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The Chronicle of Higher Education, May 23, 2010 By Mary Helen Miller Robert D. Peckham, a professor of French, had more to deal with this spring than his usual end-of-semester duties. The countryside in western Tennessee was bright green and dotted with the yellow of wild mustard blooms, but Mr. Peckham was less than cheerful. …
UW Without Borders, Let the Action Begin! On May 19th, the Division of International Studies and the Morgridge Center for Public Service held a reception at the 2010 UW–Madison Teaching and Learning Symposium to celebrate and advance international teaching and service learning initiatives. During the event, Vice Provost Gilles Bousquet presented the inaugural Wisconsin Global …
The following is an excerpt of a White House transcript of first lady Michelle Obama’s speech to George Washington University graduates on the National Mall last Sunday. Read the entire speech on NBC. You understand things that perhaps your parents and I even don’t always have to consider when our world was still separated by …
Kara Payne is a senior majoring in German and International Studies. Her emphasis is on Culture in the Age of Globalization with certificates in East Asian Studies and European Studies. She studied in Freiburg, Germany for the 2008-2009 school year as part of the Academic Year in Freiburg (AYF) Program. Why did you choose …
The Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) held a reception on Tuesday, May 4 to celebrate the good news! Watch the slideshow. Hear Vice Provost Bousquet talk about CIBER’s particularly innovative nature! Hear Randy Dunham, CIBER faculty director, address the importance of less-commonly taught languages! (Apologies as usual for the amateur videography–turn up …
The Division of International Studies and the Morgridge Center for Public Service invite you to a reception at the Teaching and Learning Symposium to celebrate and advance international teaching and service learning initiatives! Wednesday, May 19 4:00-5:30 p.m. Pyle Center, Alumni Lounge 702 Langdon Street We will: – announce the winners of the first Global …
An international conference on stem cell research and related technologies, Regenerative Medicine in the 21st Century: Managing Uncertainty at the Global Level, will be held June 9-10, 2010. It is sponsored by the Regenerative Medicine in Europe Project at the University of York, U.K. (REMEDiE) and hosted by the Robert F. and Jean E. Holtz …
The Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) is pleased to announce the 2010 Request for Proposals for WUN Seed Grants. These small awards ($1000-$5000) fund the initiation and continuation of research collaborations with WUN partner institutions. View a list of the WUN partner institutions. Proposals are due via e-mail (one PDF document sent to kjsander@international.wisc.edu) on Sunday, …
Student Internship Opportunities: The India Initiative announces internship funding for students at UW–Madison to carry out internships or other UW-supervised programs in India in summer 2010. Three grants of $2,000 are available. Students should send a letter of application along with one letter of reference to Lalita du Perron, associate director, Center for South Asia, …
The University of Wisconsin–Madison welcomed a delegation of three vice presidents and one physician from the Université des Antilles et de la Guyane (UAG) this week. While here, members of the delegation, Jean-Pierre Cherdieu, VP for Administration, Cendrine Délivré, VP for Financial and Legal Affairs, Michel Geoffroy, VP for Research Development, and Suzy Duflo, MD, …