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The UW India Initiative is pleased to announce three awards meant to establish or expand internship and study abroad opportunities for UW students in the future. UW junior Alison Scharman will spend the 2010 summer studying in Pune, India, which boasts a number of universities and research centers and a thriving student culture. She will …
In her commencement address last Friday at Anacostia Senior High School in Washington, DC, First Lady Michelle Obama encouraged the graduating class—90 per cent of whom will attend college in the fall, many as the first in their family to do so—to find ways to get involved with the world and to study abroad: “To …
The Chronicle of Higher Education has launched a test version of its new “Global Edition.” They explain: “While The Chronicle has a long history of international news coverage, the Global Edition reflects our increased commitment to news, analysis, and commentary about universities and colleges outside the United States, along with a home page that will …
The following is an excerpt of a White House transcript of first lady Michelle Obama’s speech to George Washington University graduates on the National Mall last Sunday. Read the entire speech on NBC. You understand things that perhaps your parents and I even don’t always have to consider when our world was still separated by …
Badger Herald, April 12, 2010 First Wave hip-hop theater ensemble only U.S. act invited to participate By Ann Coplan As the only performance group from the U.S. to be chosen to participate in this year’s international Contacting the World theater festival in England, the University of Wisconsin’s First Wave hip-hop theater ensemble hosted competition partners …
Wisconsin State Journal (February 25, 2010) — This is a story that begins with a lunch engagement between strangers and ends with a friendship and the publication of a remarkable book. The strangers in question were Alfred Senn, an esteemed emeritus professor of history at UW–Madison, and Nancy Heingartner, outreach coordinator at the UW’s Center …
UW–Madison applications rise as interest from international students increases Wisconsin State Journal, February 5, 2010 About 26 percent more international students applied for admission to UW–Madison’s fall freshman class, causing a bump in overall undergraduate applications. About 700 more international students applied to the university compared with a year ago. The deadline for applications was …
UW–Madison News — February 1, 2010 — “I have this bumper sticker that says, ‘Python will save the world. I don’t know how, but it will,'” says Nicholas Preston, a University of Wisconsin–Madison postdoctoral researcher. On Jan. 14, Preston got his chance to use the powerful programming language to help earthquake victims in Haiti. Although …
It’s a hard enough path to follow without being linked to terrorism It’s 12:30 p.m. on a Friday in December. Dalia Saleh and her friends are kneeling on the floor, bowing their heads in reverence to Allah. These are the weekly services at the Islamic Center, 21 N. Orchard St. Everyone has removed his or …
U. Of Wis. Union Excludes Foreign Students – Channel 3000 January 22, 2010 International students won’t be allowed to join a union for research assistants at the University of Wisconsin–Madison under a new policy that labor activists believe is the first of its kind in the U.S. All-American Union – Inside Higher Ed January 25, …