Madison

Just a quick reminder: I’ll be speaking in Madison to kick off the “Africa Forward” lecture series this Thursday on the UW-Madison campus: Thursday, March 26, 2009 3:30pm – 5:30pm 5055 Vilas Hall 821 University Avenue I’ll also be speaking on Friday and Saturday (March 27-28) at the Engineers without Borders conference in Milwaukee, talking about how to best leverage information technology in Africa. Tell your friends, and if you’re a blog reader/Twitter follower, please come say hi!

Africa Forward with Cyrus Farivar Thursday, March 26, 2009 3:30pm – 5:30pm 5055 Vilas Hall 821 University Avenue Madison, WI Need inspiration on how to apply your interests in African Studies and Journalism after graduation? Come and meet Cyrus Farivar to find out how he went from studying abroad in UW’s Senegal program in 2003 to reporting for National Public Radio and The New York Times within five years of graduation. Cyrus Farivar is a freelance technology journalist, radio reporter/producer,…

A few weeks ago I was contacted out of the blue by an old UW-Madison professor, James Delahanty. As the academic advisor to my group (and current groups) of Madison students studying in Senegal, he was our stateside pointman for those of us trying to navigate our experience abroad. (I also slept on the floor of his Dakar hotel room in January 2007.) Jim recommended me to the UW-Madison chapter of Engineers Without Borders, who was looking for someone to…