by Renee Meiller, UW Communications From June 29-July 4, UW-Madison nuclear engineering doctoral student Rachel Slaybaugh was among nearly 500 young researchers from around the world to attend the Lindau Meeting, a unique event in …
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Foreign students flock to the US [The Boston Globe]
By Peter Schworm, The Boston Globe The faltering US dollar, which has steadily lost value against major currencies around the world, has produced a silver lining for foreign students, and the American universities that recruit …
Beyond Borders and Bullets ‘Human security’ advocates call for a different approach to global problems [The Chronicle of Higher Ed]
By Peter Monghan, The Chronicle of Higher Education, June 27 2008 Every day human cataclysms vie for headline space: Hunger and disease plague the war-riven Congo; the Sudanese government stonewalls United Nations peacekeepers; Myanmar’s oppressive …
UW Welcomes New Chancellor With Global Vision [Message from the Dean]
Dear Friends, As some of you may know, the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents recently named Dr. Biddy (Carolyn A.) Martin, provost of Cornell University, as the next chancellor of our campus. We are …
Global Sustainability: A Green Curriculum Involves Everyone on the Campus [The Chronicle of Higher Education]
By John Petersen for The Chronicle of Higher Education Recent graduates have a lot to learn about budgeting when they leave college. Many are financially on their own for the first time, and so rent, …
Wisconsin Attends International BIO Convention
From Wisconsin Technology News Madison, Wis. – A state that has experienced historic floods and the announcement of a major plant closing within the past two weeks could use some good news. Perhaps it’s found …
Diaspora and Cosmopolitanism: An International Conference
UW-Madison Postcolonial, Migration and Transnational Studies (Part of Worldwide Universities Network [WUN] International Network in Colonial and Postcolonial Studies) Presents Diaspora and Cosmopolitanism: An International Conference University of Wisconsin-Madison The Pyle Center June 20-21, 2008 …
Diplomats in a Global Age: Panel Discussion
Please join us to hear firsthand how three UW-Madison visiting diplomats-in-residence each dealt with a challenge or crisis that arose during their diplomatic career. The panel, comprised of John Campbell, Alfred Defago, and Florence Chenoweth, …
Where Multicultural Ed and Internationalization Meet [Inside Higher Ed]
By Elizabeth Redden, Inside Higher Ed “Elitist, frivolous, escapist.” “Divisive, political, provincial.” Such are some common perceptions of college officials involved in internationalization (see the former colorful set of adjectives) and multicultural education (see the …
Conference Participants Discuss Key Issues in International Education [The Chroncile of Higher Ed]
By KARIN FISCHER and BETH MCMURTRIE, The Chronicle of Higher Education Washington– More than 9,000 participants from 110 countries gathered here to talk about the future of international education as the 60th annual meeting of …