Navi Pillay is a seasoned fighter in the struggle for human rights. From being the first woman to start a law practice in her home province in South Africa to her role as UN High …
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UW-Madison’s Apple delivers keynote at international symposium in Singapore
UW-Madison’s Michael W. Apple earlier this month delivered the keynote address at the International Symposium on Cultural Legacy and Educational Institutions, which was held at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.
University of Wisconsin–Madison to host EducationUSA Academy in summer 2019
The University of Wisconsin–Madison has been selected by the U.S. Department of State and its cooperative partner, World Learning, to host an EducationUSA Academy in summer 2019 and to become an EducationUSA Academy host institution. Five new …
In Memoriam: Peter Paul Dorner
Peter Paul Dorner was born in Luxemberg, Wis. on Jan. 13, 1925, to Peter and Monica (Altmann) Dorner. He married Lois Cathryn Hartnig on Dec. 26, 1950. Peter served in the U. S. Army Infantry …
In Memoriam: Muhammad Memon
Muhammad Umar Memon, a UW–Madison professor who was an internationally renowned scholar of the Urdu language and literature, died June 3. He was 79. Memon’s lifelong work was to raise the awareness of Urdu in …
ITALIAN STUDENTS EMBODY THE WISCONSIN IDEA
The students of Professor Buccini’s Italian 450 class decided to use their language skills to promote the Wisconsin Idea.
UW-MADISON TO HOST LANGUAGE, CULTURE CONFERENCES THIS WEEK
Hundreds of scholars of Chinese language and culture will gather at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, long a center for Chinese studies, on May 5 and May 6 for a pair of prestigious international conferences.
Madison startup completing 100 solar setups in rural Africa
NovoMoto, a spinoff from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, is finishing its first 100 solar lighting installations in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
UW MADISON RANKED #2 FOR MOST INNOVATIVE COLLEGE FOREIGN LANGUAGE LEARNING
The University of Wisconsin-Madison has been ranked the second in the nation, and first among public universities, for innovative foreign language learning in 2018.
AFRICA IN OUR LIVES: RACHEL SILVER
Rachel Silver is a joint-degree doctoral candidate in Anthropology and Educational Policy Studies. She talks to African Studies about her research on adolescent pregnancy and school dropout in Malawi, and the challenges and rewards that accompany …