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Join Madison-area learners for a free, thought-provoking lecture series on current events and global affairs. UW faculty experts will discuss international topics ranging from politics, global health and economics to human rights and the environment during this yearlong series, designed to stimulate discussion and to better understand the role of the UW in a global …
Fourth Annual Global Health Symposium “Global Health and Human Rights” (pdf) Keynote Speaker: Florence Chenoweth, MS, PhD “Health Care and Human Rights: The World Cannot Wait” Managing Director, UW Human Rights Initiative Former U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) representative in Gambia and South Africa Former Executive Director of the FAO Liaison office in New …
Jeroen Huisman, Higher Education Policy (2008) 21, 1–4 The central theme of this issue of Higher Education Policy — world-class universities — is high on the agenda of various stakeholders across the globe (see also Altbach and Balán, 2007). Many national governments develop policies to stimulate the emergence or strengthening of such universities. The qualification …
The Wisconsin International Law Journal’s 26th Annual Symposium MEDICAL TOURISM MEETS HEALTH LAW: US-EU DIALOGUE Friday, March 7, 2008 8:30 am-5:45 pm UW–Madison Health Sciences Learning Center – Room 1335 750 Highland Ave, Madison, WI 53705 THIS ALL DAY EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Continuing Legal Education Credits for Wisconsin Attorneys Pending …
“Emerging Powers in the Global System” 8 March 2008 Location: Pyle Center, University of Wisconsin–Madison In our view, recent events, including what is now being widely referred to as the US economic crisis, highlight the need for reconsideration of the role of the United States vis-à-vis rising non-Atlantic powers in an increasingly multipolar world. As …
by Sandra Knisely, UW–Madison Communications New Year’s Eve in Nejapa, El Salvador, looks a lot like the Fourth of July. At Griselda Guzman’s house, homemade fireworks lighted the front yard, where the guests dancing outside her pale yellow home included 11 University of Wisconsin–Madison engineering students and three advisers. That first night of celebration launched …
Refugee Health Awareness Week 3/3/08 – 3/7/08 Hosted by the Global Health Interest Group, MEDiC and Physicians for Human Rights All talks are at the Health Sciences Learning Center. Lunch provided for all noon talks Monday 3/3, 12-1pm, Room 1325, Garret Bucks: Searching for Shelter: The Refugee Experience from Camp to Chicago Mr. Garrett Bucks …
The Human Rights Initiative Spring Lecture Series “Health as a Human Right: The Right to Health in Theory and Practice” Professor Stephen Marks François-Xavier Bagnoud Professor of Health and Human Rights Director, Program on Human Rights in Development Harvard University Thursday, March 6, 2008 2-5pm 1325 Health Sciences Learning Center, 750 Highland Ave Respondents: Professor …
By Elizabeth Redden for Inside Higher Ed Success in campus internationalization efforts “is most often measured in the amount of activity, or in the inputs,” said Christa Olson, associate director of international initiatives for the American Council on Education. How many globally themed courses does a college offer, for example, or how many study abroad …
The UW–Madison African Studies Program with the UW Human Rights Initiative presents a panel discussion “CRISIS IN KENYA” Panelists: Michael Schatzberg, Professor, Political Science Thomas Spear, Professor Emeritus, History Scott Straus, Assistant Professor, Political Science Wednesday, February 27, 2008 at 7 PM Great Hall, Memorial Union 800 Langdon Street