University of Wisconsin–Madison
Many of them are studying Japanese language. Others had simply taken a Japan-related course to fulfill a requirement. Most have never been to Japan, and several have never traveled outside of the United States. Together, 23 undergraduates from the University of Wisconsin–Madison — accompanied by a professor and a graduate student — are venturing across …
Signs and posters in several languages converge in a first-floor collage representing a multitude of places around the globe. Brightly colored flags adorn the walls at every turn. Conversations in such languages as Arabic, Spanish and Japanese spill out from the bedrooms. From the kitchen downstairs drift smells of pizza accented by snippets of Italian. …
In its first year, the University of Wisconsin–Madison Shanghai Innovation Office (SIO) has hosted high-level delegations, coordinated conferences that have brought together Wisconsin and Chinese experts from academia as well as from the public and private sectors, and facilitated collaborative agreements. As UW–Madison moves to further strengthen connections in China, faculty and staff across campus …
If you aren’t depressed by the time you leave here tonight, I haven’t done my job, Hannah Rosenthal tells her audience. Rosenthal, who led the U.S. State Department’s Office to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism from November 2009 to October 2012, came to the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus on Monday, May 6, to talk about her …
University of Wisconsin–Madison students preparing to embark on international internships were among those who gathered recently – accompanied by family and friends – to hear words of encouragement and to receive scholarships to help pay their way. These undergraduates were recognized April 18, at the Spring 2013 Study Abroad Scholarship Award Ceremony, sponsored by the …
University of Wisconsin–Madison students preparing to embark on a variety of international programs gathered recently at the Pyle Center – joined by family and friends – to hear words of encouragement and to receive scholarships to help pay their way. More than 160 undergraduates were honored April 18, at the Spring 2013 Study Abroad Scholarship …
The 2013 Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Program (DDRA) competition has been posted in the Federal Register. The CAMPUS DEADLINE for submission of a complete application is 12:00 PM (noon) on Friday, May 24, 2013. Applications must be submitted using the G5 application system. The national deadline listed is Monday, June 3, but this is …
Gilles Bousquet, who served as dean of the Division of International Studies and vice provost for globalization at the University of Wisconsin–Madison from 2002 until taking a leave to serve as UW-Eau Claire’s interim chancellor during the 2012-13 academic year, will rejoin the UW–Madison faculty in July. “For many years, Gilles has led UW–Madison’s internationalization …
Galen Gibson-Cornell, a graduating MFA student who specializes in printmaking and lithography at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, will travel to Budapest, Hungary on a Fulbright scholarship for a project titled “Urban Portrait of Budapest,” which continues his focus on posters tagged to walls. “Budapest was just this fascinating city for me. I had known about …
Traveling around Novi Sad, Serbia, Galen Gibson-Cornell noticed a certain poster plastered on walls. The poster features a man—stoic with gray hair and large glasses covering his face. The man, Vojislav Šešelj, is a member of Serbia’s Radical Party and currently on trial for crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former …