Category State & Global

Project may aid milk shortage in the developing world

October 28, 2005

A UW–Madison researcher is building on one of Wisconsin's great strengths to address a major nutrition issue in the developing world: the scarcity of milk.

UW-Madison establishes center for global health

October 24, 2005

UW-Madison has established a Center for Global Health, a joint initiative of the UW schools of medicine, nursing, pharmacy and veterinary medicine, and the Division of International Studies.

Study: Demographer reassesses Japanese marriage slump

October 24, 2005

It seems obvious to assume that marriage rates are waning in the industrialized world because women are more educated and financially independent than ever before. But sociologists say the connection is hardly so black or white.

Ugandan human rights leader to deliver Soffa Lecture

October 21, 2005

Ruth Ojiambo Ochieng, a human rights leader, peace activist and director of Isis-Women's International Cross-Cultural Exchange (Isis-WICCE), will be this year's J. Jobe Soffa and Marguerite Jacqmin Soffa Distinguished International Visitor.

Students combine courses, seminar with international internship

October 19, 2005

Mr. (or Ms.) Smith goes to Washington? Well, perhaps not as a senator but certainly as a UW–Madison student enrolled in the Washington, D.C., "Semester in International Affairs."