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2026 International Division Graduate Summer Fieldwork Awards
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 …
2026 Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships
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. …
Cat Carroll’s Work Featured in Pulitzer Center’s Stories of the Year
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, …
UW Students Explore National Security Careers with DIA Senior Advisor Dr. Eric Miller
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 …
2026 WIPCS Annual Conference – Call for Student Proposals
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 …
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