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• Seeing sound from all angles at Wisconsin Science Fest Sept. 26, 2012 Sound can be an incredibly powerful experience, able to dominate our attention, convey information, transport us from the here and now or add or relieve tension and emotion.
• UW-Madison joins initiative to provide language instruction for ROTC cadets Sept. 26, 2012 The University of Wisconsin-Madison has joined more than 25 other universities nationwide in an effort to help address the U.S. military's need for critical language specialists who understand foreign cultures and can communicate in regions of strategic and economic importance.
• Recent Sightings: Global perspective Sept. 25, 2012 During a Global House Party event at the University Club at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Monday, Sept. 24, postdoctoral geography student Kevin Gibbons speaks about his 2004-2007 experience as a Peace Corps volunteer in the Philippines.
• Wisconsin China Initiative welcomes new director, seeks new connections Sept. 24, 2012 The Wisconsin China Initiative (WCI) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is ramping up efforts to engage with faculty and staff across campus to promote interests and coordinate activities in the Greater China region as Nicole Huang, professor of Chinese literature and visual culture, takes over as director.
• Global House Party to celebrate Peace Corps experiences, seek new volunteers Sept. 21, 2012 The Returned Peace Corps Volunteers of Wisconsin-Madison and the Peace Corps Campus Recruiting Office at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are hosting a Global House Party to celebrate the anniversary of congressional action to create the Peace Corps, share experiences and encourage future generations to carry on the strong Peace Corps tradition at UW-Madison and across Wisconsin.
• Mildred Fish-Harnack Lecture to feature women’s advocate Rashida Manjoo Sept. 10, 2012 Rashida Manjoo, an internationally recognized lawyer, teacher, and advocate who works to advance women's rights and human rights around the world, will deliver a major lecture at the University of Wisconsin-Madison next week.
• Chancellor's statement on the Sikh temple shootings Aug. 10, 2012 As the families of those slain at the Sikh temple in Oak Creek come together to grieve their painful loss today, we at UW-Madison extend our deepest and most heartfelt sympathies.
• UW–Madison welcomes third group of Chinese champions Aug. 6, 2012 Six world-class athletes arrived in Madison last weekend to become students in the Chinese Champions Program at UW-Madison.
• UW faculty, students aid African conservation efforts July 24, 2012 Faculty and students from the University of Wisconsin–Madison will lend their expertise to conservation efforts in central Africa as the first university member of the Congo Basin Forest Partnership.
• Two UW–Madison researchers build ties with Indonesia July 23, 2012 It took a trip halfway around the world to bring two University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists together.
• Four UW–Madison students attending prestigious Nobel conference July 2, 2012
• International students visit Schultz family farm June 22, 2012
• Business school partnership advances real estate program June 18, 2012 A new partnership agreement between the Wisconsin School of Business and the Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance (SAIF) will bring some of the brightest students from Shanghai to Madison to study in the innovative Global Real Estate Master (GREM) program.
• Probe seeking life on Saturn’s moon earns student team a spot at international space conference June 13, 2012 Somewhere beneath as much as 30 miles of ice on the surface of Saturn’s moon Enceladus, extraterrestrial life could be waiting to be discovered under a subglacial ocean. And a team of University of Wisconsin-Madison engineering mechanics and astronautics students want to be the people who find it. For their senior design course, Alex Gonring, Capri Pearson, Samantha Robinson, Jake Rohrig and Tyler Van Fossen designed a mission that would take a probe from Earth to deep below Enceladus’ icy surface, where an array of science instruments would look for carbon-based life.
• In Shanghai, UW–Madison inaugurates first overseas office June 11, 2012 The UW–Madison Shanghai Innovation Office, which will serve as a focal point for the university’s growing engagement in China and across East Asia, has officially opened.
• China visit aims to deepen Wisconsin’s engagement June 7, 2012 University of Wisconsin-Madison Interim Chancellor David Ward is leading a Wisconsin delegation to China, where he will inaugurate UW-Madison's first overseas outpost and participate in events aimed at deepening engagement with Chinese partners.
• Helping China produce more milk will boost U.S. dairy exports to China, experts say June 7, 2012 As China expands its domestic milk production, it will buy more milk products from the United States.
• Online courses offer foreign policy training for military leaders June 1, 2012 A series of online courses geared for members of the military to learn more about foreign policy and international relations is testing the geographic limits of one of the University of Wisconsin-Madison's guiding principles.
• School of Education partners with Stockholm University May 15, 2012 Graduate students in the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Education have a new opportunity to bring a global perspective into their work as they seek to tackle some of the toughest issues in education.
• At 80, Harold Scheub keeps the storytelling tradition alive April 26, 2012 As the African Studies Program celebrates its 50th anniversary, Harold Scheub remains a constant.