by Laurie Dennis An activist, an economist, an astronomer and an ambassador. The stories of these four Badgers were the focus of an April 8, 2024, symposium at Memorial Union on the history of the …
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A famous trio of Badger activists from China’s Jiangxi Province
by Lihao “Billy” Yuan (UW-Madison history major). Anfu County in China’s Jiangxi Province was home to three Badgers—Lung Chi Lo, Tsao Shih Wang and Wenying Peng—who trained in political science at UW-Madison in the 1920s …
Nienhauser receives “Special Book Award of China” honor
Among the cohort of 15 writers, translators and publishers honored with the 2020 Special Book Award of China was one American: UW-Madison’s Halls-Bascom Professor of Chinese Literature William H. Nienhauser, Jr. The annual award celebrates …
Remembering ‘Red Cap’ China lecture series founder and former WCI board chair Wade Fetzer
Wade Fetzer III, former chair of the Wisconsin China Initiative (WCI) External Advisory Board and a tireless champion of UW-Madison engagement with China, died August 20, 2020, at his home in Glencoe, Illinois. Mr. Fetzer, …
Higher education workshop collaboration with Peking University enters fifth year
Re-posted from School of Education News UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank and Peking University President Hao Ping helped open a major conference on international higher education held in Beijing May 25-26. “The U.S. and China need …
WCI Hosts 2nd “Welcome New Students” Events in China
The Wisconsin China Initiative, working with International Student Services and the Center for the First-Year Experience, coordinated a second annual program to meet with incoming students and their parents in China prior to the start …
Former UW-Madison Chancellor Irving Shain Dies at 92
Irving Shain, a chemistry professor and UW–Madison chancellor emeritus who advanced the university’s interests in China died peacefully Tuesday, March 6, in Madison after a brief illness. He was 92. (Click here to see the full …
CLACC Adds New Scholarship to Annual Program
Jane Jingyu Zhang, recipient of the inaugural CLACC Ambassador scholarship, is the student organization’s Public Relations Officer. Above is the Panda/Badger design she created for the CLACC t-shirt. The Chinese Language and Culture Club (CLACC) …
WCI Concludes 2nd Year of Bubble Tea Events
The WCI, in partnership with the Asian American Student Union, concluded a 2nd year of the successful Bubble Tea program. This program was made possible by a 2017 “campus climate improvement” grant to the Wisconsin China …