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• Bousquet appointed interim UW-Eau Claire chancellor April 18, 2012 University of Wisconsin System President Kevin P. Reilly today announced that Gilles Bousquet has agreed to serve as the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire’s interim chancellor following the departure of Chancellor Brian Levin-Stankevich next month.
• African Studies Program celebrates 50 years with conference and reunion April 17, 2012 In 1978, while completing coursework towards a Ph.D. in political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Linda Thomas-Greenfield received a research grant to study in Liberia.
• Partnership helps Chinese children learn about cranes March 30, 2012 In southwestern China’s Guizhou Province, the International Crane Foundation and the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies are partnering on a novel environmental education program for elementary school children that incorporates western techniques and local traditions.
• Stem cells hint at potential treatment for Huntington's disease March 15, 2012 Huntington's disease, the debilitating congenital neurological disorder that progressively robs patients of muscle coordination and cognitive ability, is a condition without effective treatment, a slow death sentence.
• World Food Programme official visits UW-Madison March 6, 2012 Bettina Luescher, United Nations World Food Programme chief spokesperson for North America and UW-Madison alumna, will visit the university on Thursday, March 8, and Friday, March 9.
• For plastics knowledge, India looks to UW-Madison engineers Feb. 21, 2012 One of the oldest and most respected polymer engineering research and educational programs in the United States is contributing its expertise to a new plastics university in India.
• Committee to assess the organization of international studies at UW-Madison Feb. 14, 2012 A committee with representatives from across campus is meeting to evaluate the way international studies are governed and organized at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
• UW-Madison reaches 3,000 in total Peace Corps volunteers produced Jan. 25, 2012 The University of Wisconsin-Madison this year ranks third among large universities nationwide in the number of alumni currently serving as Peace Corps volunteers, up from eighth last year.
• Researchers outline food security, climate change road map Jan. 20, 2012 While last month's meeting of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Durban, South Africa, made incremental progress toward helping farmers adapt to climate change and reduce agriculture's climate footprint, a group of international agriculture experts urges scientists to lay the groundwork for more decisive action on global food security in environmental negotiations in 2012.
• Big Ten Network series to air Jan. 4, 2012 The Big Ten Network will debut "Impact the World," a powerful new original series that shifts the focus from the playing fields to the world stage, beginning Tuesday, Jan. 10, at 8:30 p.m. (CST).
• Workshop to prepare teachers to make stronger case for French language Dec. 19, 2011 They teach what Bloomberg Rankings has identified as the third-most-important business language in the world, after English and Mandarin. Yet, as budgets for public education continue to tighten, teachers of French are struggling to keep their programs off the chopping block in Wisconsin and across the United States.
• Service learning in Ecuador creates lasting connections and microenterprise venture Dec. 8, 2011 As a service learning project within Wisconsin Without Borders, students at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have made lasting connections with a village in Ecuador through a microenterprise project.
• Exhibition celebrates the music, art and culture of Ghana Nov. 30, 2011 "In Ghana, textiles are absolutely integrated into every part of life," says Mary Hark. "You're bombarded with music and textile, color and pattern, while walking down the street."
• José Madera: Keeping a Latin beat Nov. 29, 2011 By day, you’ll find him in Bascom Hall, but in José Madera’s spare time, he’s often with MadiSalsa, a music ensemble dedicated to bringing the diversity of Latin music to the Midwest.
• Global commission delivers food security policy recommendations Nov. 16, 2011 A new report published by an independent global commission of eminent scientists states that the world's food system needs an immediate transformation to meet current and future threats to food security and environmental sustainability.
• UW-Madison repeats as a leader in international education Nov. 15, 2011 In its 2011 Open Doors Report on International Education Exchange, released this week, the Institute of International Education gives high marks to the University of Wisconsin-Madison in two categories.
• Staffers share Thanksgiving with international visitors Nov. 15, 2011 Most students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison spend the last Thursday in November with family or friends: bundling up to brave colder weather; gathering around various combinations of turkey, vegetables and pie.
• Trip aimed at advancing goal of UW–Madison presence in China Nov. 14, 2011 Representatives of the University of Wisconsin–Madison have returned to China this week, where they are seeking to expand the university's engagement and move toward the goal of creating a physical UW–Madison presence there.
• UW study will explore anemia Nov. 7, 2011 To say a pregnant woman is eating for two leaves out a few guests at the table - trillions of them, according to Christopher Coe, a University of Wisconsin-Madison psychology professor who will soon begin studying anemia with funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
• New documentary highlights Mildred Fish-Harnack Nov. 3, 2011 A new one-hour documentary on Mildred Fish-Harnack—Milwaukee native, University of Wisconsin alumna, and the only American woman executed on direct orders from Adolf Hitler—is scheduled to premiere Monday, Nov. 7, at 8 p.m. on Wisconsin Public Television (WPT).