Dan Lawler, a senior majoring in mechanical engineering, is currently working for Plexus Corp., based in Neenah, Wisconsin, as an international mechanical engineering intern in Penang, Malaysia. Lawler, who plans to graduate in December 2011, …
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Dance Faculty, Students Get in Step with Brazil
A group of Dance students and faculty from the University of Wisconsin–Madison traveled to Brazil this summer, to study dance alongside Brazilian peers and to perform at two-day festival in Rio de Janeiro. This experience …
Compounding One International Experience with Another
Dhina Susanti and Cheng Cheng are among the many international students who have come to UW–Madison. This summer, both are building on their international experiences through internships that have taken each of them to yet …
Badger Students on Service-learning Program in China
A group of UW–Madison students, shown here in Beijing, is in China this summer on a new hybrid study abroad/service-learning program, “China: History and Modern Development of Environmental Health.” The program includes a faculty-led historical …
Beijing Legal: Getting Global Insight into Business
“I know that international work experience is something that is increasingly sought after and not always easy to arrange,” says Amelia Coffey. Coffey, a junior from Silver Spring, Maryland, majoring in history, counts herself fortunate …
Global Health Students Look Inside the UN
Marilee Sushoreba—programs coordinator for International Student Services and coordinator of the Millennium Development Goals Awareness Project at UW-Madison—accompanied seven students in the newly minted Global Health Certificate for Undergraduates program on a United Nations Study …
Condolences and Support for our Friends in Norway
The unfathomable tragedy in Norway has struck a particularly deep chord with so many of us in Wisconsin, where we have strong historical, cultural, economic, and institutional connections with a nation known for promoting peace …
[Global Health Initiative] Virus Hunter Dr. Nathan Wolfe to Speak at WID
Recently named one of TIME Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People, virus hunter Nathan Wolfe is the science expert behind many recent news stories on human health and virus transfer, such as swine flu, monkey pox, West Nile, SARS, …
[UW News] Japanese Students at UW-Madison Spearhead Relief Efforts
UW News — March 17, 2011 “Japanese Students at UW-Madison Spearhead Relief Efforts” Following the earthquakes and tsunami in Japan on March 11, members of University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Japanese community are working together to assist …
[NYT] Former Prime Minister of Britain Embarks on a Global Opportunity at N.Y.U.
New York Times — December 14, 2010 “Former Prime Minister of Britain Embarks on a Global Opportunity at N.Y.U.” EXCERPTS: “[Former British Prime Minister Gordon] Brown, the university announced, has been named N.Y.U.’s inaugural “distinguished …