University of Wisconsin–Madison
As a high school senior in Malaysia, Lisa Kamal excelled on the exit exam administered to all students by the government. Her high scores led to a coveted opportunity: a full-ride college scholarship funded by Petronas, an oil and gas corporation owned by the government. “They really supported me and opened paths for me,” says …
In eighth grade, Chumani Mokoena’s teacher organized a field trip for the class to visit a nuclear energy facility about an hour or two north of their school in Johannesburg, South Africa. The space acted as a nuclear weapons research plant during the apartheid era and had since been converted into a medical research center …
The Open Doors Report has listed the University of Wisconsin–Madison among the top #25 U.S. universities for study abroad participation and for hosting international students. The report is published by the Institute of International Education in partnership with the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. UW–Madison is ranked #18 among all …
Don’t be surprised if you see the names Chase Devens (BBA ‘20) and David Smith (BBA ‘20) at the Oscars sometime in the future. These two Wisconsin School of Business students took home the top prize at the sixth annual IES Abroad Study Abroad Film Festival earlier this month for their film Les Cinq Mois-The Five Months. Though both …
When James Ungaretti enrolled in his first-year courses, he loaded up on requirements for a computer sciences major. But having taken four years of Italian at his Oak Park, Illinois, high school, he thought, why not add an Italian class, too. “I was really surprised by what I got out of it,” says Ungaretti. “Before …
Kristin Kohlmann has a passion for keeping children healthy and well-fed. And to make it happen, she found the perfect partner in Project Peanut Butter, a nonprofit that works to treat the most extreme form of malnutrition in children in Sub-Saharan Africa. Kohlmann first connected with Project Peanut Butter in 2016 while working for Washington …
It’s said that a picture is worth a thousand words. To Zuzana Burivalova, an audio recording is worth a thousand pictures. That’s the beauty of bioacoustics, Burivalova’s area of focus as a new faculty member in the Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology. She’s using the methods of this emerging science to better understand biodiversity …
Emeritus Professor Harold E. Scheub, the former Evjue-Bascom Professor of Humanities in the Department of African Languages and Literature (now the Department of African Cultural Studies) of the University of Wisconsin Madison, passed away on October 16. He was 88.
Climate change and national defense took center stage as members of the Danish Parliament joined students and the UW–Madison community on September 19 to discuss the future of Danish transatlantic relations. The group discussed connections between Denmark and the United States, the European Union, and the world, with conversation ranging from economics to international politics. …
The CIEE Passport Caravan is a one-day, on-campus event sponsored by the International Division, International Academic Programs (IAP), and the Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE). At the event, on Wednesday, September 18, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., CIEE will help up to 225 students apply for passports for free. Once issued, U.S. passports …