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Today, Thursday, February 12, tune into WPR’s Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders to hear Jean Feraca discuss the relatively new phenomenon of Valentine’s Day in Ghana with Jo Ellen Fair, professor of Journalism & Mass Communication at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. The live show, which aired at 3 p.m., will be rebroadcast from 9-10 …
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 an initiative on Wisconsin and the emerging regional powers of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa (BRICS). Invited professors …
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 University of Wisconsin–Madison and the Ecole Nationale Superieure Agronomique de Montpellier (Sup Agro) in Montpellier, France. Their aim was to …
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 project of the University of Wisconsin Law School and the Division of International Studies. Through this project, the Law School …
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 and is president of the International Association of Ecology and Health. He spoke about “Climate Change and Health: Avoiding Crises …
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 applicants seeking to establish year-long, faculty/graduate seminar on global, comparative, or trans-area themes. This is a cross-campus opportunity; we welcome …
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. The funds will create 12 two-year Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships in the Humanities in the College of Letters & …
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 Ouisconsin. Cognizant that we live in a world of challenges that increasingly require international solutions, Wisconsin Alumni Association – France …
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 1306. We expect to share a great evening with a variety of presentations regarding global health activities by the UW …
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, and act surprised when they don’t earn A’s. But when it comes to work ethic and manners, are there some …