University of Wisconsin–Madison
Husband and wife team Nuttapon (Kenny) Yongkiettakul ’05 & Shar-Linn Liew ’05 shine in the world of fine jewelry. Their innovations in function and design have adorned stars from film, television, and music such as Greta Gerwig, Reese Witherspoon, Lupita Nyong’o, Madonna, and Jennifer Lopez. Beyond catching the eyes of the celebrity elite, their work …
The transition from summer to fall in Madison brings with it many changes on campus, from autumnal artistry as leaves turn from green to gold to the welcoming of new students, staff, and faculty on campus. In the International Division, we have new members in many of our units, and three I would like to …
The U.S. Embassy–Israel has posted and continues to update alerts regarding travel in Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza. U.S. citizens in the area have been reminded to remain vigilant and take steps to increase their security awareness. After assessing the situation, including the U.S. embassy’s alerts to U.S. citizens, and following consultation with the …
From completing fieldwork in Vietnam to presenting to peers at an international conference in Prague — Veronica Pham has had an exciting year. She recently attended the Past and Present – Built and Social conference hosted by Architecture, Media, Politics, Society (AMPS). The conference asked attendees to be curious about what “heritage” means and to consider how globalization threatens buildings, environments, …
Most football super fans build their weekends around football. Wisconsin International Scholars (WISc) Program alumn, Ashley Cornwell, built her life around it. From playing as a kid to joining an NCAA coaching staff, there is little room to debate that football is in fact life for Cornwell. A Wisconsin native, Cornwell fell in love with American …
The Language Program Office has announced that recordings from this summer’s Less Commonly Taught Languages (LCTL) Career Fair are now available! This year’s fair featured a three-day Wisconsin Intensive Summer Language Institutes (WISLI) Professional Development Series, July 26–28, 2023. More than 200 LCTL learners and enthusiasts heard from 13 leaders and experts – from government …
When Sam Helle was growing up in the middle of Milwaukee, she didn’t expect to someday be a conservation biologist surveying tiger populations in the foothills of the Himalayas. She had always been drawn to animals, but, living in the city, didn’t have much exposure to wildlife. “When I originally started school, I was pre-vet, …
For most of her career, Sandra McCormick developed programs to improve the health, human services, and quality of life for many citizens of Russia, the Ukraine, and numerous other countries. While serving in a leadership role at La Crosse, Wisconsin’s Gundersen Health System in the early 1990’s, she led local efforts to build a partnership …
September is a special month in Madison, where the beginning of meteorological autumn is marked by the arrival of moving vans, football fans, and new students from around the world. Three decades ago, I was one of those fresh faces on campus, having arrived after a year in Tanzania to begin a doctoral program in …
This fall, as most Badgers settle into Madison, three UW–Madison students, including senior Madeline Rutherford, will instead travel to Almaty, Kazakhstan, for a year of advanced Russian language study on the Russian Overseas Flagship Capstone Program, funded in part by the prestigious Boren Scholarship. The Boren Awards provide funding to undergraduate and graduate students to …