February 2010 features the 10th annual International Opportunities Month (IOM) on campus! The celebration is organized by a campus-wide committee of globally focused organizations, chaired by the Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER). …
Partnerships
UW Global Health Symposium – Feb. 3
Save the date! From the UW Center for Global Health: You are cordially invited to attend the 6th Annual UW Global Health Symposiu, February 3, 2010, 5:00-9:00 pm in the Health Sciences Learning Center, room …
International Research & Education in the News
Are American Students Lazy? [Inside Higher Ed] 1/4/10 Gather faculty members together and it’s not hard to get them talking about the ways students disappoint. They text in class, expect extensions for no good reason, …
International Students Flock to UW-Madison [The Capital Times]
When Jin Hoe Ng decided to leave Malaysia more than two years ago to attend the University of Wisconsin-Madison, his knowledge of the state and campus was limited. He knew Wisconsin was “an agriculture state …
UW-Madison Signs MOU With Qatar University (Gulf Times)
Gulf Times (December 8, 2009) — Qatar University (QU) has signed an agreement with the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA, to establish a framework to explore future collaboration. At the signing ceremony yesterday, QU president Prof …
Bousquet Presides over MOU Signing Ceremony at Qatar University
On behalf of Chancellor Martin, Gilles Bousquet, dean of the Division of International Studies, has traveled to Doha to attend the MOU signing ceremony between UW-Madison and Qatar University. Invited by Qatar University’s College of …
Chronicle Covers UW’s Int’l Economic Development Taskforce
Universities Offer International Resources to Help Economy at Home By Karin Fischer The Chronicle of Higher Education, November 15, 2009 Universities, with their global reach and increasingly international missions, can use their overseas connections and …
WPR’s “Here on Earth” to Discuss “Global Competence” during International Education Week
What is global competence? Can you learn it? How do you know when you have it? Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Wisconsin Public Radio’s daily call-in program about all things international, will tackle the …
The Brazil Initiative Presents “Brazilian Literary Networks” – Conference November 19-21
The Brazil Initiative at UW-Madison is pleased to announce a special upcoming conference, “Brazilian Literary Networks” which will take place Thursday, November 19 through Saturday, November 21 at the Pyle Center. Please view a schedule …
Dr. Flavia Agnes to Speak on “Women’s Rights and Legal Advocacy in India” – Event November 10
The Gender and International Policy Research Circle and Transnational Applied Research in Gender Equity Training (TARGET) presents, “Women’s Rights and Legal Advocacy in India,” a talk by Dr. Flavia Agnes, attorney at the Bombay High …