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On Monday, June 14, Jean Feraca of WPR’s Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders, discussed The Life of Language with David Crystal, one of the world’s preeminent language specialists. You can hear it on podcast here. Description: “With a language disappearing every two weeks and neologisms springing up almost daily, understanding the origins and currency …
Read the announcement and view photos, posted by Robert Hornacek. University of Wisconsin–Green Bay – Inside Newsroom — (June 10, 2010) — More than two dozen business, education and nonprofit leaders took part in the daylong economic roundtable on Wednesday, June 9, at the Kress Events Center. The event, which was organized by the UW …
UW–Madison News June 9, 2010 Soccer fans will pack local bars and restaurants for the start of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. But the UW–Madison African Studies Program (ASP) is offering a family-friendly spin on the world’s most important sporting event by partnering with Dungeon-Monroe neighborhood businesses and a Madison non-profit to host …
Below we have republished this Wisconsin Idea Profile: Anne Topham has been to many places to talk about goat milk and cheese, but San Bernardo was different. The air was cold at 10,000 feet when she stepped off the bus after the five-hour ride from Quito, Ecuador, and the street was dusty from months of …
Green Bay—This Wednesday, June 9, Richard McCreary president and CEO of Marinette Marine Corporation (MMC) will discuss the economic impacts of a pending federal contract on the region, as well as new investment in jobs and infrastructure in their Wisconsin-based operations since MMC was acquired by Fincantieri Marine Group Holdings, Inc. in early 2009. The roundtable is hosted …
Next month, four UW–Madison undergraduates will leave for Nyargia, Ghana for five weeks to study the impact of a poverty reduction model in the village. The impact assessment internship is run by the Blessing Basket Project, which works to reduce poverty in developing countries by paying “Prosperity Wages” for artisan products, thus supporting entrepreneurs and …
The Chronicle of Higher Education, June 4, 2010 Commentary: Jeremy Rifkin, “Empathetic Education: The Transformation of Learning in an Interconnected World” EXCERPT: Maybe it’s time to ask the question of whether simply becoming economically productive ought to be the primary mission of American education. Shouldn’t we place at least equal attention on developing students’ innate …
Living Lake Country (May 27, 2010) — Oconomowoc High School graduate Amanda Milford is a senior at University of Wisconsin–Madison. She will be graduating next spring with degrees in zoology and Spanish, and an European Studies Certificate. Last spring, she spent a semester in Seville where she lived with a family and took several classes …
We recently announced UW Without Borders at our “Internationalize” reception. Now the Morgridge Center for Public Service and the Division of International Studies encourage you to help shape the UW Without Borders proposal! SUMMER WORKSHOP: UW Without Borders Tuesday, June 29, 2010 8:30 to 11 a.m. On Wisconsin Room, Red Gym You should attend this …
Dean Gilles Bousquet recently spoke with Carleen Wild from NBC Channel 15 on building relationships with China and the importance of educating students on the Chinese language and culture. Bousquet also reflected on his recent trip to China, as part of the chancellor’s delegation.