In order to celebrate World Refugee Day on June 20, the Jewish Social Services of Madison, the Madison Refugee Union and Open Doors for Refugees will be hosting a number of events during the week …
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NOW OPEN: CARN ASPIRE GRANTS
The Conservation Action Research Network (CARN) is a non-profit research organization that seeks to advance evidence-based conservation efforts which conserve biodiversity and ecosystem health, protect threatened wildlife species and habitats, and promote environmental sustainability. Their …
Professor Heinz Klug on anti-apartheid poster exhibition at the Chicago Art Institute
The People Shall Govern! is the first exhibition in North America to showcase the work of the Medu Art Ensemble, a collective which formed in the late 1970s to protest South Africa’s apartheid policies. Medu …
Connecting the Great Lakes regions of Africa and Wisconsin: Mighty Peace Coffee
Is it possible for mass production and consumption to be both economically transformative and community-driven? Ethical? Supported by international advocates who will lift and not drown out their voices? For Mighty Peace Coffee, the answer …
Advisor and Program Coordinator Opening in IIP
The International Internship Program is looking for an additional full-time Advisor/Program Coordinator to join their team. This position is a part of the administrative team responsible for ensuring the quality of advising and services to …
Volunteer to Host a King-Morgridge Scholar
The King-Morgridge Scholars Program, administered by the International Division, will welcome its third cohort of students to campus this August. As part of their introduction to the Madison community and to the university, the International …
Two UW-Madison graduate students win Fulbright awards for Africa research
The African Studies Program is pleased to announce that graduate students Lauren Parnell Marino and Justyn Huckleberry have been granted Fulbright awards to fund their research on the continent of Africa. The Fulbright Program is …
Winner of the African Studies Undergraduate Paper Award: Danielle Schmitz
This year marked the launch of the Area and International Studies Undergraduate Paper Awards, in which the Institute for Regional and International Studies announced that participating area studies centers would be awarding $1,000 to the …
Wisconsin Idea Fellowship awarded for Tanzania- and Uganda-partnered engineering project
Wisconsin Idea Fellowships are awarded each year to outstanding undergraduate projects, designed with the assistance of a UW-Madison faculty or staff member, which seek to address issues identified by community partners both at home and …
A conversation with Herbert Lewis, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology
Herbert Lewis knew from a young age that he was interested in exploring cultures and communities different from his own. Until his junior year at Brandeis University, though, he wasn’t aware that there was a field …