University of Wisconsin–Madison
Most engineering students’ schedules consist of a mixture of lectures, labs, and study time that range from the early morning into the night. These students perform balancing acts, juggling extracurricular activities, social time, and finding internships. Deborah Moreno, a third-year industrial engineering student, has added one more objective to her busy schedule: studying abroad in …
As her fellow graduating seniors prepare to close out their final semester at UW–Madison, Cat Carroll is laying out her itinerary to spend a year abroad, traveling to seven countries around the world to connect and tell the stories of communities directly impacted by historic and contemporary migration patterns. Her work will also follow journalists, …
IRIS NRC is delighted to announce that UW–Madison senior Catherine “Cat” Carroll has been awarded a 2025 Reporting Fellowship by the Pulitzer Center. Pulitzer Center Reporting Fellowships support students pursuing independent journalism projects on underreported global topics including climate change, migration and refugees, global health, and human rights. Read the full story.
Dear International Students, Scholars, Faculty, and Staff, As you are likely already aware, during recent weeks, a number of international students and scholars around the United States have been detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). To date, we have received no such reports involving UW–Madison students, scholars, faculty, or staff. Even so, we …
From the health of Wisconsin’s dairy cows to improving the insurance claims process for victims of natural disasters, two UW–Madison international students, finalists of the 2025 Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition, showed how big ideas can be told in bite-sized, impactful stories. The mere thought of boiling down the entirety of your research into a …
A year ago, Fengxu Li says, the idea of talking to a stranger on Zoom about himself would have simply felt too nerve-wracking and intimidating. He had only arrived in the United States in fall 2023. Shy by nature, he wasn’t confident in his English and was still emerging from a gloomy period. Amazingly, amid …
In a world that becomes more interconnected by the day, cultivating cross-cultural understanding and global awareness can be as simple as a conversation. International Reach, a program run by International Student Services (ISS), proves just that. The International Reach program, originally started by an international student and Madison Friends of International Students (MFIS) in 1989, …
UW–Madison ranked #8 for study abroad and #18 for international students in the 2024 Open Doors Report.
Colby Milligan was still trying to sort out his summer plans when an email in his inbox caught his eye. The mechanical engineering major read the message, which advertised an opportunity for University of Wisconsin–Madison engineering students to spend two summer months interning at a ship-building company in Italy. Read the full story.
What do civil rights and coffee have to do with each other? For Po-Tao Chang, a PhD candidate in geography at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, the answer is “everything.” His journey, from beginnings in forestry to his explorations of lineage, family and indigenous movements in Thailand, exemplifies the power of heritage in shaping one’s academic …