News and Announcements
Maurice Meisner, historian of modern China, dies at 80
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November trip to Shanghai promotes new UW presence
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World Bank Chief Economist draws big crowds to campus
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Wisconsin students bring home golds at summer speech contest
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April showers campus with official state visits from China
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Students hold Chinese language competitions, economic forum
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UW Family Medicine now in ninth year of collaboration with Beijing clinic
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Zhejiang University president makes new connections, finds family's Badger background
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UW Surgery collaborates with Beijing counterparts
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Faculty talk China at first-ever reception on January 27, 2011
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Chinese economist to spend fall 2011 at UW
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Shanghai Jiao Tong University talks tech transfer during campus visit
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Chinese Champions Complete Debut Term on Campus
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Chancellor Returns Home From Visit to Greater China
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The Wisconsin China Initiative was launched in 2007 to both serve as the contact point for information about UW-Madison connections with Greater China and to bring together cross-disciplinary faculty, alumni and leaders in business and government. The Initiative is housed within the Division of International Studies. It is staffed by Associate Director Laurie Dennis, and directed by Law Professor John Ohnesorge.
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UW office in Shanghai seen as innovative, connecting
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 Interim Chancellor David Ward spoke March 14 to a gathering of UW faculty and staff about plans to open the UW-Madison Innovation Office (Shanghai) 美国威斯康星大学创新中心（上海）this June.
"This is envisioned as part of the Educational Innovation initiative,” Ward said, referring to the current campus-wide effort to promote reforms in academic structures, policies and programs.
Ward (at left) and a panel of speakers (above) discussed how different campus units might be able to use the new office.
Click here to read the full article...
If you would like to have your email address included in the e-updates service for the new Shanghai Innovation Office, send an email to ldennis@international.wisc.edu. |
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Shanghai Office: Far-reaching, yet modest
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Gilles Bousquet, dean of the Division of International Studies & Vice Provost for Globalization, was among the panel of speakers who discussed the Shanghai office during Chancellor David Ward's March 14 information session (see related story above).
Click here to read the full text of Dean Bousquet's speech... |
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1979 Delegations to China have Enduring Impact
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UW-Madison was a national leader in resuming academic connections to the People’s Republic of China. In 1979, then-Chancellor Irving Shain led one of the first university delegations to China （see photo below). That opening resulted in the most extensive exchange agreement of any American university. Click here to read the full article... |
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