New changes to the U.S. Department of State’s (DoS) Travel Advisory System will likely impact how UW–Madison students, faculty, and staff plan and prepare for university-affiliated travel to other nations.
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Celebrating the past, planning for the future
For almost 30 years, Vicki Bier’s career at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has focused on risk and decision analysis. As a professor of industrial and systems engineering, she has used complex mathematical models to improve nuclear safety …
Award-winning international journalists to attend February conference in Madison
A group of award-winning journalists will visit Madison in February to attend a University of Wisconsin-Madison conference on ethics in human rights reporting. The conference, titled “Cultures in Conflict: Navigating Cultural Difference in International Human …
Monkey study shows a path to monitoring endangered species
A Brazilian-American research group has just published an unusual study outlining data needs for monitoring the survival of monkeys called muriquis that live in patches of forest in Brazil.
Chimpanzee deaths in Uganda pinned on human cold virus
In the wild, chimpanzees face any number of dire threats, ranging from poachers to predators to deforestation.
Cultural Linguistic Services: Striving for Effective Communication in the Workplace
In 2016, UW-Madison’s Cultural Linguistic Services won the Inclusion Cultivates Excellence Award. This national award recognized the initiative for its impact on the campus community for inclusive and equitable workplace practices.
Awards poise students for “life-changing experiences” abroad
“If you go into an experience knowing a lot, you will return knowing even more.” School of Education Dean Diana Hess offered these words of advice to during the 2017 International Division Scholarship Award Ceremony. …
Student Story: Eye on Design Around the World
John Uzee got his Master’s in Architecture from Tulane University in New Orleans. He spent 27 unique and successful years with ADD Inc, a architecture, interior design, planning, and branding firm; he even starting the …
Never too late: Alum to participate in winter commencement 50 years after earning degree
Several months ago, Luciano Barraza’s grandson asked him if he had any regrets in life.
UW-Madison’s Apple recognized by Australian university as a 2017 ‘Research Giant’
UW-Madison’s Michael Apple was recently recognized by the University of Southern Queensland in Australia as a “Research Giant” for 2017.