Our Mission
Funded by the U.S. Department of Education, the Institute for Regional and International Studies National Resource Center (IRIS NRC) supports and enhances global awareness and inspires informed thinking about the complexities of our world.
We provide resources and expertise to K-12 and post-secondary educators, students and the community at large. Working in collaboration with campus, national, and international partners, IRIS NRC strives to put the Wisconsin Idea into action. We are committed to offering cross-regional and globally themed programming in an effort to understand our increasingly interconnected world.
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News
Announcing 2021 IRIS NRC Undergraduate Paper Award Winners
IRIS NRC is one of eight area studies centers participating in the third annual Area and International Studies Undergraduate Paper Award. This monetary award provides undergraduate students up to $1,000 for the best paper on …
Global Partitions Event Series for K-12 Educators
In collaboration with the UW-Madison Institute for Regional and International Studies (IRIS), Center for European Studies (ES), and African Studies Program (ASP), the Center for South Asia (CSA) announces a series of K-12 teacher training …
New summer 2021 FLAS competition open, apply by March 24!
The IRIS NRC has opened a summer 2021 supplemental Foreign Language and Area Studies award (FLAS) competition for APTLI participants. If you will be attending APTLI and have not previously submitted a FLAS application to …
UW Alumna Linda Thomas-Greenfield confirmed as Ambassador to the United Nations
On February 23, the U.S. Senate voted to confirm Linda Thomas-Greenfield as the 31st U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. Thomas-Greenfield, who received a master’s from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, as well as an honorary doctorate, brings more than …
Spring 2021 Webinar Series: Supporting Higher Education and Career Success for Refugees in Wisconsin
This webinar series brings together educators, refugee resettlement service providers, college students with refugee background, scholars, employers, and community members to learn about the barriers and supports that impact the college and career success of …
Campus Partners
- October
- October 18Peace Corps Hybrid In-Person or Virtual AdvisingDrop-in for Advising in whatever way you are most comfortable. Masks required for in-person.4:00 PM, 200B Bascom Hall
Also offered online - October 18Garden as CosmosThe Transformation of Flower and Plant Painting in Late Ming Dynasty China4:00 PM, L140 Conrad A. Elvehjem Building
- October 19LACIS Lecture: “The Urbanization of the Rural World. Water, Homes, & Territorial Transformations in the Tropics"LIVE: 206 Ingraham Hall12:00 PM, 206 Ingraham Hall
- October 20
- October 20