University of Wisconsin–Madison
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) Presents the Gilson Global Impact Series: Wednesday, October 13, 2010 PATH: Catalyzing global health with innovations fueled by passion and public-private collaborations Matt Steele, M.P.H., Ph.D., Clinical and Field Research Coordinator PATH Lab results on the spot in the bush, diagnostic tools delivered by backpack, or a village clinic equipped …
The Straits Times (September 22, 2010) “China flexing its muscles” EXCERPT: ‘President Hu Jintao’s government has made a fundamental shift in China’s foreign policy orientation to, as it sees it, at long last, standing up for China,’ said Edward Friedman, a China scholar at the University of Wisconsin. China’s communist leaders have for decades invoked …
UW–Madison News Release, September 21, 2010 By Masarah Van Eyck, mvaneyck2@international.wisc.edu, 608 262 5590 Brazilian Foreign Trade Secretary Welber Barral and the Consul General of Brazil in Chicago, Ambassador João Almino, will visit the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus on September 23-24, for two events focused on commerce and socio-political issues in U.S.-Brazil relations. The Brazil …
September 20,2010 Contact: Nancy Heingartner, Outreach Coordinator, UW–Madison’s Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia (CREECA), outreach@creeca.wisc.edu, (608) 262-3379. Media outlets may contact the CREECA Events Coordinator to request a high-resolution publicity photograph of Mr. Codrescu, events@creeca.wisc.edu UW–Madison’s Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia (CREECA) is proud to present Andrei Codrescu, NPR …
UW–Madison News (September 14, 2010) “Delegation of Chinese educators visits UW–Madison” by Susannah Brooks Leaders from Shanghai’s East China Normal University (ECNU), one of China’s top institutions of teacher training, visited UW–Madison on Sept. 14 to learn more about the School of Education and discuss possible collaborations in the future. ECNU President Yu Lizhong joined …
The UW–Madison India Initiative invites you to attend the presentation “India’s Energy Scenario and Climate Change” by Surendra L. Rao on Monday, September 20, from 5-7:00 p.m. in Ingraham Hall. Professor S. L. Rao is Member, Board of Governors, Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore and Distinguished Visiting Fellow at The Energy & Resources …
Wisconsin Union Theater (September 14, 2010) By Esty Dinur, Director of Marketing and Communications & Chair for Artistic Selection, 608-262-3907, edinur@wisc.edu The seventh annual Madison World Music Festival will be held from September 23-25, 2010, in the Memorial Union and at the Willy Street Fair and Madison College. Outreach events start on Tuesday, September 21. …
The Badger Herald (September 14, 2010) “UW Center for South Asia Kicks Off Its 50th Anniversary Celebration” by Brittany Johnson EXCERPT: Besides Waseem’s lecture, du Perron said the Center for South Asia will be hosting weekly lectures on Thursdays at noon in 206 Ingraham Hall for the rest of the semester. These lectures coincide with …
On September 9, 2010, a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed by Chancellor Biddy Martin, Dean and Vice Provost Gilles Bousquet, Huei-wen Hsu, director of the Cultural Division at the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Chicago, and Professor Nicole Huang, director of UW–Madison’s Center for East Asian Studies. The partnership aims to enhance research …
Wisconsin Week (September 8, 2010) By Susannah Brooks This summer, campus learners included candy makers, bankers, teenaged musicians and visitors from around the world. Along the shores of Lake Mendota, one program taught its students about languages and cultures thousands of miles away. This summer marked the sixth year of the Arabic, Persian and Turkish …