Category: News

Lecture Series to Examine Post-War America

Untitled Document FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: Monday, September 25, 2006 CONTACT: Trudy Fredericks, Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy (WAGE), E-mail: fredericks@wisc.edu, Website: http://wage.wisc.edu/ Madison, WI – Beginning Tuesday, September 26, a Distinguished Lecture Series will examine the effects of World War II and the Vietnam War on America — its politics, armed …

EcoHealth One Conference

Untitled Document by Tom Sinclair, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies Nearly 300 people from around the world will gather October 6-10 at the University of Wisconsin–Madison for the program “EcoHealth One,” the first international conference of a newly expanded consortium of human and wildlife health experts, ecologists, conservation biologists, and social scientists exploring the links …

Scott Straus on Darfur

Untitled Document Darfur Deal Not Enough, Says Feingold The Capital Times :: METRO :: B6 Saturday, September 23, 2006 By Matthew Blake The Capital Times/Medill News Service U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold of Wisconsin is calling for a “rapid deployment of a robust United Nations peacekeeping mission” to the ravaged western Sudanese region of Darfur, calling …

British Ambassador to Speak

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: Monday, September 18, 2006 CONTACT: Michael Bright, British Honorary Consul in Wisconsin, (608) 257-6544 or (608) 669-1904, or Tom Sinclair, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, UW–Madison, (608) 263-5599 Click here to download a pdf of the flier. BRITISH AMBASSADOR TO SPEAK AT UW-MADISON MADISON – Britain’s ambassador to the United …

Somalian Human Rights Activist Soffa Lecturer

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: Monday, September 18, 2006 CONTACT: Ronnie Hess, Director of Communications, Division of International Studies, UW–Madison, (608) 262-5590, rlhess@wisc.edu SOMALIAN HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST TO SPEAK AT UW-MADISON Please click here to download a pdf of the flier. Madison, WI — The Honorable Asha Hagi Elmi will be this year’s J. Jobe Soffa …

Candidates’ Forum on Global Affairs

Untitled Document FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 CONTACT: Ronnie Hess, Director of Communications, Division of International Studies. UW–Madison, (608) 262-5590, rlhess@wisc.edu To download a flier for the event, click here. BALDWIN, MAGNUM TO PARTICIPATE IN FORUM ON GLOBAL AFFAIRS Madison, WI – The Democratic and Republican candidates for the Second Congressional District, …

Perspectives on a Post-9/11 World

Untitled Document FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: Monday, August 28, 2006 CONTACT: Alison Alter, Associate Director, WAGE, (608) 262-9774, abalter@wisc.edu UW-MADISON FORUM TO OFFER PERSPECTIVES ON POST-9/11 WORLD Click here to download a pdf of the poster. Madison, WI – On the fifth anniversary of 9/11, the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Division of International Studies and the …

International Conference on Camus

Untitled Document FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: Monday, August 28, 2006 CONTACT: Carol Witzeling, Assistant Director, Center for Interdisciplinary French Studies, University of Wisconsin–Madison, cawitzel@wisc.edu, (608) 261-1018 CAMPUS TO BE FOCUS OF INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE AT UW-MADISON Madison, WI – A literary figure that American undergraduates and academics have known about for at least a generation is …

UW Participates in Africa Fest

by Barbara Wolff, UW–Madison Communications Like rare perfume, the intoxicating call of African drums will waft over Madison’s Warner Park on Saturday, Aug. 26. The occasion is the eighth annual Africa Fest, sponsored by the African Association of Madison (AAM). Click below to read more http://www.news.wisc.edu/12806.html

World Music Festival Conversations

<brFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: Monday, August 21, 2006 CONCTACT: Ronnie Hess, Director of Communications, Division of International Studies, UW–Madison, rlhess@wisc.edu, (608) 262-5590; Esty Dinur, Marketing and Communications Manager, Wisconsin Union Theater, edinur@wisc.edu, (608) 262-3907 Madison World Music Festival Features Talks About World Music, Musicians Madison, WI – The Third Annual Madison World Music Festival, with …