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The UW–Madison Center for International Business Education and Research or CIBER will co-sponsor two Faculty Development in International Business (FDIB) programs, in India and China, and will pay registration costs for one UW system faculty or academic staff with teaching responsibilities to participate in each program. Participants are responsible for their own international airfare and …
The Centers for International Business Education and Research (CIBERs) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the University of Hawaii at Manoa will host the second Vietnam Faculty Development in International Business (FDIB) program January 2-14, 2010. This program will focus on the unique aspects of doing business in Vietnam, comparing and contrasting the business environments …
The Turkish National Agency (AA) announced that Professor Kemal H. Karpat received the Turkish Grand National Assembly’s highest Parliament Honorary Award of 2009 for his outstanding achievements in the international arena and contributions to Turkish and Ottoman studies. Professor Karpat is an emeritus professor of history at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. This prize is the …
Earlier this month15 high school social studies teachers and curriculum planners, most from Wisconsin, left for Rwanda for 30 days. Follow their blog. Led by faculty and staff in the University of Wisconsin–Madison African Studies Program, the group is visiting five cities, including the capital city of Kigali, with video cameras, audio recorders, and photo …
From the Wisconsin State Journal “On Campus” blog, June 14, 2009 On Campus: University of Wisconsin Medical School to lead effort to improve care for AIDS patients in Ethiopia By DAVID WAHLBERG 608-252-6125 dwahlberg@madison.com The UW School of Medicine and Public Health is leading a federally funded partnership to improve emergency medicine for people with …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 9, 2009 CONTACT: Nancy Heingartner, 608-265-6298, outreach@creeca.wisc.edu UW–Madison Russia Experts Make Civil Society Recommendations to President Obama and Others in Moscow Summit University of Wisconsin–Madison professors Theodore P. Gerber, Sociology, and Mark S. Johnson, Educational Policy Studies (beginning fall 2009) , along with colleagues from the Eurasia Foundation, the New Eurasia …
UW–Madison News Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 6/30/09 CONTACT: Jim Delehanty, jmdeleha@wisc.edu, 608-262-4458 MADISON – This week, the University of Wisconsin–Madison African Studies Program is taking 15 high school social studies teachers and curriculum planners from across the United States to Rwanda for 30 days. This endeavor is made possible by the Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad …
Know Your Madisonian: Cynthia Haq, UW–Madison Center for Global Health From the Wisconsin State Journal June 6, 2009 Dr. Cynthia Haq directs UW–Madison’s Center for Global Health, formed in 2005. It includes students and faculty from the schools of medicine, nursing, pharmacy and veterinary medicine. Haq also heads up the medical school’s new program in …
CONTACT: Gary Sandefur, 608-263-2303, gsandefur@ls.admin.wisc.edu MADISON – The University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Letters and Science has received the first $400,000 of a $2.5 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The grant will establish 12 faculty positions for teaching and research in the humanities focused on the interdisciplinary crossings and connections between the …
CONTACT: Kenneth Zeichner, 608-263-4651, zeichner@education.wisc.edu MADISON – Kenneth Zeichner, the Hoefs-Bascom Professor of Teacher Education in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction and associate dean of the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Education, has been elected to the prestigious National Academy of Education (NAEd). The NAEd seeks advancement of the highest quality education research and …