Category State & Global

British consul general to speak on Transatlantic Alliance

February 16, 2006

Andrew Seaton, the British government's senior representative to Wisconsin and 12 other Midwestern states, will speak at UW–Madison on Tuesday, Feb. 21.

‘We Gotta Get Out of this Place:’ Music, memory and the Vietnam War

February 16, 2006

Virtually anyone who grew up in the rock music era can point to a time, place or poignant memory that is seamlessly tethered to a song. For Vietnam War veterans, the backdrop of the war made that connection all the more powerful and emotional.

Campus events respond to cartoon controversy

February 16, 2006

Three campus events have been organized to discuss the international controversy over cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad as a terrorist figure.

Undergraduate project promotes Habitat for Humanity

February 15, 2006

A team of four undergraduate UW–Madison journalism students has launched a campaign to educate young people about poverty, homelessness and low-income housing - and in turn spur greater involvement in Habitat for Humanity.

Chancellor’s statement on the Badger Herald’s publishing of controversial cartoon

February 14, 2006

Chancellor John D. Wiley comments on the Badger Herald's decision to publish one of the Danish newspaper cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad as a terrorist figure, one of several such cartoons that have provoked worldwide, often violent unrest among Muslims.

AIDS course explores ‘perfect ecology’ of a killer

February 1, 2006

A new course at UW–Madison is exploring the AIDS pandemic from all of these varied points of view. Global AIDS: Interdisciplinary Perspectives has attracted undergraduate students from biology and medicine, political science, foreign language and history who are looking for a bigger-picture understanding of the disease.

Evidence unearthed of earliest African slaves in New World

January 31, 2006

Digging in a colonial era graveyard in one of the oldest European cities in Mexico, archaeologists have found what they believe are the oldest remains of slaves brought from Africa to the New World. The remains date between the late-16th century and the mid-17th century, not long after Columbus first set foot in the Americas.

Brazilian dance to enliven Union

January 31, 2006

Should your taste run more to samba than jig, three bands will perform authentic Brazilian music on Friday, Feb. 3.

Chinese students, scholars set to ring in New Year

January 30, 2006

Legend has it that Buddha invited all the animals to meet him on the first day of the New Year. Only a dozen came. Buddha assigned a year to each of the twelve, and announced that people born in a particular year would assume some of the characteristics of its animal.

UW-Madison ranks as top-producing Peace Corps institution

January 30, 2006

Alumni of UW–Madison and the Peace Corps continue to have a strong historical bond. Since the program's inception in 1961, UW–Madison has produced thousands of volunteers. And today, for the 20th consecutive year, UW–Madison takes the top spot, with 104 volunteers currently serving in the field.

Canada and Canada-U.S. relations will get spotlight Feb. 1-2

January 25, 2006

Canada, the world's second-largest country in total area, and Wisconsin's most important international trading partner, will be the focus of a series of talks and a film on Wednesday and Thursday, Feb. 1-2, at UW–Madison.

Australian consul-general to visit campus

January 24, 2006

Bob Charles, Australia's consul-general in Chicago, will visit UW–Madison on Jan. 31 and meet with the chancellor, the dean of international studies, as well as students, faculty and staff.

New course explores the ubiquitous vampire legend

January 18, 2006

About 30 undergraduates at the University of Wisconsin–Madison will get a ... taste ... of how cultures spread through one of the world's most potent and long-lived icons.

New international courses attract wide range of students

January 17, 2006

Several new international studies courses will be offered at UW–Madison in spring 2006, reflecting new faculty scholarship at the university as well as increased student interest in a wide range of international studies courses.

McCoy book chosen as first in ‘Beyond our Borders’ series

January 17, 2006

Alfred McCoy’s “A Question of Torture: CIA Interrogation, From the Cold War to the War on Terror” will lead the next “World Beyond our Borders” series, sponsored by the International Institute and Borders book store.

Hip-hop from Africa performs at Union Theater

January 17, 2006

In Wolof, a language of Senegal, “Daara J” means “school of life.” It also means socially conscious political hip-hop in Senegal, thanks to the efforts of the band Daara J. Madison will be able to hear what hip-hop sounds like in Senegal as the trio performs at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 28, in the Wisconsin Union Theater.

Author explores CIA connections to torture tactics

January 9, 2006

A professor of history at the UW–Madison has authored a book available this month that explores evidence of a 50-year legacy of U.S. government-sponsored forms of psychological torture.

A mystery mineral collection finds a way home

January 9, 2006

The old wooden cigar box was left on the museum doorstep. Inside was a small collection of minerals, a piece of petrified wood, a prehistoric stone knife, and some loose antique labels. But the box also harbored a puzzle. Where did the collection come from? To whom did the minerals belong?

As Amazon’s tree line recedes, malaria-wielding mosquitoes buzz in

January 3, 2006

Scientists have long known that chronic deforestation can spawn a jungle of environmental woes. But now, a study confirms that vanishing forests inflict more than environmental damage: they may cause human diseases, too.

Cooperatives providing an economic lifeline

December 28, 2005

Come January, UW–Madison Professor Ann Hoyt will once more head to the nation of Ghana in Sub-Saharan Africa, to continue her work of documenting consumer cooperatives around the globe.