Speaking at the Rotary Club of Madison on August 10, 2005, UW-Madison history professor Jeremi Suri, who is affiliated with the International Institute, marked the 60th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki with …
Faculty & Staff
Professor takes grass roots health care to the world
Nursing professor Linda Baumann, whose interests range from sailing to nurses’ training in developing countries to her neighborhood’s exercise group, says she has learned to “do what you love to do until the end of …
New Analysis of Pottery Stirs Olmec Trade Controversy
Clearing — or perhaps roiling — the murky and often contentious waters of Mesoamerican archeology, a study of 3,000-year-old pottery provides new evidence that the Olmec may not have been the mother culture after all. …
UW-Madison Sociology Professor Stephen Bunker Dies
Stephen Bunker, University of Wisconsin-Madison professor of Sociology and a well-known Latin Americanist, died in July 2005 after a long battle against cancer. The university community will feel the loss of this remarkable individual. http://www.intlstudies.wisc.edu/news/Bunker.asp
Program immerses students into Middle Eastern languages, culture
From the La Crosse Tribune By Kate Schott Hala Ghoneim is never off duty this summer. An instructor for the Summer Arabic and Persian Immersion Program at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, she doesn’t just …
Japan Honors UW- Madison Professor
‘A University of Wisconsin-Madison professor will be honored with one of the most prestigious decorations bestowed by the Japanese government. The government of Japan announced that the emperor has selected Akira Miura to receive the …
International Conference on Islam
Professors and scholars on Islam will present their latest academic research. Controversial topics about Islam will be discussed such as status of women in Islam, Islamic view of Abrahamic faiths, Islam and secularism, Islam and …
2005 International Education Conference: Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis
March 11-12, 2005 Friday: 5:00 – 7:30 Program with Reception and Light BuffetRemarks• Roberta M. Felker, Board of Directors, Wisconsin Chapter of the Fulbright Association (Turkey 2001, Japan 2004) and Principal of Indian Mound Middle …
The UW Annual Report on Accelerating Internationalization
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UW Professor: Iraqis Need American Troops There
UW Professor Tamir Moustafa tells News 3 what he thinks will happen next, after Iraq’s first multi-party election in a half-century. http://www.channel3000.com/video/4160010/detail.html