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Core Fulbright Scholar Program The competition for the 2016-17 grant cycle is open. The core Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program provides approximately 800 teaching and/or research grants to U.S. faculty and experienced professionals in a wide variety of academic and professional fields. The application deadline for the Core program is Monday, August 3, 2015.. Applicants apply …
For decades, the University of Wisconsin–Madison has been among the top institutions for recruiting Peace Corps volunteers. Today, a student group called Peace Corps Ambassadors is helping to sustain that tradition, while providing additional support for prospective volunteers. “It’s nice to have a small cohort of folks who are going through the same phenomenon, worried …
THIS LECTURE HAS BEEN CANCELED. A leading advocate of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) rights in Uganda will talk about the struggles of sexual minorities in the dangerously hostile climate of East Africa, in the 2015 Mildred Fish-Harnack Human Rights and Democracy Lecture. Frank Mugisha, executive director of Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG), will …
Monday, February 16 3:30-4:30 336 Ingraham Hall Dr. Erin Crawley will hold an information session for GRADUATE STUDENTS who are interested in finding out more about writing a competitive proposal for the Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) program. We will focus on the technical review questions used to evaluate proposals by the national committee, …
Monday February 16 2:00-3:00 336 Ingraham Hall Erin Crawley, the fellowships advisor in the Division of International Studies, is holding an information session about research and English teaching assistantship opportunities abroad through the Fulbright US Student grant program. If you are an undergraduate interested in pursuing a project abroad after you graduate, this session is …
There will be an information session about the Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad program for graduate students (applicants must be US citizen or permanent resident) on Monday, February 9, 4:00-5:00, 336 Ingraham Hall. Please register by sending an email to fellow@intl-institute.wisc.edu. If you cannot attend the session, I can meet with you at another time. …
The essence of the Wisconsin Idea is that the University of Wisconsin–Madison should improve people’s lives beyond the classroom, throughout the state, across the nation, and around the world. Last summer, two UW–Madison seniors—Nicolette Johnson, majoring in industrial engineering, and Nicolas Bunker, majoring in chemical engineering—embodied the university’s guiding principle through their participation in internships …
Richard C. Keller, professor in the Department of Medical History and Bioethics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, has been named as associate dean of the UW–Madison Division of International Studies by Vice Provost and Dean Guido Podestá. “I am delighted that Professor Keller is joining the Division in a key leadership role,” Podestá says. “His …
Humanity in Action invites applications from college students and recent graduates who are passionate about active and responsible citizenship, diversity and human rights. Current sophomores, juniors and seniors as well as graduates from the undergraduate classes of 2013 and 2014 are eligible. We encourage students of all academic disciplines, interests and backgrounds to apply. The …
A 12’-by-12’ AIDS Memorial Quilt — created to memorialize lives affected by AIDS — served as the backdrop for a discussion about HIV/AID that drew participants from on and off the UW–Madison campus, on December 11, 2014, at UW–Madison’s Red Gym. The discussion featured Dr. Ryan Westergaard, an assistant professor in the Division of Infectious …