University of Wisconsin–Madison
On Friday and Saturday, March 9 and 10, the Morgridge Center for Public Service will celebrate a decade of achievement at its 10th anniversary conference, “Celebrating the Many Faces of Public Service.” The conference will focus on UW–Madison’s past as a leader in public service, as well as the current accomplishments and future goals of …
Untitled Document FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: February 27, 2006 CONTACT: Ronnie Hess, Director of Communications, Division of International Studies, UW–Madison, (608) 262-5590, http://www.ls.wisc.edu/ GLOBAL FUTURES COLLOQUIUM TO EXAMINE THE WHAT AND WHY OF GLOBALIZATION Madison, WI – The University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Division of International Studies and member programs of the International Institute will examine the …
“Re-imagining the University in the Global Era,” a conference in the “Ideas and Universities International Video Seminar Series, examines the assumptions underlying modern universities, the emergence of corporate universities, and the potential for internationalizing universities within the context of the knowledge economy. Sponsored by scholars at the University of Bristol (UK), the World Universities Network …
Untitled Document FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: Wednesday, February 21, 2007 CONTACT: Alex Grace, Distinguished Lecture Series Committee director, UW–Madison Wisconsin Union Directorate, 262-2216; adgrace@wisc.edu UN Special Envoy on HIV/AIDS to Speak at UW–Madison Madison, WI — Stephen Lewis, Canadian politician and diplomat, will speak Monday, March 12 as part of the Wisconsin Union Directorate’s Distinguished …
Andrew Seaton, the British government’s senior representative to Wisconsin and 12 other Midwestern states, will speak at UW–Madison on Tuesday, Feb. 21. Seaton will discuss “The European Union and the Transatlantic Alliance: Are the Models Broken?” at the Pyle Center, 702 Langdon St., at 4 p.m. His talk – sponsored by the UW European Studies …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: 2/14/06 CONTACT: Lara Kain, Outreach Coordinator, Center for Russia, East Europe and Central Asia (CREECA), (608) 265-6298, outreach@creeca.wisc.edu CENTRAL ASIAN VIRTUOSO MUSICIANS TO BE ARTISTS-IN-RESIDENCE AT UW-MADISON Madison, WI – UW–Madison students as well as music lovers in the greater Madison area will have a unique opportunity to learn first-hand …
Untitled Document FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: 2/7/2006 CONTACT: Lara Kain, Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia Outreach Coordinator. outreach@creeca.wisc.edu or 608-265-6298 CONFERENCE TO EXAMINE LEGACY OF CHERNOBYL AS NUCLEAR ACCIDENT’S 20TH ANNIVERSARY NEARS Madison, WI — The legacy of the explosion at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station in the Ukraine twenty years ago …
Untitled DocWorld Turns Blind Eye To The Horrors In Uganda The Capital Times :: OP-ED :: Saturday, February 4, 2006 Adam Lichtenheld, Guest Columnist. Lichtenheld is a UW–Madison student majoring in political science Lichtenheld received a special award in May 2006. For more information click here. Nightfall in the East African nation of Uganda ushers …
by Brian Mattmiller, UW–Madison Communications Few infectious diseases in human history have posed more public health challenges than HIV/AIDS, a disease that has emerged in the past three decades to infect more than 40 million people worldwide. But it is not only the medical challenges of AIDS that make the disease so vexing. Behavior, politics, …
by Rob Zaleski Well, so much for retiring to Vancouver Island. Or some remote fishing cabin in Ontario. Or anywhere else in Canada, which — until last week — seemed like one of few sane places left on the planet. But then Canadians went out and did a truly bewildering thing. They elected a right-wing …