CONTACT: Severino Albuquerque, 608-262-2528, sjalbuqu@wisc.edu MADISON – The University of Wisconsin-Madison Brazil Initiative will bring faculty and alumni together with private foundations, Wisconsin businesses and state agencies to help the state better understand and engage …
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World Languages Day: Monday, April 20, 2009
World Languages Day is an educational outreach program of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Language Institute. At World Languages Day, high school students from throughout the state of Wisconsin gather on the UW-Madison campus to experience …
UW-Madison to Sign Historic Agreement with Iraqi University
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is preparing to sign a historic agreement with one of the foremost institutions of higher education in Iraq. On Monday, March 30, UW-Madison Chancellor Biddy Martin will meet by videoconference with …
Great World Texts Program
UW Communications High school students in Wisconsin are digging into great world literature that would bewilder older and more experienced readers: “Don Quixote,” by Miguel de Cervantes, “Dante’s Inferno,” by Dante Alighieri, “One Hundred Years …
High School Students at World Cinema Day View German, Iranian Cultures
CONTACT: Wendy Johnson, 608-262-1473, wsjohnso@wisc.edu MADISON – On Friday, April 3, Wisconsin high school students and teachers will participate in World Cinema Day, for an educational screening of “Football Under Cover” (Germany, 2008: in German, …
International Research Among Baldwin Grant Recipients
The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Ira and Ineva Reilly Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment is supporting a diverse portfolio of community-inspired projects for 2009, from improving Midwest flood-response policies to exploring Wisconsin’s language roots. Included in the …
Student’s Vision Comes to Life in Honduras
[UW-Madison news release] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 12/29/08 CONTACT: Sam Dennis, 608-263-7699, sfdennisjr@wisc.edu; Curt Staats, 608-274-3636, staats@wisc.edu STUDENT’S VISION COMES TO LIFE IN HONDURAS MADISON – One of the failings of university learning is that the …
Jorge Avendaño Receives 2008 Wisconsin Global Citizen Award
Jorge Avendaño, professor of law at Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, will receive the 2008 Division of International Studies Wisconsin Global Citizen Award. Avendaño demonstrated outstanding leadership in the study of international law and furthered …
Global Entrepreneurship Week
The Office of Corporate Relations (OCR) is a sponsor of Global Entrepreneurship Week, an international effort to inspire and encourage young people to consider entrepreneurship as a career choice and to celebrate America’s unique culture …
UW Experts to Present “Wisconsin in the World” at Weidner Center
GREEN BAY, Wis. — University of Wisconsin experts will discuss the changing Wisconsin economy and the university’s role in developing workforce talent at a public lecture on Sept. 11. “Wisconsin in the World: Growing Global …