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CONTACT: Wendy Johnson, 608-262-1473, wsjohnso@wisc.edu UW News — MADISON – For some of Laura Koebel’s students at Plymouth High School, “ethnic” food means a Hawaiian pizza. So an excursion to an East African restaurant such as Buraka, on State Street, is the perfect way to cap off their trip to World Languages Day. Now taking …
The Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy (WAGE) is pleased to announce that it will award one or more doctoral research assistantships for spring semester 2010. Applications must be submitted no later than close of business, Friday, December 4. WAGE is a research center that brings together scholars from economics, political science, public …
Wednesday night, November 4, at the Marriott Madison West, the Combat Blindness Foundation (CBF) – founded in 1984 by Suresh Chandra, an ophthalmologist at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health – will celebrate its 25th anniversary. For a quarter century now, Chandra, originally from India, has been leading trips to the developing world …
Zhou Yongming, associate professor of anthropology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison will present, “Agent of Change: Road Building and Global Positioning in Southwest China” Thursday, November 5, at 11 a.m. at the Pyle Center, Room 227. Viewing roads as agents of change that can bring rapid and complex transformations in both the ecological and social …
The Gender and International Policy Research Circle and Transnational Applied Research in Gender Equity Training (TARGET) presents, “Women’s Rights and Legal Advocacy in India,” a talk by Dr. Flavia Agnes, attorney at the Bombay High Court. The event will be held Tuesday, November 10 from 2-3:30 p.m. at 336 Ingraham Hall. Dr. Flavia Agnes is …
The Wisconsin International Scholars (WISc) Program is an enrichment program offered by the Division of International Studies for undergraduate students in any college or major who are interested in adding an international dimension to their education. The program provides students with scholarship, mentoring, and networking opportunities. In 2003, the program began with 10 students, and …
The Global Hot Spots Lecture Series event will be on the topic “Is Organic/Fair-trade Agriculture Sustainable? Observations from Mexico, Peru and Wisconsin.” The event will be held Friday, November 13 from 1:30-2:30 p.m., at the Pyle Center, 702 Langdon Street. The Global Hot Spots Lecture Series lends insight you can only get from renowned UW …
UW–Madison News – As the financial markets melted down last fall, UW–Madison economist Menzie Chinn says he was surprised not only by the depth of the economic downturn that set in, but also by the certainty of Monday-morning quarterbacking from observers of the government’s response to the crisis. “It’s easy to criticize, but unless you’ve …
UW–Madison News Release CONTACT: James Schauer, 608-262-4495, jschauer@engr.wisc.edu MADISON – An unprecedented effort to collect air pollution data in the Middle East has united researchers in a region mired in conflict. Scientists in Israel, Jordan and Palestine initiated the four-year project with funding through the U.S. Agency for International Development Middle East Regional Cooperation …
Ambassador designate to Mongolia Jonathan Addleton will speak on “US-Mongolia Relations: Looking Forward, Looking Back” at the Mongolia Lecture Series’ inaugural event which will take place Thursday, October 29, from 5-7 p.m. at the Alumni Lounge in the Pyle Center located at 702 Langdon Street. The talk will be followed by the American Center for …