University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Biddy Martin signed an agreement Monday that could pave the way for a future academic exchange with Tikrit University in Iraq, taking part in a growing trend among U.S. universities to reach out to scholars in Iraq.
Using videoconference technology and a translator, Martin signed the agreement in Bascom Hall on UW-Madisonâ??s campus while Tikrit University President Maher Saleh Allawi signed it in Iraq.