University of Wisconsin–Madison

Tag: River Tour 2019

WIS’19 Alumnus Fields Writes About Korea DMZ for The Washington Post

David P. Fields, associate director of the Center for East Asian Studies at UW-Madison, authored “How Korea was divided and why the aftershocks still haunt us today” in The Washington Post. “Understanding who divided Korea will not magically produce solutions to that division,” Fields writes. “But it will at least allow Americans to understand how …

Looking Back at Video Summary of 2019 Seminar

The Wisconsin Idea Seminar’s 2019 River Tour was five days packed full with so much learning about Wisconsin life. Rivers provided our narrative frame as we discussed and experienced the cultural, educational, industrial, social, and political realities of the state. Our bus traveled from places like Milwaukee’s Sherman Phoenix, a vibrant hub for entrepreneurs of color, …