University of Wisconsin–Madison
Peace Corps Acting Director Carrie Hessler-Radelet—accompanied by her husband, Steve Radelet, chief economist of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)—will be in Madison on Monday, November 26, for two public appearances. From noon to 1 p.m., Hessler-Radelet will speak on “The Peace Corps and Global Health: Sustainable Solutions” on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus. …
The Ideas and Universities Project of the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) is sponsoring a virtual seminar series that brings together leading higher education scholars from around the world to consider the roles of universities in the global knowledge economy and the evolving identity of university teacher-researchers and their changing roles in institutions of higher learning. …
The University of Wisconsin–Madison continues to rank among the national leaders in the number of students studying abroad, with 2,159 students studying outside the United States for academic credit in 2010-11, according to the 2012 Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange. UW–Madison ranked ninth among peer institutions in the latest Open Doors Report, published …
On Thursday, November 8, Fatima Sadiqi will speak on the UW–Madison campus about North African Women’s Rights in the Aftermath of the Arab Spring as this fall’s J. Jobe Soffa and Marguerite Jacqmin Soffa Distinguished International Visitor. Her talk, which is free and open to the public, will be held at Union South, at 4 …
While en route to Beijing in 2011 to begin his post as the new U.S. ambassador to China, Gary Locke stopped at a Starbucks in Seattle–Tacoma International Airport to buy a cup of coffee. A Chinese-American businessman snapped a photo and posted it on Sina Weibo, the Chinese version of Twitter. Reposted over 40,000 times, …
Fourteen University of Wisconsin–Madison students have received 2012-13 fellowships from the Fulbright U.S. Student Program, the country’s flagship program for international exchange. Additionally, three graduate students have received Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad grants, and four faculty members have been awarded grants through the CIES Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program. Since its establishment in 1946 under …
Fatima Sadiqi, who founded a women’s NGO working on family law reforms and women’s rights in her native Morocco, will speak on “North African Women’s Rights in the Aftermath of the Arab Spring” as this year’s J. Jobe Soffa and Marguerite Jacqmin Soffa Distinguished International Visitor. Sadiqi, a professor of linguistics and gender studies at …
The University of Wisconsin–Madison has joined more than 25 other universities nationwide in an effort to help address the U.S. military’s need for critical language specialists who understand foreign cultures and can communicate in regions of strategic and economic importance. UW–Madison recently was awarded nearly $490,000 through August 31, 2013 for Project GO (Global Officers), …
The Wisconsin China Initiative (WCI) is ramping up efforts to engage with faculty and staff across campus to promote interests and coordinate activities in the Greater China region, as Nicole Huang, professor of Chinese literature and visual culture, succeeds law professor John Ohnesorge as WCI’s director. Faculty and staff are invited to a public reception …
The Returned Peace Corps Volunteers of Wisconsin-Madison and the Peace Corps Campus Recruiting Office at the University of Wisconsin–Madison are hosting a Global House Party to celebrate the anniversary of congressional action to create the Peace Corps, share experiences and encourage future generations to carry on the strong Peace Corps tradition at UW–Madison and across …