The vibrant mission of teaching students less commonly taught languages such as Tibetan, Hindi, Urdu and others continues this summer at UW–Madison’s South Asia Summer Language Institute (SASLI), alongside a brand-new new mission — teaching …
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UW–Madison celebrates U.S.-Indonesia relations with language contest and visit from dignitaries
Seventy years ago, the U.S. and Indonesia established diplomatic ties, creating what would be a long, fruitful relationship. Students, faculty, staff, and community members gathered to mark that relationship at a day of activities attended …
Alum Chávez-Moreno receiving Outstanding Dissertation Awards from two AERA SIGs
UW-Madison alumna Laura Chávez-Moreno is receiving Outstanding Dissertation Awards from two different American Educational Research Association (AERA) special interest groups (SIGs).
Posting to Brussels sprouts novel tech-French course
Quick: How do you say “firewall” or “database” in the variant of French spoken in Belgium? For employees of Epic, the Wisconsin health-care software giant that is building out its European beachhead, it’s necessary lingo.
ITALIAN STUDENTS TRANSLATE ITALIAN SONNETS IN HIGH-IMPACT PRACTICE CLASS
“I don’t like poetry because I don’t understand it.”
GRADUATE OF SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION PHD PROGRAM COMMENDS ITS INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH
Sookyung Cho, who graduated from the Second Language Acquisition (SLA) PhD program at University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2008, has returned to Madison for a research-focused sabbatical year.
Warming up to hygge
A traditional Danish concept is giving Americans the warm fuzzies. But a Scandinavian Studies professor warns we might be missing the true essence of hygge.
UW-MADISON RUSSIAN FLAGSHIP STUDENTS AND ALUMNI ATTEND HACKATHON EVENT
In order to connect, network, and learn with other Language Flagship students throughout the United States, the Russian Flagship Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison sent four attendees to the Flagship Hackathon in Washington DC …
ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT: JESSICA MILLER
Studying Arabic has opened many doors to worldwide opportunities for UW-Madison alumna Jessica Miller.
Celebrating the French House at 100
La Maison Française marks a century of creating cultural connections for students and the broader Madison community.