UW-Madison students and others will gather together on Bascom Hill to honor those killed at at Garissa University College in Kenya on April 2. Ibrahim Saeed, president of the Islamic Center of Madison, and Pastor David Mngodo will …
Month: April 2015
UW research team learns from Ebola in Sierra Leone
University of Wisconsin-Madison News features the work of a UW Ebola research team in Sierra Leone. Yoshihiro Kawaoka, pathobiological sciences professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine, began studying Ebola in 1995 …
UW-Madison suspends student travel to Kenya
The University International Travel Committee (UITC) recommended the suspension of UW-Madison-sponsored student travel to Kenya, which was announced on April 15, 2015. Learn more about the UITC. Read the April 15th memo from the Vice Provost …
Agoke honored as a 2015 Letters and Science Teaching Fellow
African Languages and Literature graduate student Adeola Agoke has been named a 2015 College of Letters and Science Teaching Fellow. The Teaching Fellow Award is granted to TAs from the College of Letters and Science, …
Project Assistant needed in Educational Policy Studies
Professor Amy Stambach seeks a graduate assistant to help on a study concerning changes in overseas economic and development assistance for children and young adults in urban East Africa. The position is slate to be 50% time (20 …
NPR features Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield on Nigerian elections
National Public Radio features University of Wisconsin-Madison alumna and U.S. Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of African Affairs Linda Thomas-Greenfield on the closely-contested Nigerian presidential elections. NPR’s Audie Cornish speaks with Thomas-Greenfield about her experience …