The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, on behalf of the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), will be accepting applications for the 2021 cohort of Jefferson Science …
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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 …
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 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 …
Online migration workshop for K-5 educators, July 14
On July 14 from 10-11 AM Central Time, Megan Schliesman and Madeline Tyner from the University of Wisconsin’s Cooperative Children’s Book Center will talk with K-5 teachers about recently published children’s books with a focus …
Forecasting the International Research Landscape, virtual presentation (Friday, June 12)
On Friday, June 12 at 11am CDT, join UW-Madson experts discussing how COVID-19 has impacted international research, research funding, how the landscape might develop in the short and long terms, and exploring resources to help …
Profile of new faculty: Tana Johnson
Tana Johnson, a new faculty member of the La Follette School of Public Affairs and the Department of Political Science, spoke with IRIS’s project assistant, Elizabeth, about Prof Johnson’s background and what she’s looking forward …
Another Fulbright-led information session scheduled for June 10
The application for the 2021-2022 Fulbright US Student Program (FUSP) competition opened on March 31 and we have added a Fulbright-led information session for UW-Madison students & alumni to learn more about all that the …
Garza & Janicik win IRIS Area and International Studies Undergraduate Paper Awards for 2020
IRIS awarded Katya Garza and Emily Janicik with its 2020 Area and International Studies Undergraduate Paper Awards. Garza was awarded for her paper, “Ni de aquí, ni de allá” – Transnational Latinx Communities: Roots and …
Fall 2020 course: International Organizations
Are you a graduate student looking for an internationally-focused seminar for Fall 2020? Tana Johnson, a new faculty member in the La Follette School and Department of Political Science, will lead a graduate seminar on …