Get the scoop on two Fulbright programs for graduate students. The Fulbright US student program can fund MA, pre-dissertation, and PhD research. The Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) program funds dissertation research in area …
Month: October 2013
Bert and Diane Adams featured in Wisconsin State Journal
Read A Madison family found joy and friendship in the midst of upheaval in Uganda from October 27, 2013, Wisconsin State Journal.
James Sweet named Vilas-Jartz Distinguished Achievement Professor
Professor of History James Sweet, former director of the African Studies Program and current chair of the Department of History, was recently awarded a five-year endowed professorship to support his research. Sweet regularly teaches courses …
Welcome John Nimis, new assistant professor in African Languages and Literature
The L&S Communications news team recently caught up with John Nimis to chat about his baby grand piano, Cameroonian food, and his passion for Congolese music. College of Letters and Science News, “Nimis strikes the …
Packers’ Rodgers and Mulumba hosted ‘Rally for Congo’ at Memorial Union
Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, Congolese rookie Packers linebacker Andy Mulumba, and actress and activist Emmanuelle Chriqui hosted a rally for the Enough Project’s Conflict Free Campus Initiative (CFCI) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s …
Feingold Draws on UW-Madison’s Africa Experts
On October 4, 2013, Russ Feingold, the United States Special Envoy for the African Great Lakes region and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, visited the UW-Madison campus to draw on the expertise of …