University of Wisconsin–Madison

Month: September 2025

IRIS Assistant Directors receive Reilly-Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Project Grant

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Cross-posted from the Center for South Asia. Andrea Fowler (Assistant Director, CSA), Essie Lenchner (Assistant Director, IRIS NRC), and Nola Walker (IAS Outreach Librarian, UW–Madison Libraries) have been awarded a Reilly-Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment grant. This three-year grant supports their Teaching Forward Fellowship, which connects Wisconsin middle school educators with experts in international studies, educational policy, community …

Meet 2025 South Asia Book Award Winners for Children’s and Young Adult Literature

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The South Asia Book Award is delighted to announce our honors list for 2025! We received more than 100 submissions this year. Congratulations to all the amazing authors and illustrators listed below! Award Winners The Spice Box, written by Meera Sriram, illustrated by Sandhya Prabhat (Penguin Random House Canada, 2024). In this heartwarming intergenerational story …

Children’s International Story Hour

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In an expansion of the African Story Hour experience, Madison Public Library has partnered with The Institute for Regional and International Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in collaboration with Wisconsin Public Libraries to bring the world to YOU through the brand-new Children’s International Story Hour! Each session this fall will take place at Pinney Library and will …

Three UW–Madison Students Embark on Global Public Service With NextGen Service Fellowship

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Story by Kayla Daum, Communications Specialist at the International Division Three University of Wisconsin–Madison students are taking their Badger pride to the international stage, tackling everything from food waste in Thailand to environmental policy in Indonesia. As recipients of the NextGen Service Fellowship, Julia Vogel, Christopher Mitchell, and Sydney Radwin are gaining hands-on experience in global …