University of Wisconsin-Madison
by Dr. Nancy Heingartner, IRIS Assistant Director for Outreach The Aldo Leopold Community School is a K-8 school in Green Bay that serves over six hundred students. On May 7, 2018, 175 ALCS middle-school students and 10 teachers came to campus for a customized 4-hour program. Organized by Nancy Heingartner, IRIS Assistant Director for Outreach, …
by Alyana Guidotti, IRIS Undergraduate Communications Intern Victor Gama is a composer and designer of contemporary musical instruments, using technology to create new music inspired by the natural world. A solo performer who makes music for dance, film, theater, and multimedia performances, Gama has exhibited his unique and innovative instruments across the globe, inspiring others …
by, Alyana Guidotti, IRIS Communicatons Intern Jim Delehanty, who served as the Executive Director of the Institute for Regional and International Studies (IRIS) since 2015, has retired. Jim worked for the university for 31 years, beginning in the Geography Department in 1987. He then went on to work in the African Studies Program from 1995 …
Call for Applications (AY 2018-2019) – Graduate Project Assistantships in International Studies Administration The Institute for Regional and International Studies (IRIS), a unit in the UW–Madison International Division, anticipates multiple openings for graduate student project assistants for the duration of the 2018-19 academic year. Project Assistants will be based in IRIS but some may be …
Enjoy summer in Madison while learning a new language! There’s still time to apply to take an intensive or immersion language class in the Summer 2018 Wisconsin Intensive Summer Language Institutes (WISLI). Visit our websites for more information about our courses being offered this summer and directions on how to apply. Arabic, Persian, and Turkish Language Immersion Institute: https://aptlii.wiscweb.wisc.edu/\ Arabic, Persian, and Turkish …
hoovercompressed On Monday March 5th, the Hoover Institution hosted “Glory and Gratitude to the United States – Chers Bienfaiteurs'” — accompanying the panel discussion was an exhibit of handwritten letters and drawings of gratitude addressed by Belgian schoolchildren to US Consul General in Liège, Alexander Heingartner, in 1915. Dr. Nancy Heingartner, IRIS’ Assistant Director for Outreach, participated in …
Molly Donnellan will be joining IRIS and the International Division on a full-time basis as the IS Major advisor. Molly most recently served as the interim IS Major advisor, and prior to that as IS Major peer advisor. Molly grew up in Neenah, Wisconsin, and earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from UW–Madison with majors …
by Felecia Lucht, Director, WISLI Each summer, around 200 undergraduates, graduate students, professionals, and other non-traditional students from across the country come to Madison to study a language at the Wisconsin Intensive Summer Language Institutes (WISLI). WISLI offers high-quality language courses in 29 less commonly taught languages (LCTLs) through five institutes: Arabic, Persian, and Turkish Language Immersion …
by Omar Dumdum, IRIS Project Assistant A top official from one of the world’s largest multilateral development banks visited UW–Madison on January 25 and gave a lecture on the changing landscape for development in the Asia-Pacific region. Bart Édes, who sits as representative of the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) North American Office, said that while …