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 …
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Moroccan pioneer in women’s rights to speak on aftermath of Arab Spring
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 …
UW–Madison joins initiative to provide language instruction for ROTC cadets
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 …
Wisconsin China Initiative welcomes new director, seeks new connections
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 …
Podestá named interim dean of International Studies
Guido Podestá, associate dean of of the Division of International Studies at UW-Madison, will serve as the interim dean of International Studies and Vice Provost for Globalization through the 2012-2013 academic year. He replaces Gilles …
China visit aims to deepen Wisconsin’s engagement
University of Wisconsin–Madison Interim Chancellor David Ward is leading a Wisconsin delegation to China, where he will inaugurate UW–Madison’s first overseas outpost and participate in events aimed at deepening engagement with Chinese partners. The delegation, …
School of Education partners with Stockholm University
Graduate students in the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Education have a new opportunity to bring a global perspective into their work as they seek to tackle some of the toughest issues in education. On …
2012 Scott Kloeck-Jenson Fellows recognized
Each year, Global Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison awards Scott Kloeck-Jenson Fellowships to outstanding graduate students whose work deepens international understanding and global social justice—while embodying the Wisconsin Idea, the belief that education should …
Expert on Cuba and Brazil to speak in Madison
Cuba is reforming and establishing close ties with Brazil and China. At the same time, Cuba is facing economic and political changes. “Fifty years after the United States enacted an embargo on all trade and …
UW office in Shanghai seen as innovative, connecting
Interim Chancellor David Ward described the launch of the University of Wisconsin–Madison Innovation Office in Shanghai as the start of a “China-Plus Initiative”—a unique presence for promoting and facilitating UW engagement across East Asia. “This …