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Gangsters, dark comedy featured in film festival

December 5, 2007

The 17th installment of the Polish Film Festival returns to the Madison campus Friday-Sunday, Dec. 7-9.

Miernowski wins national online education award

September 7, 2007

The 2007 "R1edu Award" for Distinguished Faculty Contributions to Online Learning has been presented to Professor Jan Miernowski of the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

World Languages Day brings the world to Wisconsin

April 12, 2007

On Thursday, April 19, the University of Wisconsin–Madison Language Institute will host over 700 high school students and their teachers for World Languages Day, an all-day event that aims to raise awareness of diverse languages and cultures in Wisconsin and around the world.

World Cinema Day connects Wisconsin high school students to the world

April 9, 2007

Several hundred Wisconsin high school students and teachers will be in Madison April 13, 2007 to participate in World Cinema Day. World Cinema Day is an outreach program of the University of Wisconsin–Madison's Language Institute and Arts Institute, presented in conjunction with the Wisconsin Film Festival.

UW-Madison receives grant for Central Asian Turkic languages

February 20, 2007

The U.S. Department of Education has awarded the University of Wisconsin–Madison's Language Institute $379,000 to support the Central Asian Interactive Listening Series project.

French House gathers campus, city community together à table

April 4, 2006

The French House, the nation's oldest residential language immersion community, was founded in 1918 and began opening its doors to the campus and the public for weekly lunches and dinner shortly thereafter. Director Andrew Irving warns that there is but one restriction on these soirees: You must speak French.