is an author, …
Center for Global Health (CGH) Faculty and Staff Development Awards are available for UW faculty and staff who are CGH affiliates, to undertake international travel during 2011 that is related to educational and research activities, especially those involved in development of global health courses and/or initiation of field experiences and field research, which pertain directly …