University of Wisconsin–Madison
September 16th : India & Global Politics – with Aseema Sinha http://wpr.org/webcasting/audioarchives_display.cfm?Code=uoa Or click here to play this broadcast with RealPlayer.
by Terry Devitt, UW–Madison Communications Although the vast majority of Americans are blithely unaware, the United States and its system of food production is irreversibly hitched to modern biotechnology. In short, most people unwittingly and regularly consume food that was produced through genetic engineering. With the exception perhaps of the local organic food cooperative and …
Four scholars in the College of Letters and Science at the University of Wisconsin–Madison were named recipients of the 2006-2007 American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) fellowships. The ACLS is a private, non-profit federation that supports studies in humanities and social sciences. Each year, the ACLS awards fellowships and grants to researchers working in humanities …
By Anita Weier, The Capital Times Peter Jones came to the University of Wisconsin–Madison from the University of Bristol thanks to a scholarship from the Worldwide Universities Network, a global research and graduate education network that develops collaboration among 18 universities here and internationally — and helps individual students. “I arrived in Madison at the …
WAGE Senior Fellows Jeremi Suri & Jonathan Zeitlin will lead a Fall ’07 Faculty Development Seminar in the Humanities on the topic of International Governance. As a co-sponsor of this seminar WAGE would like to invite all faculty members to apply to participate in this seminar. *International Governance* Led by Professors Jeremi Suri (History) & …
From UW Communications Author: “What are your core moral principles – the principles you would not violate?” Henry Kissinger: “I am not prepared to share that yet.” This peculiar exchange hints at one of the central themes of a new book about the enigmatic statesman, “Henry Kissinger and the American Century,” written by University of …
John Campbell, former U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria, and Florence Chenoweth, until recently United Nations Food and Agriculture (FAO) representative to the UN and executive director of the FAO Liaison Office in New York, will be on campus in 2007 and 2008. Ambassador Campbell will be Diplomat-in-Residence while Dr. Chenoweth will be a research consultant. Ambassador …
NEWS ADVISORY June 11, 2007 Contact: Division of International Studies, UW–Madison, (608) 262-6823 Click here to download a pdf of the flyer. Madison, WI – Book lovers may want to get a jump on this fall’s titles in the “World Beyond our Borders” series. The popular series, sponsored by the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Division of …
The Wisconsin Alumni Association will honor University of Wisconsin–Madison history professor and department chair David McDonald with the Ken and Linda Ciriacks Faculty Outreach Excellence Award on Thursday, May 10. The Ken and Linda Ciriacks Alumni Outreach Excellence Award recognizes UW–Madison faculty members who go above and beyond their job roles to support the Wisconsin …
Guido Podesta, Professor in the UW–Madison Department of Spanish and Portuguese and Director of the Latin American, Caribbean and Iberian Studies Program (LACIS), has been named Associate Dean in the Division of International Studies, the Dean of International Studies, Gilles Bousquet, announced today. Professor Podesta holds Ph.D. and M.A. degrees from the University of Minnesota-Twin …