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Recent sightings: Board of Regents meeting

December 10, 2010

A group of Chinese student athletes, who were part of UW–Madison’s new Chinese Champions Program, listen as Chancellor Biddy Martin summarizes UW–Madison’s growing…

Chancellor Martin’s outreach to China: Why there and why now?

December 10, 2010

Chinese athletes prepare to depart after successful semester

December 8, 2010

The 2010 Chinese Champions program at the University of Wisconsin–Madison is winding up a highly successful inaugural session amid news that the innovative exchange has been extended for three additional years.

High school students of Arabic visit UW–Madison

December 6, 2010

A campus visit on Wednesday, Dec. 8, by 30 high school students of Arabic will unite a U.S. Department of State program and several language and culture initiatives at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

TIP/Anthony Shadid lecture

November 30, 2010

11/30/10 TO: Media representatives FROM: Stacy Forster, University Communications, (608) 262-0930 RE: TIP/ANTHONY SHADID LECTURE

UW-Madison in top 10 in national study-abroad ranking

November 16, 2010

Record numbers of University of Wisconsin–Madison students are earning some of their academic credit abroad, an increase that exceeds the national average. What's more, they are choosing to study in previously non-traditional destinations such as China and India.

Chancellor Martin reflects on November Asia trip

November 15, 2010

Chancellor Biddy Martin recently returned from a 12-day trip to Beijing, Hong Kong, Taipei and reports that the university’s presence and visibility in East Asia is continuing to grow stronger.

International Education Week underscores importance of language, culture study

November 12, 2010

Coming on the heels of University of Wisconsin–Madison Chancellor Biddy Martin's return from East Asia, International Education Week from Nov. 15-19 offers students, faculty and staff an opportunity to reflect on how best to prepare for careers in a fast changing, interconnected world.

World Languages Day inspires high school students to explore

November 11, 2010

Since World Languages Day began in 2002, renowned professor Harold Scheub has roused the crowd with his tales of crossing the African continent in search of stories and folk tales.

UW-Madison students aim to sustain work on island in Uganda

November 10, 2010

Aphids have long been a nuisance for farmers on an island in Uganda's Lake Victoria, and the harsh chemicals used to keep the bugs away usually mean a crop of small, wilted plants.

Trove of Taiwanese classic films donated to UW–Madison

November 10, 2010

New 35mm prints of 30 of some of the most celebrated Chinese-language feature films have been donated to the University of Wisconsin–Madison by various film studios in Taiwan with the help of the Taiwanese government.

Chancellor conducts TelePresence meeting from China

November 5, 2010

As part of her trip to China and Taiwan, Chancellor Biddy Martin helped to inaugurate a cutting-edge videoconferencing device now available to the greater UW–Madison campus community.

UW-Madison chancellor returning to Greater China

November 1, 2010

University of Wisconsin–Madison Chancellor Biddy Martin is leading a delegation of UW–Madison faculty and staff to Greater China, with stops in Beijing, Hong Kong and Taipei.

Law School teams with Asian universities to award executive master’s degrees

October 28, 2010

The East China University of Political Science and Law and the University of Wisconsin Law School are working together to offer a program to award executive master's degrees in law.

Nazi fighter, alumna honored in exhibit, lecture

October 13, 2010

Mildred Fish-Harnack, a famous University of Wisconsin–Madison alumna who was the only American executed in Nazi Germany as an underground conspirator on orders of Adolf Hitler, is being honored in an exhibit opening today (Oct. 13) and a lecture Friday, Oct. 15.

New York Times columnist to deliver talk on Afghan war

October 6, 2010

New York Times columnist Bob Herbert will deliver the University of Wisconsin Law School's annual Robert W. Kastenmeier Lecture on Thursday, Oct. 21.

19 students receive Fulbright awards for research overseas

September 27, 2010

The Fulbright U.S. Student program, the country's flagship program for international exchange, has awarded fellowships to 14 University of Wisconsin–Madison students. Additionally, five students have received funding from the Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad program.

UW-Madison kicks off emerging powers events with focus on Brazil

September 22, 2010

Brazilian Foreign Trade Secretary Welber Barral and the Consul General of Brazil in Chicago, Ambassador João Almino, will visit the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus on…

Delegation of Chinese educators visits UW–Madison

September 14, 2010

Leaders from Shanghai’s East China Normal University (ECNU), one of China’s top institutions of teacher training, visited the University of Wisconsin–Madison on Sept. 14 to learn more about the School of Education and discuss possible collaborations in the future.

Message from the chancellor regarding Pakistan flooding

September 9, 2010

The chancellor and the president of the Pakistani Students Association wrote a message to the campus community about the floods that hit Pakistan last month.