Tag: Press Releases

UW-Madison in Top 10 in National Study-Abroad Ranking

UW–Madison News Release by Masarah Van Eyck Record numbers of University of Wisconsin–Madison students are earning some of their academic credit abroad, with a participation rate that far exceeds the national average. What is more, they are increasingly choosing to study in previously non-traditional destinations such as China and India. According to the Open Doors …

UW-Madison Students Foster Community Development on Island of Uganda

CONTACT: Farha Tahir, tahir@wisc.edu UW–Madison News (November 12, 2009) – Eleven University of Wisconsin–Madison students working on an island in Uganda’s Lake Victoria knew they were making a difference when a member of the country’s parliament came to check out the fledgling girls’ soccer team they had helped to put together. The UW–Madison students had …

School of Business Launches Global Real Estate Master Program

UW Madison News (November 12, 2009) — The Wisconsin School of Business will attract some of the brightest real estate students from the top business schools in Asia, Europe and Latin America with a highly innovative Global Real Estate Master (GREM) program. The program builds on the Wisconsin School of Business’s expertise and tradition in …

International Education a Priority in First Round Awards for Madison Initiative for Undergraduates

UW–Madison News Release by John Lucas FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 11/6/09 CONTACT: Aaron Brower, 608-262-5246, ambrower@wisc.edu University of Wisconsin–Madison Chancellor Biddy Martin and the Madison Initiative for Undergraduates Oversight Committee have identified eight proposals, ranging from an electronic system designed to capture notes of student meetings with advisers to College of Letters & Science faculty lines, …

UW-Madison Researchers Ranked among World’s Top 20 Universities

UW–Madison News (Oct. 5, 2009) –  A recent assessment of the research impact of scientists at more than 4,000 universities around the world ranked those at the University of Wisconsin–Madison No. 20. The ranking by the international information vendor Thomson Reuters relied on a common technique called citation counts. When scientists mention the existing research …