Teacher, Student International Workshops

Untitled Document FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: Wednesday, October 4, 2006 CONTACT: Ronnie Hess, Director of Communications, UW–Madison Division of International Studies, (608) 262-5590, rlhess@wisc.edu UW–Madison To Sponsor Teacher, Student International Workshops Madison, WI – University of Wisconsin–Madison area and international studies programs will sponsor several workshops for K-12 teachers and students this fall. The workshops, …

Obituary: Madison Peace Corps Architect

http://www.news.wisc.edu/12944.html

Senior German official to Speak on Transatlantic Relations

http://www.news.wisc.edu/12930.html

Lecture Series to Examine Post-War America

Untitled Document FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: Monday, September 25, 2006 CONTACT: Trudy Fredericks, Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy (WAGE), E-mail: fredericks@wisc.edu, Website: http://wage.wisc.edu/ Madison, WI – Beginning Tuesday, September 26, a Distinguished Lecture Series will examine the effects of World War II and the Vietnam War on America — its politics, armed …

EcoHealth One Conference

Untitled Document by Tom Sinclair, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies Nearly 300 people from around the world will gather October 6-10 at the University of Wisconsin–Madison for the program “EcoHealth One,” the first international conference of a newly expanded consortium of human and wildlife health experts, ecologists, conservation biologists, and social scientists exploring the links …

Pandemic workshop on WPR

Larry Meiller of Wisconsin Public Radio talks about planning and preparing for survival during a pandemic with Vicki Bier, UW–Madison Professor of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Physics, and director of the Center for Human Performance and Risk Analysis. http://www.wpr.org/larrymeiller/index.cfm?strDirection=Prev&dteShowDate=2006%2D09%2D27%2011%3A45%3A00

Scott Straus on Darfur

Untitled Document Darfur Deal Not Enough, Says Feingold The Capital Times :: METRO :: B6 Saturday, September 23, 2006 By Matthew Blake The Capital Times/Medill News Service U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold of Wisconsin is calling for a “rapid deployment of a robust United Nations peacekeeping mission” to the ravaged western Sudanese region of Darfur, calling …

British Ambassador to Speak

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: Monday, September 18, 2006 CONTACT: Michael Bright, British Honorary Consul in Wisconsin, (608) 257-6544 or (608) 669-1904, or Tom Sinclair, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, UW–Madison, (608) 263-5599 Click here to download a pdf of the flier. BRITISH AMBASSADOR TO SPEAK AT UW-MADISON MADISON – Britain’s ambassador to the United …

Somalian Human Rights Activist Soffa Lecturer

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: Monday, September 18, 2006 CONTACT: Ronnie Hess, Director of Communications, Division of International Studies, UW–Madison, (608) 262-5590, rlhess@wisc.edu SOMALIAN HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST TO SPEAK AT UW-MADISON Please click here to download a pdf of the flier. Madison, WI — The Honorable Asha Hagi Elmi will be this year’s J. Jobe Soffa …

Webcasts & Language Education

Untitled Document WEBCASTS TO BRING TOGETHER LANGUAGE EDUCATORS, WISCONSIN K-12 TEACHERS DATE: September 15, 2006 CONTACT: Dianna Murphy, Associate Director, Language Institute, UW–Madison, (608) 262-1575, diannamurphy@wisc.edu In a unique partnership, the University of Wisconsin-Madison Language Institute and the Wisconsin Association for Language Teachers (WAFLT) will sponsor several live webcasts of the Language Institute’s 2006-07 lecture …