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• Campus visitors celebrate Brazil throughout April April 8, 2011 Campus partners including the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Brazil Initiative - an interdisciplinary initiative created in recognition of the growing global economic and political importance of South America's largest country - will host a series of events throughout April to commemorate Brazil Month.
• Peace Corps director Aaron S. Williams discusses corps' mission, future April 8, 2011
• Chinese Champions arrive at UW-Madison April 1, 2011 The 16 athletes of the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Chinese Champions Program stepped off of a chartered bus into a swarm of excited fans -- including Bucky Badger himself.
• Chinese athletes welcomed at Armory and Gymnasium March 31, 2011 The University of Wisconsin-Madison is planning a welcome ceremony for a group of 16 elite Chinese athletes arriving in Madison this evening (March 31) for a nine-month exchange.
• Chinese Champions Program: Meet the athletes March 30, 2011 Building on the success of last year's inaugural cohort, a second group of elite Chinese student-athletes will arrive at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Thursday, March 31, as part of the Chinese Champions Program.
• UW-Madison welcomes new group of China’s champions March 30, 2011 Sixteen accomplished Chinese student-athletes, including one coach, will spend nearly nine months living and studying at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
• Slide show: Taste of Japan Benefit March 25, 2011
• Japanese students at UW-Madison spearhead relief efforts March 22, 2011 Following the events of the earthquakes and tsunami in Japan on March 11, members of University of Wisconsin-Madison's Japanese community are working together to assist relief efforts despite being far from home. Their work is only one part of the relief effort under way on the UW-Madison campus.
• International Academic Programs suspends Japan programs March 17, 2011
• Expert available on nuclear power, safety March 14, 2011 Michael Corradini, a University of Wisconsin-Madison professor of engineering physics, is an expert on nuclear power and nuclear safety. He can discuss aspects of nuclear power and reactor safety as they relate to the events at the Fukushima power plant in Japan.
• Chancellor message to Japanese students, faculty, staff and alumni March 12, 2011
• Update: UW-Madison supporting Japan study abroad students March 11, 2011 In the wake of the massive earthquake and tsunami, UW-Madison has confirmed the safety of all of its students studying in Japan.
• UW-Madison experts available to media to discuss Japan quake, tsunami March 11, 2011
• UN official speaks on a range of international topics Feb. 24 Feb. 22, 2011
• UW-Madison campus partners host panel discussion on protests in Egypt Feb. 11, 2011 As events in Egypt continue to make headlines around the world, the University of Wisconsin-Madison is organizing to bring the discussion to campus. The Division of International Studies, the African Studies Program and the Middle East Studies Program will host a roundtable discussion on the mass protests against Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and his government.
• StoryCorps to take part in UW-Madison Peace Corps event Feb. 8, 2011 StoryCorps, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to recording, preserving, and sharing the stories of Americans from all backgrounds and beliefs, will visit the University of Wisconsin-Madison from March 24-26 as part of "Peace Corps and Africa: 50 Years," an event honoring and assessing a half-century of volunteer service.
• Panel explores WikiLeaks fallout Feb. 7, 2011 State secrets, information freedom, and technology's contentious role in democracy will be probed by three UW-Madison professors Thursday, Feb. 10 at the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery.
• UW-Madison ranks eighth in Peace Corps volunteers Feb. 3, 2011 For the 11th year in a row, UW-Madison has placed in the top tier of the Peace Corps' nationwide list of large schools producing Peace Corps volunteers.
• Global Health Initiative sparks creative thinking with Incubator series Feb. 1, 2011 If ever there were a novel approach to a global health issue, Caitilyn Allen may have found it in a radio drama produced by the Ugandan agricultural extension.
• UW-Madison suspends Egypt programs, students leave Alexandria Jan. 31, 2011