Bringing the Wisconsin Idea to Yemen: UW–Madison Cooperation with Engineers Without Borders and the United Nations Development Program to Combat COVID-19 in Yemen

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Representatives from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, Engineers Without Borders International (EWB), and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) held a webinar on June 23 with attendees from around the world to discuss their recent cooperation in Yemen to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. Featured panelists included representatives from all three organizations involved in the organization, including …

Theatre and Drama presents ‘Rashomon’ July 15-25

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In a forest grove, a samurai is found dead, his wife assaulted, and a notorious bandit is captured. But as the mystery of the crime unfolds, witnesses tell very different stories of what happened. Based on stories by Ryunosuke Akutagawa that were adapted into the iconic 1950 film by Japanese master Akira Kurosawa, “Rashomon,” to …

ISS and IFSS join the International Division

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As of July 1, 2021, International Student Services (ISS) and International Faculty and Staff Services (IFSS) have become part of the International Division. Bringing the expertise of ISS and IFSS into the International Division will provide opportunities for collaboration on a broad scale among colleagues addressing immigration and related issues involving international students, staff, and …

Civilizing Influence: Kathryn Ciancia explores how “civilization” has been used to include and exclude certain groups.

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Kathryn Ciancia’s fascination with how people have historically mobilized the idea of “civilization” began with the stories her Polish grandfather shared. As a child growing up in a town near Liverpool in the United Kingdom, Ciancia, now an associate professor of history, would listen to him describe his childhood in Poland in the 1920s. He …

Social Work Students to Serve Clients at New Center for DREAMers

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A new center at UW–Madison will help DREAMers in Wisconsin access and coordinate legal representation, mental health and social services, educational and career counseling, and provide a place of community. The Sandra Rosenbaum School of Social Work is delighted to partner with the new Center for DREAMers on this important project. Clients of the center will …

UW Law School Clinical Professor Erin Barbato receives grant to launch Center for DREAMers

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The UW Law School will launch a new center to support Wisconsin’s DREAMers, an all-encompassing term describing individuals who have lived in the United States without official lawful status since coming to the country as a minor. The Center for DREAMers was awarded a grant through the Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment, a competitive grant program …

Study examines international students’ career development in the U.S.

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A research proposal by UW–Madison students Hannah Rapp and Yi-jung (Sally) Wu was one of three to be awarded a $1,000 graduate research scholarship in fall 2020 by the Future Institute Research Center (FIRC). Rapp is a doctoral student in the Human Development area within the School of Education’s Department of Educational Psychology. Wu is …

WIDA’s Erika Rosales Wins $110K WI Idea Grant to Help DREAMers

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The School of Education’s Wisconsin Center for Education Research is delighted to congratulate Erika Rosales on her two-year, $110,000 grant from the Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment to create the Center for DREAMers at UW with Erin Barbato, director of the Immigrant Justice Clinic at UW Law School. Barbato, a clinical professor, will be co-project leader and …

Discovery of ‘Dragon Man’ Skull in China May Add Species to Human Family Tree

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A laborer discovered the fossil and hid it in a well for 85 years. Scientists say it could help sort out the human family tree and how our species emerged. Read the full article.

Cambodians struggle to stay afloat, retain their identity after losing their homes to country’s biggest dam

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