The Division of International Studies, Wisconsin School of Business, International Institute, and Tinker Committee are pleased to announce two funding opportunities to invite international business faculty and executives to UW–Madison. These opportunities are part of …
Research
From Madison to Montpellier: Training “Global Scientists”
Think science is a universal language? Think again. In 2005 Caitilyn Allen and Don Waller, faculty in the Department of Plant Pathology and the Department of Botany respectively, created a graduate exchange program between the …
Learn More about Global Legal Studies, Attend the Spring 2010 Events
Highlighting the many global centers on campus provides a greater understanding of our international efforts as a campus. Under the umbrella of the Institute for Legal Studies, Global Legal Studies Center (GLS) is a joint …
Does Addressing Climate Change Have Benefits?
Last week’s Global Hot Spots lecture by Jonathan Patz drew a full audience eager to understand the financial and human benefits to addressing climate change. Jonathan Patz, MD, MPP, directs Global Environmental Health at UW–Madison …
Funding Opportunity: International Institute Seminar Series
The International Institute, with generous support from the Division of International Studies and Global Studies, announces a competition for funding to support Seminar Series in International Studies. $5,000 will be granted to one or more …
Funding Opportunity: Postdoctoral Fellowships to Address Global “Crossings” of Knowledge
UW–Madison News — February 4, 2010 — The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded more than $1.8 million to the University of Wisconsin-Madison to support postdoctoral fellowships in the humanities, history and humanistic social sciences. …
Ouisconsin – Field Research Scholarship Opportunity: Applications Due Feb. 19
The earliest maps of the land that was to become our state were generated by French explorers, who transcribed the Algonquian lexicon according to French grapho-phonemic relations. Many of these early maps carry the term …
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, …
Chancellor Biddy Martin Pushes International Research (WPR)
MADISON (WPR) – UW-Madison Chancellor Biddy Martin wants the Board of Regents to keep the UW System competitive in the global economy by investing in international research. At a meeting with the Regents Thursday, December …