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• 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
• UW-Madison has Egypt experts available for media Jan. 28, 2011
• Chinese Champions to be featured on Big Ten Network Jan. 21, 2011 A new television feature show produced by the University of Wisconsin-Madison will showcase the success of the Chinese Champions Program for a Big Ten Network audience.
• UW-Madison business school welcomes international real estate students Jan. 19, 2011 Thirteen students from around the world have converged at the University of Wisconsin-Madison to be part of a one-of-a-kind experience as the inaugural class of the Wisconsin Real Estate Program's Global Real Estate Master's program (GREM).
• Recent sightings: Board of Regents meeting Dec. 10, 2010
• Chancellor Martin's outreach to China: Why there and why now? Dec. 10, 2010
• Chinese athletes prepare to depart after successful semester Dec. 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 Dec. 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 Nov. 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 Nov. 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 Nov. 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 Nov. 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 Nov. 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 Nov. 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 Nov. 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 Nov. 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.