Message from the Dean—August 2026

Summer is always a special time on our campus, and this year has been no exception. Sailboats on Lake Mendota. Babcock ice cream and conversation at the Terrace. New students and parents attending orientation at …

30 Years of Advancing International Education: A Q&A with Dan Gold

With a record-breaking 3,336 Badgers studying abroad through International Academic Programs (IAP) this past year, global learning at UW–Madison is reaching new heights—a trajectory Dan Gold has helped shape as he approaches his 15th year …

WISLI Alumni Show How Language Studies Open Global Doors

Wrapping up the first week of this year’s Wisconsin Intensive Summer Language Institutes (WISLI), a series of five “Global Professionals” panel sessions on June 19 showed current students how their language pursuits could turn into …

UW–Madison’s Milda Aksamitauskas Chosen as a Fulbright Alumni Ambassador 

UW–Madison’s Milda Aksamitauskas has been selected as one of only 12 Fulbright U.S. Scholar Alumni Ambassadors nationwide for 2026. Chosen from a competitive pool of over 200 applicants, Aksamitauskas will spend the next two years …

LACIS Partnership Brings the Wisconsin Idea to Communities in Guatemala

For the past several years, an ongoing partnership spearheaded by the Latin American, Caribbean, and Iberian Studies Program (LACIS) has proven that high school classrooms can have a global footprint. Through LACIS, a center within the Institute …