Taking the Wisconsin Idea global: TEACH in India

In February 2026, a group from the School of Veterinary Medicine (SVM) returned to Hyderabad, India, to deliver the fourth installment of the TEACH (Training in Emergency Animal Care and Handling) program for veterinarians with EMRI Green Health Services (India’s largest provider of pre-hospital medical services, serving more than 800 million people through its emergency response system).

2026 World Cinema Day: Connecting K-12 Students to Global Narratives

For over two decades, a collaboration between the Wisconsin Film Festival and UW–Madison’s Institute for Regional and International Studies (IRIS) has connected Wisconsin students with global cultures through the big screen. This year, World Cinema Day saw its reach expand even further. While last year’s screening brought 250 students to the theater, the event on April 10 drew …

2026 UW NAO Alumni Award Winners

The UW–Madison Nurses Alumni Organization proudly announces the 2026 NAO Alumni Award Winners, Karen Solheim ’73, and Amy Jochsett Perez ’21

WSB Celebrates 125 Years with UW–Madison Alumni and Friends in Hong Kong

Nearly 130 UW–Madison and Wisconsin School of Business alumni came together on Saturday, March 28 for a special international event that celebrated community, school pride, and a 125-year legacy of business innovation.

Meet the 2026 Academic Staff Excellence Award winners

The University of Wisconsin–Madison is once again recognizing academic staff members who have gone above and beyond in their campus roles as researchers, instructors, administrators, technicians, and public servants.

International Division Announces Summer 2026 Graduate Summer Fieldwork Awardees

The International Division is proud to announce the 12 recipients of the Summer 2026 Graduate Student Summer Fieldwork Awards. These $4,000 grants enable UW–Madison graduate students to conduct at least six weeks of primary research and fieldwork outside of the United States over the summer months. This year’s cohort represents a wide array of academic …

University of Wisconsin–Madison Ranked #1 on Peace Corps’ 2026 Top Volunteer-Producing Colleges and Universities List

The University of Wisconsin–Madison is ranked No. 1 on the Peace Corps’ 2026 Top Volunteer-Producing Colleges and Universities list. The university also maintained its place as the No. 2 all-time volunteer-producing institution with 3,466 alumni serving since 1961. From October 1, 2024, to September 30, 2025, 63 Badgers served in 34 countries, including Albania/Montenegro, Belize, Benin, Botswana, …

Tehshik Yoon Awarded Samsung’s Prestigious 2026 Ho-Am Award

Professor of Chemistry Tehshik Yoon was just named one of the 2026 Samsung Ho-Am Prize Laureates. He is being honored for his work in the chemistry and life sciences, specifically for developing an innovative methodology for organic synthesis by utilizing transition metals as photocatalysts, enabling complex bond-forming reactions in organic molecules with low-energy visible light.

Marie-Thérèse Jasperson

By the time Marie-Thérèse Jasperson came to UW–Madison as a doctoral student in the fall of 2022, she already had a long career working as a Hmong language consultant for school districts with Hmong bilingual education programs in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and California.

UW–Madison’s Espinosa wins award for social impact filmmaking

A film by UW–Madison’s Micha Espinosa, a professor in the School of Education’s Department of Theatre and Drama, has been recognized with an Honorary Award for Efforts in Social Filmmaking at the Activists Without Borders Film Festival. The award spotlights films that advance social impact and honors filmmakers whose works deliver powerful messages regardless of …