Global Legal Studies Visiting Scholars Announced

The Institute for Legal Studies and the Global Legal Studies Center announce the visiting scholars who will be working at the the Law School in room 6210.  Please join us in welcoming the following people to our community of scholars: Spring 2009: Anna Jaron Visiting Scholar Spring 2009 PhD Candidate in Law European University Institute, …

The Transformation of the Legal Profession in Contemporary China

You are cordially invited to a lecture on: The Transformation of the Legal Profession in Contemporary China by Sida Liu Research Associate at the American Bar Foundation & Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology, University of Chicago Tuesday, February 10, 2009 8:45 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Lubar Commons (Law School room 7200) For additional information, please contact …

Students Help Students Study Abroad [Inside Higher Education]

By Elizabeth Redden, Inside Higher Education Ask study abroad professionals what their challenges are, and the increasing cost for students – followed by the rising cost of program administration and insufficient institutional scholarship support – top the list (according to a 2008 survey from the Forum on Education Abroad). A handful of colleges across the …

War and Human Rights in Africa: Insights from Darfur/Chad, DRC, and Liberia

The Human Rights Initiative at the University of Wisconsin Presents: “War and Human Rights in Africa: Insights from Darfur/Chad, DRC, and Liberia” Professor Jennifer Leaning Monday February 9, 4-5:30pm 206 Ingraham Hall Professor Leaning is Professor of the Practice of International Health at the Harvard School of Public Health and Associate Professor of Medicine at …

Collaboration Among Research Universities: A model from the US Midwest [Global Higher Ed]

By Barbara McFadden Allen for Global Higher Ed Throughout its 50-year history, the consortium of prominent research universities in the American Midwest known as the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) has sought to create a “union of strengths” as envisioned by the Presidents of the member universities back in 1958. With the recent launch of …

International Research Among Baldwin Grant Recipients

The University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Ira and Ineva Reilly Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment is supporting a diverse portfolio of community-inspired projects for 2009, from improving Midwest flood-response policies to exploring Wisconsin’s language roots. Included in the 14 projects totaling more than $800,000 this year are initiatives to get Wisconsin youth involved in the National Science Olympiad; …

Deadline Extension: Wisconsin and the Emerging Regional Powers Funding Opportunities

The Division of International Studies would like to announce an extension for the two Wisconsin and the Emerging Regional Powers funding opportunities co-sponsored by the Wisconsin School of Business, and the International Institute. The original deadline of January 28, 2009 for the International Executive Speaker Series and the Visiting International Professor Program has been extended …

UW Global Health Symposium to Address Sustainable Health

Fifth Annual Global Health Symposium February 4, 2009, 5— 9 p.m. 1306 Health Sciences Learning Center “Wisconsin and the World: Working Together for Sustainable Health” You are cordially invited to attend University of Wisconsin–Madison Center for Global Health’s fifth annual Global Health Symposium which will highlight the exciting global health efforts of UW faculty, staff, …

A Team of Expatriates: Many of Obama’s Top Advisers Have Learned and Lived Abroad [Newsweek]

Newsweek, January 26, 2009 By Jeffrey Bartholet and Daniel Stone The fact that Valerie Jarrett spent her early childhood in Iran made it easier to bond with Barack Obama. The subject came up the first time the two met, at a restaurant in the Loop area of downtown Chicago in 1991. Obama had grown up …

Free Trade Under Threat: Impact for U.S. Business

Thursday, February 5, 2009 11:30 AM – 2:00 PM Grainger Hall Executive Dining Room 975 University Avenue Registration Required Speaker: Paul Blustein, journalist in residence in the Global Economy and Development Program at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C., and former staff writer for the Washington Post About the event: The global trading system erected …