Category State & Global

Author Galeano coming to UW for Havens Center honor

May 1, 2013

Uruguayan author Eduardo Galeano will receive the University of Wisconsin–Madison A. E. Havens Center's Award for Lifetime Contribution to Critical Scholarship on May 9 during a rare trip to the United States.

Bousquet to return to faculty; Podestá continues in interim role

April 30, 2013

Gilles Bousquet, dean of international studies and vice provost for globalization at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, will rejoin the university’s faculty in July after taking leave to serve as UW-Eau Claire’s interim chancellor during the 2012-13 academic year.

Community invited to UW Outreach Day at Burlington High School April 26

April 26, 2013

MADISON — UW–Madison and UW-Extension are inviting the public to join them at Burlington High School on Friday, April 26 as part of a statewide effort to bring the research and resources of the UW to communities across Wisconsin.

Five Questions with Marie-Louise Mares

April 18, 2013

Growing up in Australia, Marie-Louise Mares didn’t have a television. Even then, she still got the occasional glimpse of “Sesame Street.”

UW analysis shows learning impact of ‘Sesame Street’ around the world

April 18, 2013

According to a soon-to-be published meta-analysis conducted by researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, watching international co-productions of “Sesame Street” has a positive effect on children’s learning and is an “enduring example of a scalable and effective early childhood educational intervention.”

International astrophysics reaches Milwaukee

April 16, 2013

Trips to the South Pole usually require a lot of specialized equipment, but Nils Irland's packing list for his November 2012 visit included some items unusual even by those standards: a specially designed video camera, extra batteries, and lots and lots of data storage.

Indian author Arundhati Roy to visit

March 5, 2013

Indian author and activist Arundhati Roy will visit the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus March 20-21, 2013 to speak to Wisconsin high school students. Roy will offer the keynote presentation for the Great World Texts Student Conference, sponsored by the UW–Madison Center for the Humanities, and will spend the day interacting with students who have read her Booker Prize-winning novel, "The God of Small Things."

UW Health reaches out to Ethiopian hospital

March 5, 2013

A frilly pink dress made its way from Bay View, near Milwaukee, to Addis Ababa just in time for a very sick Ethiopian toddler, dressed as a fairy princess, to celebrate Christmas in the hospital. The story of the pink princess dress is one about the University of Wisconsin’s reach across the state, and around the globe.

Senior to use Twitter in UW System “Knowledge Powers Wisconsin” campaign

February 25, 2013

Nate Moll is infamous among friends and colleagues for wearing his tour guide hat. Now, Moll will use Twitter to showcase his many other hats and the best that UW–Madison has to offer as the third voice behind @UWPowersMe, a UW System initiative that features student, faculty and alumni from a different UW school each week.

Journalism student wins trip with Pulitzer-winning New York Times writer

February 14, 2013

UW-Madison journalism graduate student Erin Luhmann is the winner of this year's Win a Trip with Nick Kristof contest, The New York Times announced today.

IAP scholars to help students ‘discover the world and bring it back to Wisconsin’

February 13, 2013

International Academic Programs (IAP), the largest study abroad office at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, has launched a scholarship program that offers individual awards starting at $2,500 to enable more students to study abroad and then share their experiences with the campus community after they return.

UW–Madison again among top producers of Peace Corps volunteers

February 5, 2013

The University of Wisconsin–Madison currently has 103 graduates serving overseas in 47 countries as Peace Corps volunteers, ranking third for the second consecutive year on the corps' annual list of the top volunteer-producers among large U.S. universities.

UW faculty dissect growing relationship with China

February 1, 2013

In forging connections with China, the University of Wisconsin–Madison has created an international model for the university. An upcoming panel of UW–Madison faculty will examine how this partnership with China is evolving and what it means for the future of the university and the student experience.

Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. through service

January 20, 2013

On Monday, Jan. 21, observances of Martin Luther King Jr. Day will include a number of activities that encourage celebration and collaboration. UW–Madison will again host and support these activities, expressing the Wisconsin Idea through “a day on, not a day off.”

Lead exposure lowers fourth graders’ test scores

January 8, 2013

Lead exposure is related to lower test scores among Wisconsin fourth graders, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

Wisconsin Center for Education Research wins $15 million grant to improve student achievement

December 27, 2012

More than 4,000 students and their families will be better prepared for success in school thanks to the expansion of an initiative developed by UW–Madison’s Wisconsin Center for Education Research.

Bioenergy center supports new science education framework

November 20, 2012

Teachers aiming to meet new federal standards for science education have a new resource at the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC).

Acting Peace Corps director to visit UW–Madison campus

November 19, 2012

Peace Corps Acting Director Carrie Hessler-Radelet — accompanied by her husband, Steve Radelet, chief economist of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) — will be in Madison on Monday, Nov. 26, for two public appearances.

Study sees reduced C-section births in Amish Community

November 16, 2012

A birthing center set up specifically for women in a Wisconsin Amish community may point the way to reducing the high rate of cesarean-section births in the United States, according to a new study.

Worldwide Universities Network hosts ‘Ideas and Universities’ virtual seminar series

November 15, 2012

The Ideas and Universities Project of the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) is sponsoring a virtual seminar series that brings together leading higher education scholars from around the world to consider the roles of universities in the global knowledge economy and the evolving identity of university teacher-researchers and their changing roles in institutions of higher learning.