19 Students Receive Fulbright Awards for Research Overseas

UW–Madison News – September 27, 2010 The Fulbright U.S. Student program, the country’s flagship program for international exchange, has awarded fellowships to 14 University of Wisconsin–Madison students. Additionally, five students have received funding from the Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad program. The university is currently one of the top 10 American research institutions producing Fulbright …

Tandem Press Participates in International Touring Exhibition

UW–Madison News – September 27, 2010 On Sunday, Oct. 10, American Printmaking Now will open at the National Art Museum of China in Beijing, and prints from the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Tandem Press will be among those featured. Following Beijing, the exhibition will travel to Guan Shanyue Art Museum in Shenzhen City (Nov. 16-Dec. 5), …

Funding Opportunity: International Institute Research Circles

The International Institute, Division of International Studies, and Global Studies are pleased to announce the 2010-2011 competition for International Institute Research Circles. Research Circles provide up to three years of funding to UW faculty to develop research initiatives that bring together scholars from several disciplines working on broad thematic issues of contemporary and historical concern …

Gilson Global Impact Series: Event October 13

Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) Presents the Gilson Global Impact Series: Wednesday, October 13, 2010 PATH: Catalyzing global health with innovations fueled by passion and public-private collaborations Matt Steele, M.P.H., Ph.D., Clinical and Field Research Coordinator PATH Lab results on the spot in the bush, diagnostic tools delivered by backpack, or a village clinic equipped …

[The Straits Times] China Flexing its Muscles

The Straits Times (September 22, 2010) “China flexing its muscles” EXCERPT: ‘President Hu Jintao’s government has made a fundamental shift in China’s foreign policy orientation to, as it sees it, at long last, standing up for China,’ said Edward Friedman, a China scholar at the University of Wisconsin. China’s communist leaders have for decades invoked …

[CNN] Looking Beyond Europe for Education and Adventure

CNN (September 21, 2010) “Looking beyond Europe for education, adventure” by Talya Minsberg EXCERPT: “After college, I’ll go to Europe, but I’m not sure I would ever have the chance to live in a developing country,” said Jessie Lavintman, a University of Wisconsin–Madison student who became familiar with bucket showers and malaria when she studied …

UW-Madison Kicks Off Emerging Powers Events with Focus on Brazil

UW–Madison News Release, September 21, 2010 By Masarah Van Eyck, mvaneyck2@international.wisc.edu, 608 262 5590 Brazilian Foreign Trade Secretary Welber Barral and the Consul General of Brazil in Chicago, Ambassador João Almino, will visit the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus on September 23-24, for two events focused on commerce and socio-political issues in U.S.-Brazil relations. The Brazil …

Poet, Novelist, Essayist, Teacher, and Lecturer Andrei Codrescu to Speak at UW-Madison

September 20,2010 Contact: Nancy Heingartner, Outreach Coordinator, UW–Madison’s Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia (CREECA), outreach@creeca.wisc.edu, (608) 262-3379. Media outlets may contact the CREECA Events Coordinator to request a high-resolution publicity photograph of Mr. Codrescu, events@creeca.wisc.edu UW–Madison’s Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia (CREECA) is proud to present Andrei Codrescu, NPR …

Funding Opportunity: CIBER Global Research and Curriculum Development Program

The  Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) is offering a grant opportunity,  Global Research and Curriculum Development Program. The application deadline is Friday, October 1, and the maximum award for this program is $7,500. Eligibility: All University of Wisconsin faculty, academic staff, and Ph.D. students are eligible to apply. All Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Iowa Community …

[Madison News] Delegation of Chinese educators visits UW-Madison

UW–Madison News (September 14, 2010) “Delegation of Chinese educators visits UW–Madison” by Susannah Brooks Leaders from Shanghai’s East China Normal University (ECNU), one of China’s top institutions of teacher training, visited UW–Madison on Sept. 14 to learn more about the School of Education and discuss possible collaborations in the future. ECNU President Yu Lizhong joined …