Helping South Africa in Science
A summer exchange program brings South African science teachers to UW–Madison. For more, see the Capital Times article at the URL below. http://www.madison.com/archives/read.php?ref=/tct/2006/08/12/0608120104.php
University of Wisconsin–Madison
A summer exchange program brings South African science teachers to UW–Madison. For more, see the Capital Times article at the URL below. http://www.madison.com/archives/read.php?ref=/tct/2006/08/12/0608120104.php
The University of Wisconsin–Madison has been under intense scrutiny for its decision to allow part-time lecturer Kevin Barrett to teach an introductory course on Islam history and culture. More than 1,000 e-mails and calls from citizens, and countless news reports and editorials have been issued related to the university’s difficult decision. For information on the …
Untitled Document FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: August 1, 2006 CONTACT: Ronnie Hess, Director of Communication, Division of International Studies. University of Wisconsin–Madison, (608) 262-5590, rlhess@wisc.edu For poster, and more information click here. NEXT “WORLD BEYOND OUR BORDERS” SERIES EXAMINES REVOLUTION AND REFORM IN CHINA, CONTEMPORARY JAPAN, KAMIKAZE PILOTS, RWANDAN GENOCIDE Madison, WI – Edward Friedman’s …
Portraits of Compassion in On Wisconsin, Summer 2006 After volunteering at an orphanage in Central America, Ben Schumaker ’03 wanted to help give the children a sense of identity. Now his initiative to recruit high school students to paint the children’s portraits has achieved a success that he never dreamed of. http://www.uwalumni.com/home/onwisconsin/archives/summer2006/portraits-compassion.aspx
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The International Academic Program in Aix-en-Provence, France will celebrate its 45th anniversary next year. Aix is one of IAP’s largest and oldest programs. Since its inception, 850 UW–Madison students have studied in Aix, once the seat of the Kingdom of Provence and now a lively as well as beautiful city of 120,000 inhabitants. This fall, …
“Female Leaders in the World” Aili Tripp, associate dean of International Studies, director of the Women’s Studies Research Center, University of Wisconsin–Madison What do Chile, Liberia, and Germany have in common? They have all elected their first female leaders in the past year. Is it women’s time to rule? Find out this hour on Here …
Before the Chilean government vanquished the indigenous Mapuche people at the end of the 19th century, heavy forests and abundant rivers, lakes and coastal inlets teemed with resources, everything the Mapuche needed to survive. “When they were resettled after the military defeat, they were left with a fraction of their original territory and without the …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: Monday, April 10, 2006 CONTACT: Steve Smith, Associate Director, Global Studies, sksmith@wisc.edu INTERNATIONAL OUTREACH CONFERENCE TO EXAMINE BEST PRACTICES Madison, WI –Wisconsin’s State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Elizabeth Burmaster, will be the keynote speaker at the upcoming Title VI and Fulbright-Hays National Outreach Conference, as world studies outreach specialists from across …
By Aaron Nathans, The Capital Times French students and young workers are fighting a new labor law in the streets because it cements their status as second-class members of the workforce, said panelists at a University of Wisconsin–Madison forum. Jonathan Zeitlin, a UW–Madison professor of sociology and public affairs at the La Follette Institute, said …