University of Wisconsin–Madison
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 10, 2009, Martin said between more people getting college degrees, a growing emphasis on globalization, and the emergence of a …
The UW–Madison Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy (WAGE) is an interdisciplinary research center focusing on the study of contemporary processes of economic globalization and its governance. WAGE pursues a four-fold mission aimed at supporting faculty research, promoting graduate education and training, building a cross-campus intellectual community, and sharing international expertise with business, …
The Sixth Annual Global Health Symposium titled, “Wisconsin Ideas for Improving Global Health” will be held February 3, 2010, from 5-9 p.m. at the Health Sciences Learning Center, Room1306. Are you interested or engaged in global health? The UW–Madison Center for Global Health will sponsor its sixth annual symposium to highlight the exciting global health …
Center for European Studies is pleased to announce that there are funds available for tenure-track faculty travel grants for conference attendance and international research in European Studies, including: • Several awards of approximately $600 for travel to conferences within the United States only (no international conferences). To apply, please provide a one-page description of your …
The Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy (WAGE) is pleased to announce that it will award one or more doctoral research assistantships for spring semester 2010. Applications must be submitted no later than close of business, Friday, December 4. WAGE is a research center that brings together scholars from economics, political science, public …
Wednesday night, November 4, at the Marriott Madison West, the Combat Blindness Foundation (CBF) – founded in 1984 by Suresh Chandra, an ophthalmologist at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health – will celebrate its 25th anniversary. For a quarter century now, Chandra, originally from India, has been leading trips to the developing world …
Zhou Yongming, associate professor of anthropology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison will present, “Agent of Change: Road Building and Global Positioning in Southwest China” Thursday, November 5, at 11 a.m. at the Pyle Center, Room 227. Viewing roads as agents of change that can bring rapid and complex transformations in both the ecological and social …
The Gender and International Policy Research Circle and Transnational Applied Research in Gender Equity Training (TARGET) presents, “Women’s Rights and Legal Advocacy in India,” a talk by Dr. Flavia Agnes, attorney at the Bombay High Court. The event will be held Tuesday, November 10 from 2-3:30 p.m. at 336 Ingraham Hall. Dr. Flavia Agnes is …
The Global Hot Spots Lecture Series event will be on the topic “Is Organic/Fair-trade Agriculture Sustainable? Observations from Mexico, Peru and Wisconsin.” The event will be held Friday, November 13 from 1:30-2:30 p.m., at the Pyle Center, 702 Langdon Street. The Global Hot Spots Lecture Series lends insight you can only get from renowned UW …
UW–Madison News Release CONTACT: James Schauer, 608-262-4495, jschauer@engr.wisc.edu MADISON – An unprecedented effort to collect air pollution data in the Middle East has united researchers in a region mired in conflict. Scientists in Israel, Jordan and Palestine initiated the four-year project with funding through the U.S. Agency for International Development Middle East Regional Cooperation …