University of Wisconsin–Madison
For the third year in a row, the University of Wisconsin–Madison has been ranked No. 1 among large schools on Peace Corps’ list of top volunteer-producing colleges and universities in 2019. There are 75 Badgers currently volunteering in countries around the world. UW–Madison has consistently ranked in the Top 5 since 2012. The university is …
A report from the Chronicle of Higher Education ranked the University of Wisconsin–Madison as #2 in the U.S. for awarding bachelor’s degrees in foreign languages, literatures and linguistics. According to the report, which examined bachelor’s degrees awarded in the 2016–2017 academic year, UW–Madison had 344 students who received degrees in foreign languages, literatures and linguistics, …
Crister S. Garrett, 56, passed away at his home in Leipzig, Germany on March 6, 2019 after a courageous two year battle with cancer. He is survived by his wife Claudia, daughters Kajsa and Sanna, mother Marta, sister Karolina, and brother Eric. Born in New York, Crister spent four years of his early life in …
Nelson Institute students who participate in the study aboard program are a large part of the Institute’s mission to foster community partnerships in education, research, and service around the world. Through these international experiences, students increase interdisciplinary collaboration on environmental initiatives while furthering their own academic, personal, and professional goals. That’s why the Nelson Institute is …
The Oklahoman newspaper recently reported on the importance of community colleges and the article features the expertise of UW–Madison’s Xueli Wang. Wang is an associate professor with the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis and a faculty affiliate of the Wisconsin Center for the Advancement of Postsecondary Education (WISCAPE). Her research centers on college students’ learning, …
Kemal H. Karpat, the former chair of Ottoman and Turkish Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and Emeritus Distinguished Professor of History, passed away in Madison, Wisconsin, on February 20, 2019, at the age of 96. On February 25, 2019, there was a state funeral in Istanbul under the auspices and attendance of the Turkish …
The University of Wisconsin–Madison will celebrate the 58th anniversary of the establishment of Peace Corps with a week of events, headlined by 2018 National Teacher of the Year and Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Mandy Manning, Feb. 26–Mar. 2. Mandy Manning, who was named 2018 National Teacher of the Year, served as a Peace Corps volunteer …
Temperatures in Madison rivaled those in Antarctica on Wednesday and Thursday, prompting the city to all but shutter its doors. Temperatures in Madison rivaled those in Antarctica on Wednesday and Thursday, prompting the city to all but shutter its doors.
First they went to Shanghai. Next they went to Rio. This summer, 30 UW–Madison students will take part in faculty-led programs in Botswana and India—new locations offered through the Global Gateway Program. The Global Gateway Programs offer students the opportunity to explore issues of global significance and experience a new culture as part of a …
UW–Madison alumna Meg Bortin went from being a history major to becoming a correspondent and editor at Reuters and the International Herald Tribune. In 1992, she helped found the first independent English language daily newspaper in Russia: The Moscow Times. “We saw this country that had been so closed and secretive open up and people …