A Series of Events with SCOTT RITTER, Former UN Weapons Inspector April 16, 17, and 19, 2008 The Reality of Arms Control: From the Trenches Madison Committee on Foreign Relations (MCFR) Monthly Meeting Wednesday, April …
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Human Rights International Book Series features Robert Skloot
The International Institute’s International Faculty Book Series (formerly the World Beyond Our Borders Book Series) on Human Rights around the World presents Robert Skloot (UW–Madison, Theatre and Drama, Jewish Studies) discussing his new book Theatre …
Documenting China’s Higher Ed Explosion [Inside Higher Ed]
By Doug Lederman, Inside Higher Ed In many discussions about the international standing of American higher education, China is the 800-pound gorilla — the emerging scientific and technological superpower whose newfound focus on building a …
Can Climate Change Make Us Sicker? [Time Magazine]
By Brian Walsh, Time Magazine, April 4 2008 Featuring Jonathan Patz, UW-Madison Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies What do we talk about when we talk about global warming? It’ll get hotter, that’s a safe bet; …
April 2008 – China Initiative Month
Recognizing the importance of China to the economic and political future of Wisconsin and the United States, the Division of International Studies is introducing a UW-Madison China Initiative designed to promote global competence and to …
Global Hot Spots Lecture Series
Don’t miss the spring’s final two lectures Join Madison-area learners on Friday, April 4 and Friday, May 2 as we continue to look at the ever-increasing role played by global affairs in society. Starting with …
Hundreds of high school students to participate in World Cinema Day
From UW-Madison Communications For the past five years, the University of Wisconsin-Madison has welcomed hundreds of Wisconsin high school students and teachers to World Cinema Day, a program of the Language Institute and the Wisconsin …
How an International Approach Can Help Your Degree [US News & World Reports]
by Diane Cole, U.S. News and World Report Posted March 26, 2008 Graduate schools are going global—that is, if they haven’t done so already. These days, not only do students from around the world come …
The Global Public University: global reach, local impact [Global Higher Ed]
On 11 March, William Brustein (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) and Susan Jeffords (University of Washington), two experts on the internationalization of higher education, held a candid discussion at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (pictured to …
Feingold urges UW students to volunteer abroad [The Daily Cardinal]
By: Elizabeth Michaels /The Daily Cardinal Sen. Russ Feingold lobbied for U.S. foreign relations improvements Monday at the Memorial Union Monday as part of the Distinguished Lecture Series, sponsored by Wisconsin Union Directorate and the …