The Greater Madison Writing Project at UW–Madison works with teachers in rural Wisconsin school districts, such as Jessica White in Gresham, to offer professional development for educators as well as enrichment opportunities for students and young adult writers.
This year’s winter graduates are an accomplished bunch — they’ve created new student organizations, toured the world on music stages, undertaken important research, and won major awards
The awards recognize exceptional performance in administrative work across the university, in academics, research, student services, outreach, or general administration.
The site was highlighted by Voice of America’s Tibetan news as an example of how linguistic diversity and inclusion are recognized and honored by the university.
Professor Maryellen MacDonald explains why it’s so tough to talk to each other in masks, and offers tips in how to adapt so people understand, such as using hand gestures and nodding.
It’s evidence that the differences in visual and “audible” representations in the mind are connected to differences in the way we organize our thinking.
UW–Madison ranked No. 1 for the most bachelor’s degrees conferred nationwide to Spanish majors. UW–Madison was ranked No. 2 for French and No. 3 for Chinese and Russian.
The Wisconsin Language Roadmap emphasizes the importance of providing language learning opportunities for all Wisconsin students to develop skills needed to succeed around the world.
The nomination is for Leary’s album notes for “Alpine Dreaming,” whose content comes from a record label, Helvetia, launched in 1920 by Ferdinand Ingold, a Swiss settler in Monroe, Wisconsin. Several UW-Madison departments contributed to the project.
“This ambitious new program will offer unprecedented opportunities for UW-Madison students to study Korean language and culture on campus and overseas to a level that few other U.S. citizens achieve,” says Dianna Murphy, Director of the Language Institute.
As Wisconsin competes in an increasingly global economy, business and education leaders are seeking feedback on a “language roadmap.”
Since joining UW-Madison in 1976, Professor Naomi Hanaoka McGloin has become a pioneer in the field of Japanese language and linguistics, making UW-Madison a flagship university for the next generation of Japanese language educators.
The Grand Challenges initiative developed in UW-Madison’s School of Education is awarding grants to four projects that display the potential to transform lives by supporting young people and families in Wisconsin.
The Asian Languages and Cultures (ALC) department hosted a symposium last Friday to highlight Asian studies students and the departments’ new degree program.
The typical foreign language class spends much of its time listening to fluent speakers, but new UW research shows that the students should spend more time talking.
A new study found that familiar objects more interesting to children reduced their ability to learn new words associated with novel objects.
Business leaders back the Wisconsin Language Roadmap Initiative, which aims to enhance the economic competitiveness of Wisconsin by strengthening language education for students across the state.
Luther’s “95 Theses” prompted the Protestant Reformation. His message spread far and wide, gaining momentum with each share. His novel platform: the printed page.
On Thursday, one of the original members of the Russian feminist punk group Pussy Riot, Maria Alyokhina, with a new member of the group, journalist Sasha Bogina, gave a public conversation and Q&A in the Wisconsin Union Theater about their activism and current work focused on prison reform.
The campus community is finding many creative ways to celebrate Halloween – carving pumpkins on a crisp October night, wandering the oh-so-spooky hallways of Humanities, hobnobbing with history’s greatest artists.