Untitled Document FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: May 09, 2006 CONTACT: Ronnie Hess, Director of Communications, Division of International Studies, UW-Madison, (608) 262-5590, rlhess@wisc.edu HOWELL NAMED NEW DIRECTOR OF UW-MADISON INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC PROGRAMS Madison, WI – …
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Schleicher Gets Presidential Award
Untitled Document FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: Monday, May 1, 2006 CONTACT: Ronnie Hess, Director of Communications, Division of International Studies, (608) 262-5590, rlhess@wisc.edu UW-MADISON’S SCHLEICHER RECEIVES PRESIDENT’S VOLUNTEER SERVICE AWARD Madison, WI – Antonia Folarin …
On Supporting Citizens Of War-torn Uganda
Aili Tripp, UW-Madison professor of political science and associate dean of International Studies, spent last summer in the midst of civil war in northern Uganda. In an op-ed. in the Wisconsin State Journal she writes …
Professor Jonathan Zeitlin on WPR on French Protests
Students and members of organized labor have been demonstrating across France recently against a new labor law. Jonathan Zeitlin, director of the Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy and professor of Sociology, Public …
Scott Straus wins book award
Scott Straus, a UW-Madison political science professor, recently received an “Award for Excellence” in political science and government by the Professional and Scholarly Publishing division of the Association of American Publishers. Straus received the award …
Authors of a Castle in the Backyard: The Dream of a House in France to Speak at Paris Bookstore
Untitled Document NEWS ADVISORY DATE: 2/20/2006 CONTACT: Ronnie Hess, Director of Communications, Division of International Studies, UW-Madison, (608) 262-5590 or rlhess@wisc.edu AUTHORS OF A CASTLE IN THE BACKYARD: THE DREAM OF A HOUSE IN FRANCE …
UW Madison Scholars Clarify Slavery’s Timelines
In the early European histories of the New World, there are numerous accounts of African slaves accompanying explorers and colonists. Now, digging in a colonial era graveyard in one of the oldest European cities in …
Torture Worldwide and the CIA: A UW-Madison Professor’s Book Tells 50-Year Tale of Pyschological Torture Techniques Devised by U.S. Agency
Untitled Document Wisconsin State Journal TORTURE WORLDWIDE AND THE CIA A UW-MADISON PROFESSOR’S BOOK TELLS 50-YEAR TALE OF PSYCHOLOGICAL TORTURE TECHNIQUES DEVISED BY U.S. AGENCY. Date: Sunday, January 22, 2006 Byline: RON SEELY rseely@madison.com 608-252-6131 …
Trubek Named to NRC Committee
Untitled Docume The study in which Trubek will participate will review the adequacy and effectiveness of the Title VI international education programs of the Higher Education Act as well as Fulbright-Hays international education programs administered …
New course explores the ubiquitous vampire legend
by Barbara Wolff, UW-Madison Communications Sorry. There is no a hands-on lab section in this class. It does, however, come with ample opportunities for discussion. About 30 undergraduates will get a taste of how cultures …