University of Wisconsin–Madison
Wisconsin Week (September 8, 2010) By Susannah Brooks This summer, campus learners included candy makers, bankers, teenaged musicians and visitors from around the world. Along the shores of Lake Mendota, one program taught its students about languages and cultures thousands of miles away. This summer marked the sixth year of the Arabic, Persian and Turkish …
The New York Times (September 12, 2010) “Midlevel Universities Look Into India Branches” byVir Singh EXCERPT: “Genuinely good institutions are not interested in taking out profits,” said Pawan Agarwal, a former education ministry official. “They want a global footprint.” That is what several midlevel entrants have in mind as they size up their prospects in …
Second Conference in Honor of JOAQUIM NABUCO September 23-24 Pyle Center, Room 235 The University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Latin American, Caribbean and Iberian Studies (LACIS) Program and the Division of International Studies invite you to attend the second conference in honor of Joaquim Nabuco, Emerging Issues in US-Brazilian Relations. Prominent scholars from Brazil and the United …
The Division of International Studies is pleased to announce the 2010-11 competition for Graduate Student International Field Research Awards. These awards enable Ph.D. students to conduct exploratory summer field research abroad in order to develop their dissertation topics and be more competitive for extramural fellowships. Awards are intended to cover airfare and living expenses abroad, …
Fifteen presidents of French universities, along with high-level education administrators and French Embassy personnel, attended a week-long seminar at the University of Wisconsin–Madison last week. View a slideshow of the entire week. Read updates about the seminar. Due to changes in French educational policy which will result in the transformation of leadership and budgetary …
UW–Madison’s Center for Global Health will host the Fall 2010 Global Health Seminar Series which begins on September 15 with the talk “Global Child Health: Training to Make a Difference.” The talk will be given by Cynthia R. Howard, MD, MPHTM, director of the International Adoption Medicine Program and associate director of the Global Pediatrics …
The Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) is pleased to announce the Global Challenges call for proposals, due the UW–Madison Division of International Studies by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, October 29, 2010. Global Challenges include: Adapting to Climate Change Understanding Cultures Opportunities and Challenges of Globalization Global Health – (Public Health – non-communicable disease) New Frontiers in …
The Chronicle of Higher Education (September 4, 2010) – “Brazilian Universities Find Challenges in Internationalization” by Andrew Downie EXCERPT: A number of Brazilian institutions have signed deals recently with universities elsewhere. The University of São Paulo recently arranged a student- and faculty-exchange agreement with China’s Henan University. In April, the University of Wisconsin at Madison …
Majid Sarmadi, a Rothermel-Bascom professor of material science at UW–Madison, will present “Global Environmental Sustainability, What Can I Do to Help,” Friday, September 10 from 1:30-2:30 p.m., at the Pyle Center, 702 Langdon Street. Sarmadi is a textile scientist and directs graduate students in the Materials Science graduate program and the textile science specialization of …
The popular Global Hot Spots Lecture Series will kick off Friday, September 10, 2010, with the talk “Global Environmental Sustainability, What Can I Do to Help?” from Majid Sarmadi, PhD. This free lecture is open to all. It will be held from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. in the Pyle Center, located at 702 Langdon Street …