Over the past weeks UW–Madison has celebrated appointments of alumni into key positions on the national and world stage. Most recently, Linda Thomas-Greenfield was confirmed as Ambassador to the United Nations—a role in which she …
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UW Alumna Linda Thomas-Greenfield confirmed as Ambassador to the United Nations
On February 23, the U.S. Senate voted to confirm Linda Thomas-Greenfield as the 31st U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. Thomas-Greenfield, who received a master’s from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, as well as an honorary doctorate, …
Beth Nguyen in TIME Magazine: The Comfort of a Lunar New Year in Isolation
Professor of English shares her memories of celebrating the Vietnamese holiday as a child. “Lunar New Year might bring to mind festivals and fireworks, but I’ve always associated it with a kind of isolation. Long before …
Message from the dean: Looking ahead at spring 2021
The spring semester is always an energetic time on campus. And spring 2021, even as we continue to work within health guidelines to create a safe environment for the campus community, will be no different …
You Can Learn a Language Online – Here’s How!
Your online language class with UW–Madison Continuing Studies is exactly the same as your face-to-face class, only completely different. Let me explain. The goal of our language classes is to get you talking, as research shows that …
Nelson Postdoc Coauthors Paper that Suggests Satellite Alerts May Reduce Deforestation in Africa
Research led by Fanny Moffette, a postdoctoral researcher in applied economics and an affiliate of the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies and the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, gleans new insight into the efficacy of using the Global …
UW alum being honored in Germany for resistance fighting
UW-Madison alumna Mildred Harnack-Fish’s fight for what is right is not only remembered in the Madison community but is now being remembered internationally. She is being honored at Justus Liebig University in Giessen, Germany, where …
International Division announces the formation of the Language Program Office
A message from Guido Podesta, vice provost and dean, International Division I am pleased to announce the creation of a new unit in the International Division—the Language Program Office (LPO). LPO will provide a centralized …
UW–Madison listed as top 25 university for study abroad and international students
The University of Wisconsin–Madison continues to be a leader in international engagement. UW–Madison moved up three spots, from #18 to #15, on the 2020 Open Doors Report’s ranking of U.S. universities and colleges for total …
First relatives of rubella virus discovered in bats in Uganda and mice in Germany
At night in a Ugandan forest, a team of American and African scientists take oral swabs from insect-eating cyclops leaf-nosed bats. In a necropsy room near the Baltic Sea, researchers try to determine what killed …