FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: September 17, 2008 CONTACT: Masarah Van Eyck, mvaneyck2@international.wisc.edu, 608-262-5590 FORMER PRESIDENT OF IRELAND, HUMAN RIGHTS CHAMPION TO SPEAK AT UW-MADISON MADISON – Mary Robinson, former president of Ireland and United Nations …
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Mary Robinson to Give Human Rights and Democracy Lecture
The UW-Madison Division of International Studies and the Human Rights Initiative present the Mildred Fish-Harnack Human Rights and Democracy Lecture Human Rights Challenges in the 21st Century Mary Robinson Former President of Ireland and United …
World Stem Cell Summit comes to Madison Sept. 21-23
by Jordana Lenon, UW Communications Meeting stem cell experts from around the world, unique networking opportunities, and a public day of outreach await those attending the World Stem Cell Summit and related events Sept. 21-23 …
Law School’s Ohnesorge Named Co-Director of UW-Madison China Initiative
University of Wisconsin Law School Professor John Ohnesorge has been named Co-Director of the new UW-Madison China Initiative, which is designed to promote global competence and to advance internationalization with respect to China. The Initiative, …
China Moves Up to Fifth as Importer of Students [The Chronicle of Higher Education]
By Mara Hvistendahl, The Chronicle of Higher Education When Seo Ming-jun came to Shanghai Jiaotong University five years ago to study Chinese, she was planning to stay a year, then return to her native Seoul …
Experts Discuss Georgia Conflict
Warfare recently erupted in the Caucasus. On Aug. 7, 2008, the Republic of Georgia sent troops into South Ossetia in an attempt to regain control of that breakaway, pro-Moscow province, while Russian forces responded with …
WUN welcomes University of Western Australia as new member
WUN expands its membership to 17 and welcomes its second Australian member. WUN is delighted to announce the arrival of new member, the University of Western Australia. Professor Michael Arthur comments “Multilateral partnership in research …
UW–Madison Human Rights Initiative to Host International Activists
Coinciding with the 60th anniversary of the Declaration of Human Rights on September 26, the Division of International Studies will publicly launch the UW–Madison Human Rights Initiative. Building on UW–Madison’s tradition as a champion of …
The North-South Divide in Postcolonial Studies: Lusophone Perspectives: An International Conference at UW-Madison
Second International Meeting of the Lusophone Postcolonial Research Network (LUPOR) The North-South Divide in Postcolonial Studies: Lusophone Perspectives An International Conference at the University of Wisconsin-Madison September 4-6, 2008 This conference will continue and extend …
Two talks by Grace Puja: Gender Expertise and Education in Tanzania
GRACE PUJA Department of Educational Foundations University of Dar es Salam Wednesday, September 3rd “Gender Expertise and Education in Tanzania” Noon – 336 Ingraham Thursday, September 4th “School Girl’s Pregnancies in Tanzania: Views of Ex-Pregnant …