University of Wisconsin–Madison
As an intern at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna, Austria, UW–Madison nuclear engineering undergraduate Brienna Johnson is relishing the experience of living abroad and working on efforts that could help improve nuclear energy worldwide. The IAEA is the world’s foremost intergovernmental forum for scientific and technical cooperation in the peaceful use of …
It is estimated that about 60 percent of the plastic produced in the last seven decades is in a landfill or natural environment. This sobering statistic is part of what motivates Barbara Hendrie, the Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) North America Office, to create change. As a UN Director, Hendrie leads a …
Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, a top diplomat on the world stage, will take to the Camp Randall stage this May to address University of Wisconsin–Madison graduates. Thomas-Greenfield, the United States Ambassador to the United Nations, will be the keynote speaker for spring commencement at UW–Madison on May 14. She will be returning to the place she credits …
UW–Madison’s David Kaplan, the Patricia Busk Professor of Quantitative Methods in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Psychology, has received a three-year, $897,000 grant from the Institute for Education Sciences to work on the development of probabilistic forecasting approaches to model trends toward the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal […] Read the full article.
Associate Dean Emerita and professor Connie Flanagan weighs in on the United Nations efforts to engage young people in its mission of diplomacy in this interview with the Associated Press. Read the full article.
On February 23, the U.S. Senate voted to confirm Linda Thomas-Greenfield as the 31st U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. Thomas-Greenfield, who earned a master’s degree from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and an honorary doctorate, brings more than 30 years of experience to the post. As leader of the U.S. delegation to the global organization, Thomas-Greenfield will shoulder …
Think that world hunger can’t be overcome? Bettina Luescher begs to differ. Hunger kills more people than AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis combined. But Bettina Luescher, MA ’85, keeps her message about hunger simple: it’s a problem that can be solved, and people can help. For $10, you can feed a child in a Kenyan refugee …