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 …
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Buckley selected as 2012-13 Luce Scholar
Lauren Buckley, a senior majoring in chemistry and biochemistry, was selected as a 2012-13 Luce Scholar—the second person from the University of Wisconsin–Madison accepted into this prestigious program in recent years. The Henry Luce Foundation …
Five at UW–Madison awarded WUN Seed Grants
Five projects at UW–Madison have been awarded Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) Seed Grants, funded through the Division of International Studies, the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF), and the Graduate School. “Seed Funding” Project Development Grants …
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 …
Global Studies seeking applicants for Scott Kloeck-Jenson International Grants
Applications are now being accepted for two graduate fellowships offered by UW–Madison Global Studies for Summer 2012: Scott Kloeck-Jenson International Internship Grants to graduate students (working towards a doctorate) interested in undertaking practitioner internships on …
‘Seed funding’ available to support international collaborations
A competition for seed funding grants to support new areas of international collaboration between University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers and researchers affiliated with the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) has been announced by the Division of International …
Biochemist Har Gobind Khorana, whose UW work earned the Nobel Prize, dies
UW News Biochemist Har Gobind Khorana, who received the Nobel Prize for research he conducted while at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, died Wednesday, Nov. 9 in Concord, Mass. at age 89. “He revolutionized biotechnology with …
Global Health Institute awards seed grants, celebrates merger
UW News — October 25, 2011 Eight research projects ranging from human and animal disease to agriculture to economic growth will move forward with start-up funding as part of the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s focus on …
Call for Proposals: Worldwide Universities Network (WUN)
The Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) is pleased to announce the Global Challenges call for proposals, due the UW-Madison Division of International Studies by 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, October 18, 2011. UW-Madison faculty and academic staff …
[Department of Defense] Minerva Initiative is Accepting Research Proposals
University consortia and individual investigators are encouraged to submit white papers and full funding proposals to the Minerva Initiative, the Department of Defense’s competitive, university-based social science basic research program. Because of a delay in …