Institute for Regional and International Studies
The Wisconsin Council for the Social Studies (WCSS) recently held its annual conference at the Madison Concourse Hotel and Governor’s Club, bringing together K-12 educators from across the Midwest for two days of professional development. The conference serves as the leading forum for Wisconsin social studies teachers to access professional development.
AI in the Classroom: Ethical Frontiers and Practical Implications Wisconsin State Education Convention | January 21, 2026 | Milwaukee, WI On January 21st, over 200 school administrators, principals, and educators from across Wisconsin gathered at the 2026 Wisconsin State Education Convention for the breakout session “AI in the Classroom: Ethical Frontiers and Practical Implications.” The one-hour session provided timely …
The Pulitzer Center Reporting Fellowship is open to undergraduate and graduate degree-seeking students in any discipline currently enrolled at UW-Madison, and provides up to $5,000 in funding for students to pursue an international reporting project. The reporting project is generally undertaken in the summer with an expectation that fellows spend at least two weeks in their research location.
International Division Graduate Summer Fieldwork Awards The International Division is pleased to offer awards of $4,000 to support 6 or more weeks of summer fieldwork conducted outside of the U.S. Any continuing UW–Madison graduate student is eligible to apply. In collaboration with the Black Languages Arts and Culture (BLAC) Foundation, IRIS is pleased to offer a $1,000 …
Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship A select number of Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellowships are available to support summer 2026 intensive foreign language study. FLAS fellowships are funded by the U.S. Department of Education and administered by UW’s area studies centers to assist students in acquiring foreign language and area and/or international studies …
IRIS NRC wants to extend our sincere congratulations to Cat Carroll, UW Pulitzer Center Reporting Fellow and IRIS NRC FLAS awardee, whose piece, “Far From Home, Carried by Community: In Austria, a Quiet Network Sustains Filipino Nurses” was just selected as one of the Pulitzer Center’s Stories of the Year! Libby Moeller (Program Manager at the Pulitzer Center) remarked, “Cat Carroll’s …
On December 2, more than 70 UW–Madison students participated in a National Security Career Forum with Dr. Eric Miller, Senior Advisor for Open Source Intelligence at the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). The forum provided students the opportunity to explore careers in national security, learn about pathways into public service, and discuss how language skills, cultural …
2026 Annual Student-Faculty Conference on Peace and Conflict Studies: “From DEFENSE to WAR: New Challenges to Global Peacebuilding” Edgewood University and the Wisconsin Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies invite students, academics, and activists to submit proposals for papers, presentations, posters, roundtable discussions, artistic products, and/or performances for a one-day conference at the Edgewood University campus in …
The International Division is proud to announce the S & S Scholarship! Through the generous gift of donors, the S & S Scholarship was established to assist undergraduate and graduate students who face financial challenges in affording their education. The funds, to be administered by the International Division, will provide scholarships for students who have …
Cat Carroll (B.A. Journalism, International Studies, and German, ’25) has published a new project with the Pulitzer Center, From the Ground Up: Filipino Community Helps Fill Gaps in Austria’s Health Care. A Wolff Fellow and Health Journalism Fellow with the Association of Health Care Journalists, Carroll investigates how Austria’s Filipino community is addressing a growing …