Symposium: “Medical Tourism Meets Health Law: US-EU Dialogue”

The Wisconsin International Law Journal’s 26th Annual Symposium MEDICAL TOURISM MEETS HEALTH LAW: US-EU DIALOGUE Friday, March 7, 2008 8:30 am-5:45 pm UW–Madison Health Sciences Learning Center – Room 1335 750 Highland Ave, Madison, WI 53705 THIS ALL DAY EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Continuing Legal Education Credits for Wisconsin Attorneys Pending …

Workshop On “Emerging Powers in the Global System”

“Emerging Powers in the Global System” 8 March 2008 Location: Pyle Center, University of Wisconsin–Madison In our view, recent events, including what is now being widely referred to as the US economic crisis, highlight the need for reconsideration of the role of the United States vis-à-vis rising non-Atlantic powers in an increasingly multipolar world.  As …

UW alumni among the world’s best and brightest innovators and citizens

by Kate Dixon, UW–Madison Communications They are innovators in business, champions for education and dedicated international volunteers — and they’re all under age 40. The Wisconsin Alumni Association (WAA) is honoring 23 University of Wisconsin–Madison graduates with the new Forward Under 40 Award. “These young Badgers are among the world’s best and brightest innovators and …

UW students help El Salvadoran towns build wastewater system

by Sandra Knisely, UW–Madison Communications New Year’s Eve in Nejapa, El Salvador, looks a lot like the Fourth of July. At Griselda Guzman’s house, homemade fireworks lighted the front yard, where the guests dancing outside her pale yellow home included 11 University of Wisconsin–Madison engineering students and three advisers. That first night of celebration launched …

Refugee Health Awareness Week

Refugee Health Awareness Week 3/3/08 – 3/7/08 Hosted by the Global Health Interest Group, MEDiC and Physicians for Human Rights All talks are at the Health Sciences Learning Center. Lunch provided for all noon talks Monday 3/3, 12-1pm, Room 1325, Garret Bucks: Searching for Shelter: The Refugee Experience from Camp to Chicago Mr. Garrett Bucks …

The Human Rights Initiative Spring Lecture Series: Health as a Human Right

The Human Rights Initiative Spring Lecture Series “Health as a Human Right: The Right to Health in Theory and Practice” Professor Stephen Marks François-Xavier Bagnoud Professor of Health and Human Rights Director, Program on Human Rights in Development Harvard University Thursday, March 6, 2008 2-5pm 1325 Health Sciences Learning Center, 750 Highland Ave Respondents: Professor …

The Assessment Craze Knows No Boundaries [Inside Higher Ed]

By Elizabeth Redden for Inside Higher Ed  Success in campus internationalization efforts “is most often measured in the amount of activity, or in the inputs,” said Christa Olson, associate director of international initiatives for the American Council on Education. How many globally themed courses does a college offer, for example, or how many study abroad …

French-Language Quebec Youth Identity Symposium at UW-Madison

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  Friday, February 15, 2008 CONTACT:    Ritt Deitz, Executive Director, UW–Madison Professional French Masters Program (608) 262-4090, mdeitz@wisc.edu Historic Under-the-Radar French-Language Quebec Youth Identity Symposium at the UW–Madison French House on March 13. MADISON—How do young people in the French-speaking Canadian province of Quebec  As they enter professional life in their twenties …

Panel Discussion: Crisis in Kenya

The UW–Madison African Studies Program with the UW Human Rights Initiative presents a panel discussion “CRISIS IN KENYA”   Panelists: Michael Schatzberg, Professor, Political Science Thomas Spear, Professor Emeritus, History Scott Straus, Assistant Professor, Political Science   Wednesday, February 27, 2008 at 7 PM Great Hall, Memorial Union 800 Langdon Street

Growing — and Defining — ‘Global Studies’ [Inside Higher Ed]

by Elizabeth Redden at Inside Higher Ed What, exactly, do we mean when we say “global studies?” “That’s the central question,” Niklaus Steiner, the director of the Center for Global Initiatives at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, said when pressed by an assistant provost in his audience who asked, “What is the …