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By Megan Lindow, The Chronicle of Higher Education The U.S. Agency for International Development announced last week plans for a virtual network to enable African universities to collaborate with American institutions and share ideas on partnership projects in education, economic development, food security, and health. The Africa Education Commons, as the network is called, was …
Pedro-Pablo Kuczynski, one of the most renowned economic policymakers in Latin America, will speak on “Latin America in the Changing Global Economy.” 10/28/2008 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Reception: 5:00PM-6:00PM 4151 Grainger Hall 975 University Avenue Free and open to the public Dr. Kuczynski is a senior advisor and partner at the Rohatyn Group, an investment …
The Global Financial Crisis: What You Need to Know Now Menzie Chinn University of Wisconsin–Madison Professor of Economics and Public Affairs 12:00-1:15 PM Thursday, October 30 Capitol Conference Room 5120AB Grainger Hall 975 University Ave. Free and open to the public Menzie D. Chinn is a Professor in the University of Wisconsin’s Robert M. La …
Program seeks more applicants from community colleges and other nontraditional sources By Beth McMurtrie, The Chronicle of Higher Education The Fulbright Program is one of the most successful fellowship programs around. About 1,500 students and 1,300 scholars from the United States and abroad are studying and working on Fulbrights this academic year. Started in 1946, …
Debate between Candidates for Wisconsin’s 2nd Congressional District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives Tammy Baldwin (Democratic Incumbent) and Peter Theron (Republican Candidate) Moderator: Melanie Ramey, President of the League of Women Voters of Wisconsin. 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, October 23, 2008 Room 113, Brogden Psychology Building 1202 West Johnson Street (on northwest …
Contact: Ben Nuckels, Office of the Lieutenant Governor, 608-266-3516 Masarah Van Eyck, UW–Madison Division of International Studies, 608-262-5590 Will Discuss Details of Tsinghua University Student Exchange Agreement, Formation of Exploratory Committee to Develop Global Manufacturing Institute and Other Agreements Reached as Part of the Mission Lieutenant Governor Barbara Lawton will deliver a briefing to UW …
One September 29, Mary Robinson, former president of Ireland and UN High Commissioner, attracted over 500 people from the Madison community to the Mildred Fish-Harnack Human Rights and Democracy Lecture. Robinson discussed the importance of academic research on human rights. Her speech coincided with the public launch of the UW–Madison Human Rights Initiative, the first …
Global Studies and the Offices of the Dean of Students have launched the second WI-Global Forum. It is an online discussion for undergraduates on contemporary global topics and their relevance to and impact on local communities. The student participants in blog postings and comments have an opportunity to interact with fellow students and forum readers …
As universities compete harder for students and professors, they look more closely at their international standings By Aisha Labi, The Chronicle of Higher Education A Chinese list of the world’s top universities would seem an unlikely concern for French politicians. But this year, France’s legislature took aim at the annual rankings produced by Shanghai Jiao …
Reza Aslan, internationally acclaimed writer and scholar of religions, will deliver the talk “Winning a Cosmic War: Can Common Ground be Found within the Abrahamic Religions?” as the first Rose Thering fellow of the UW–Madison Lubar Institute for the Study of the Abrahamic Religions (LISAR). The public lecture will take place at 7:30 p.m. on …