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February 1, 2008

CIBER News

The Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) will help co-sponsor a lecture and discussion with Eswar Prasad, senior professor of trade policy at Cornell University, on Feb. 18 from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Pyle Center. Prasad will speak about the Chinese and Indian economies. The event is free and open to the public. The event is sponsored by the Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy (WAGE) and La Follette School of Public Affairs and also co-sponsored by CIBER, Global Studies, Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection. For more information visit http://wage.wisc.edu/events/?ID=411

CIBER is offering another Faculty Development in International Business program: European Economics in Transition: Croatia, Bulgaria and Poland from May 17-28. This FDIB program offers business faculty exciting opportunities to explore the progression of three emerging markets through a multicultural trip directed by the associate director of the Center for Russian and East European Studies at the University of Pittsburgh. UW-Madison faculty interested in participating should contact Susan Huber Miller, CIBER managing director, at shubermiller@bus.wisc.edu or 263-7682 for more information. For more information, visit the program Web site: http://www.business.pitt.edu/ibc/academics/fdib-program.php.

Also: A reminder about approaching deadlines for several grant opportunities. The CIBER Applied Funds Program deadline is March 3. CIBER typically covers airfare and in some cases registration costs for travel and conference support. Requests for the Applied Funds category should not exceed $2,000. The deadline for the CIBER Global Research/Curriculum Development Program is April 1. The maximum award is $7,500. For more details on these programs, including CIBER’s programmatic goals, award criteria, and how to complete and submit an application, please visit the CIBER Web site: http://www.bus.wisc.edu/ciber/facphd/grants.asp. Please contact CIBER Managing Director Susan Huber Miller at shubermiller@bus.wisc.edu should you have any questions.