University of Wisconsin–Madison
UW–Madison Graduate Student Fellowship Program at University of Bonn, Germany: The University of Bonn, Germany, will offer one academic year award and several short-term awards to UW–Madison advanced graduate students who wish to pursue independent research under the guidance of a senior faculty member. Although there is no general minimum language skills requirement, German skills …
Can you picture yourself as a Peace Corps Volunteer? Are you willing to step outside of your comfort zone and immerse yourself in another culture? Erin Luhmann served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Kyrgyzstan 2008-10. Currently, Luhmann is a journalism graduate student at UW–Madison, focusing on international media development and human rights. She works …
If you are an undergraduate interested in pursuing a project abroad after you graduate, this session is for you. Undergraduates at all levels are welcome to attend; it’s never too early to find out what you’ll need to do to produce a competitive Fulbright application. If you will be graduating in December 2013 or May …
Grants of $5,000 to $50,000 are now available to faculty and staff—working individually or in teams—for one- to three-year projects that advance area and international studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. The Mellon Foundation Area and International Studies Research Awards are made possible by the 2012 grant from the Mellon Foundation to support efforts at …
More than 20 years ago, Jason Shin made a life-changing decision. Shin, then an engineering student at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, decided to study Japanese. “I knew if I had Japanese language skills as an engineer there would be many opportunities for getting a good job working on international projects,” Shin says. Today, Shin runs …
Dr. Erin Crawley will hold information sessions for GRADUATE STUDENTS who are interested in doing graduate research abroad. The sessions will focus on two Fulbright programs: Fulbright US student program (MA or PhD research) and the Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) program. We will be discussing the types of projects abroad that can be …
Dr. Erin Crawley will hold several information sessions about the Fulbright US Student grant program during spring semester for undergraduates. If you are an undergraduate interested in pursuing a project abroad after you graduate, this session is for you.If you will be graduating in December 2013 or May 2014, it is not too early to …
Mariko Hasebe, a Ph.D. candidate in UW–Madison’s Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, saw a divide. She noticed that her international and American peers gathered in separate groups. Such observations inspired Hasebe, who comes from Tokyo, Japan, to adopt a personal mission to encourage more intercultural mingling. “I want to … reduce the gap between international and domestic …
Seven students at the University of Wisconsin–Madison were awarded International Internship Program (IIP) Travel Grant for the spring 2013 semester. This scholarship is awarded to students who undertake a work or volunteer internship placement overseas and simultaneously enroll in the university’s Worldwide Internship online seminar course, which guides students through issues related to globalization and …
For up-to-date information, go to the UW-Nazarbayev University Project website. The University of Wisconsin–Madison recently moved into the third phase of a consulting agreement with Nazarbayev University (NU) in Astana, Kazakhstan, with a goal of fostering more faculty and staff collaborations between the two universities. UW–Madison is among a group of leading institutions enlisted in …