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By David Brown, Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, September 19, 2008; A01 Courses in epidemiology, public health and global health — three subjects that were not offered by most colleges a generation ago — are hot classes on campuses these days. They are drawing undergraduates to lecture halls in record numbers, prompting a scramble by …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Masarah Van Eyck, mvaneyck2@international.wisc.edu, 608-262-5590 Virginia Vargas will deliver her talk “Women’s Long March for Equality and Democracy in Latin America” at the Pyle Center at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 30. Sponsored by the J. Jobe Soffa and Marguerite Jacqmin Soffa Distinguished International Visitor Fund, Vargas’ talk is part of …
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 Commissioner for Human Rights, will deliver a talk on “Human Rights in the 21st Century” for the Mildred Fish-Harnack Human …
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 Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Friday, September 26, 2008 4:00 p.m. Ebling Symposium Center Microbial Sciences Building 1550 Linden …
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 in Madison, Wis. This is not your typical scientific meeting. The entire summit is open to anyone. In the past, …
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, announced by the UW–Madison Division of International Studies in 2008, has brought together a group of outstanding faculty, alumni, and …
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 to complete her undergraduate degree. But halfway through the year she liked China so much that she applied for a …
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 tanks, troops, and bombing raids, both in South Ossetia and in Georgia proper. Since hostilities broke out, Russia and Georgia …
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 through organisations like WUN is going to be vital in global HE and it gives me enormous pleasure to have UWA join us at this …
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 human rights and international service, the initiative redefines traditional human rights to include economic, social, and cultural rights, setting it …