University of Wisconsin–Madison

Month: July 2020

Rangel International Affairs Graduate Fellowship Program accepting applications for 2021

The Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Graduate Fellowship Program is now accepting applications for the 2021 cohort at http://www.rangelprogram.org. Key changes for 2021 include an expansion of available fellowships from 30 to 45, an increase in tuition and stipend funding, and a wider range of eligible graduate programs. The Rangel Graduate Fellowship is a premier …

IRIS recruiting inaugural cohort of Global Education Fellows

Join the inaugural cohort of Global Education Fellows at the Institute for Regional and International Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison! Participants will earn a $1,000 honorarium by: 1) meeting for five one-hour sessions (once a month over a period of five months) with two UW-Madison faculty members to discuss efforts to develop international and …

UW-Madison alum, Lawrence Andrea, named 2020 Pulitzer Center International Reporting Fellow

Lawrence Andrea, a 2020 UW-Madison graduate, has been named one of 40 Pulitzer Center Reporting Fellows this year. Andrea is currently working as a freelance reporter in Madison; his Pulitzer Center project will focus on post-asylum life for refugees in Greece and the absence of integration plans for asylees. Congratulations to Lawrence as UW-Madison’s inaugural …

LCTL Career Fair, Friday July 17

The Wisconsin Intensive Summer Language Institutes (WISLI) invites the UW community and broader public to join the Less Commonly Taught Languages virtual career fair on Friday, July 17, 2020 from 1:30-4:45 p.m. Central Daylight Time. The purpose of the fair is to promote career and professional development opportunities for speakers and learners of less commonly …

The IRIS Virtual Film Club meets again…

On June 24, IRIS outreach convened the third meeting of the IRIS Virtual Film Club, a group that consists of educators from around Wisconsin, as well as outreach staff from UW-Madison’s federally-funded area-studies centers. Prior to the on-line gathering, participants watched the short documentary, “The Lethal Soviet Legacy in Kazakhstan.” This film documents the extensive …