Todd Finkelmeyer, The Capital Times After nearly two decades of preparation, dozens of University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists and engineers are eagerly anticipating Wednesday’s scheduled startup of the Large Hadron Collider — billed as the largest …
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Wisconsin celebrates Kikkoman lab opening [The Daily Cardinal]
By: Abby Sears, The Daily Cardinal The Kikkoman Foundation is giving $100,000 in scholarships to environmental studies students as part of the partnership with UW-Madison. Officials and business leaders from both Wisconsin and Japan gathered …
UW Receives Large Grant from European Union for Center of Excellence
The European Union Center of Excellence (EUCE) at University of Wisconsin–Madison has received a grant for €300,000 (ca. $450,000) from the European Commission in Brussels renewing its funding through 2011. “Since the establishment of the …
Graduate Student International Field Research Awards
An Initiative of the Division of International Studies The Division of International Studies is pleased to announce a competition for graduate student international field research awards. These awards will enable Ph.D. students to conduct exploratory …
Report Offers Advice for Colleges on Building International Partnerships [Chronicle of Higher Education]
A major new challenge facing the United States is the deterioration of positive relationships with several major regions of the world, according to a new report from the American Council on Education. The report, “International …
World Stem Cell Summit offers registration discounts to UW-Madison community
The UW-Madison Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Center (SCRMC) , WiCell Research Institute and Genetics Policy Institute are co-sponsoring the 2008 World Stem Cell Summit on Monday and Tuesday, Sept. 22-23, at the Alliant Energy …
Eight UW–Madison Graduate Students Receive Scott Kloeck-Jenson Travel Award
Global Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison has awarded the Scott Kloeck Jenson Award to eight outstanding graduate students whose work will deepen international understanding and global social justice concerns. The grants given to the …
WAGE announces individual research award winners
The UW-Madison Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy (WAGE) is pleased to announce the winners of our 2008 Individual Research Award competition. WAGE will provide $10,000 to support each of three research projects …
UW-Madison grad student to meet with Nobel laureates
by Renee Meiller, UW-Madison Communications University of Wisconsin-Madison nuclear engineering doctoral student Rachel Slaybaugh never dreamed she’d have the opportunity to chat with a Nobel Prize-winning physicist — much less several of them. Yet, from …
From Molecular Science to Political Science: Pasteur Internship Introduces Students to Global Public Health
By Masarah Van Eyck, Division of International Studies Trucks, cabs, and horse-drawn carts compete for space with pedestrians and even goats below the skyscrapers of downtown Dakar, Senegal. But passing through the iron gates into …