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  • Campus celebrates 49th anniversary of Peace Corps Feb. 26, 2010 Next week, a series of events commemorates UW-Madison's Peace Corps legacy.
  • TIP/Haiti experts Jan. 15, 2010 Tens of thousands are feared dead after the devastating 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit Haiti this week. These UW-Madison experts can provide context and analysis for interested media.
  • UW-Madison students safe after Haiti quake Jan. 13, 2010 Two separate groups of UW-Madison students are unharmed and accounted for after Tuesday’s catastrophic earthquake near Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
  • UW-Madison in top 10 in national study-abroad ranking Nov. 17, 2009 Record numbers of University of Wisconsin-Madison students are earning some of their academic credit abroad, with a participation rate that far exceeds the national average. What is more, they are increasingly choosing to study in previously non-traditional destinations such as China and India.
  • UW-Madison students seek international life, outlook Nov. 13, 2009 Before leaving for Ireland last September, University of Wisconsin-Madison student Sarah Zink wrote about her expectations of the study abroad experience that awaited her.
  • School of Business launches Global Real Estate Master program Nov. 12, 2009 The Wisconsin School of Business will attract some of the brightest real estate students from the top business schools in Asia, Europe and Latin America with a highly innovative Global Real Estate Master (GREM) program.
  • UW-Madison students foster community development on island in Uganda Nov. 12, 2009 Eleven University of Wisconsin-Madison students working on an island in Uganda's Lake Victoria knew they were making a difference when a member of the country's parliament came to check out the fledgling girls' soccer team they had helped put together.
  • Programs make a case for global engagement Nov. 4, 2009 When the Soviet Union launched its first Sputnik satellite in 1957, it effectively defeated the United States in the first round of the space race. And while the United States responded in kind with Pioneer 1, it also transformed its Cold War engagement by launching a terrestrial initiative — one that involved UW–Madison back then and does so to this day.
  • UW-Madison a leader in Fulbright Fellows with top 10 ranking Oct. 22, 2009 Continuing the University of Wisconsin-Madison's strong tradition of global engagement, the campus is ranked once again in the top 10 of research institutions nationwide in the number of Fulbright Fellowships awarded to students.
  • Educational forum to bring awareness to U.N. Millenium Development Goals Oct. 13, 2009 The Millenium Development Goals Awareness Project (MDGAP) will host an educational forum from 4-7 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 22, in the Great Hall in Memorial Union.
  • Conference brings Cartonera publishers Oct. 7, 2009 UW–Madison is organizing the conference “Cartonera Publishers: Recycling Latin American Bookscape” on Thursday and Friday, Oct. 8 and 9.
  • International leaders featured in upcoming campus talks Oct. 7, 2009 At 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 21, Brazilian Ambassador Antonio de Aguiar Patriota will present the lecture “U.S.-Brazil Relations: Bilateral, Regional and Global Dimensions.” The talk will be held in 3190 Grainger Hall.
  • Image of sand dunes in China Sand dunes reveal unexpected dryness during heavy monsoon Oct. 6, 2009 The windswept deserts of northern China might seem an odd destination for studying the heavy monsoon rains that routinely drench the more tropical regions of Southeast Asia.
  • Campus offers condolences to Indonesian students Oct. 2, 2009 International Student Services and the Offices of the Dean of Students are extending condolences to students and campus community members from Indonesia in the wake of the Sept. 30 7.6-magnitude earthquake.
  • Claret jug Chazen features mezzotints, silver pieces in exhibits Aug. 31, 2009 Don’t let the big dig on University Avenue where the Peterson Building used to be keep you from visiting the Chazen Museum of Art. The museum is open for visitors, and two current exhibits there are worth a look: “Mezzotints, Prints of Darkness” and “Delight in Design: Indian Silver for the Raj.”
  • High school teachers leave for Rwanda on UW-Madison Fulbright grant June 30, 2009 This week, the University of Wisconsin-Madison African Studies Program is taking 15 high school social studies teachers and curriculum planners from across the United States to Rwanda for 30 days.
  • Projected food, energy demands seen to outpace production June 25, 2009 With the caloric needs of the planet expected to soar by 50 percent in the next 40 years, planning and investment in global agriculture will become critically important, according a new report released today (June 25).
  • UW-Madison recommends against nonessential travel to Mexico April 29, 2009 Chancellor Biddy Martin has endorsed recommendations of the campus International Emergency Response Committee (IERC), advising against all university travel to Mexico until further notice. This is in alignment with the travel warning issued on April 27 by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
  • UW-Madison announces Brazil Initiative April 20, 2009 The University of Wisconsin-Madison Brazil Initiative will bring faculty and alumni together with private foundations, Wisconsin businesses and state agencies to help the state better understand and engage with this emerging global economy.
  • UW-Madison to sign historic agreement with Iraqi university March 27, 2009 The University of Wisconsin-Madison is preparing to sign a historic agreement with one of the foremost institutions of higher education in Iraq.