UW Alumni Return to Campus to Discuss Importance of Languages in Careers in International Development

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Wendy Johnson, Outreach Coordinator, Language Institute, Tel. (608) 262-1473, Fax (608) 890-1094, wsjohnso@wisc.edu Madison—Having worked in many countries including France, Morocco, the Kyrgyz Republic, Russia, Peru, and Brazil, three of UW–Madison’s alumni know firsthand how essential their studies in French, Russian, Spanish, and Portuguese have been to their international development work. …

UW historian named one of Smithsonian’s top young innovators

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Jeremi Suri, a University of Wisconsin–Madison historian whose work is reshaping views of how political power is forged in a globally connected age, has been named one of Smithsonian Magazine’s “37 Under 36: America’s Young Innovators in the Arts and Sciences.” Click here to read the full story.

Indian Ambassador to the US to Speak in Madison

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Sharon Dickson, Associate Director, Center for South Asia, sdickson@facstaff.wisc.edu, 608-262-3209. INDIAN AMBASSADOR TO THE US TO SPEAK IN MADISON Madison—Ambassador Raminder Singh Jassal, the present Indian Ambassador to the U.S., will address U.S.–India relations at the Pyle Center on October 17th from 6pm to 7:30pm. This event is free and open …

UW-Madison alumni discuss importance of languages in careers

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Having worked in many countries including France, Morocco, the Kyrgyz Republic, Russia, Peru and Brazil, three of the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s alumni know firsthand how essential their studies in French, Russian, Spanish and Portuguese have been to their international development work. “Proficiency in the local language is really invaluable to be able to engage directly …

Diversity forum brings Hmong history to forefront

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by Heather Gjerde, UW–Madison Communications Hmong-Americans want to promote a broader understanding of their culture and greater recognition of their struggles as a people, an international expert told the Plan 2008 Diversity Forum held Sept. 28 at UW–Madison’s Memorial Union. “It’s a story of extraordinary tragedy over the years,” said Jane Hamilton-Merritt, who was the …

Global Public University Discussion Series Launched

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WUN is leading the way in exploring the role of universities in the 21st Century. The latest initiative, a unique discussion series entitled, The Global Public University, hosted by the University of Wisconsin–Madison, draws together some of the foremost thinkers in North America on this issue. This first in this ongoing series of programs co-sponsored …

Hear Aseema Sinha, UW-Madison professor of political science, discuss India & Global Politics on WPR’s “University of the Air”

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September 16th : India & Global Politics – with Aseema Sinha http://wpr.org/webcasting/audioarchives_display.cfm?Code=uoa Or click here to play this broadcast with RealPlayer.

Exploring the role of civil society in peacebuilding: Colombian human rights leader to speak in Madison

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: September 26, 2007 Contact: Masarah Van Eyck, Director of Communications, Division of International Studies, mvaneyck2@international.wisc.edu, (608) 262-5590. Madison, WI – Ana Teresa Bernal Montañez, a commissioner on Colombia’s Commission on Reparations and Reconciliation, will deliver her talk “Participation of Civil Society in Colombia’s Peacebuilding,” at 4:30pm on Wednesday, October 10 at …

New book looks at public perception and media treatment of GMOs

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by Terry Devitt, UW–Madison Communications Although the vast majority of Americans are blithely unaware, the United States and its system of food production is irreversibly hitched to modern biotechnology. In short, most people unwittingly and regularly consume food that was produced through genetic engineering. With the exception perhaps of the local organic food cooperative and …

Peruvian Criminal Law Professor and Human Rights Expert to Speak

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Madison, WI — Jose C. Ugaz, professor of criminal law at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru, will deliver his talk “Embedded Corruption Networks” on Tuesday, September 25 from 12-1pm at the University of Wisconsin Law School (Lubar Commons, 7200 Law). Regarded as one of the most outstanding criminal lawyers of Peru, Professor Ugaz has …