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
S & S Scholarship
The International Division is proud to announce the S & S Scholarship! Through the generous gift of donors, the S & S Scholarship was established to assist undergraduate and graduate students who face financial challenges …
Three UW–Madison Students Embark on Global Public Service With NextGen Service Fellowship
Story by Kayla Daum, Communications Specialist at the International Division Three University of Wisconsin–Madison students are taking their Badger pride to the international stage, tackling everything from food waste in Thailand to environmental policy in …
Advocacy, Academia, and Advancing Justice | Interview with Joy Olson
Joy Olson sat down with IRIS NRC Assistant Director, Essie Lenchner, to discuss her work in advocacy, public policy and social justice. A student from Olson’s Spring 2025 course shared: “I wanted to thank you …
Apply Now for the Pulitzer Center Reporting Fellowship | Deadline March 21, 2025
The Pulitzer Center Reporting Fellowship is open to undergraduate and graduate degree-seeking students in any discipline currently enrolled at UW-Madison, and provides up to $5,000 in funding for students to pursue an international reporting project. …
Student Grants available for Conference on Peace and Conflict Studies (Feb 10 deadline)
The Wisconsin Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies (WIPCS) is excited to announce the Call for Papers for its 2025 conference, hosted by Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Campus Partners
- November
- November 13Masters in the MidwestOpportunities for Graduate Programs in Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies at Midwestern10:00 AM, Online
- November 13Center for South Asia Fall Lecture Series 2025Sneha Annavarapu, "Licenses for Sale: on brokerage, bureaucracy, and driving in India"12:00 PM, Online
- November 13Intern Abroad in London and Dublin with FIEInfo Session3:00 PM, Study Abroad Resource Center (3rd Floor Red Gym)
- November 13CREECA Fall 2025 Weekly Lecture SeriesA Man Who Changed the World: Leonid Ilich Brezhnev, 1906-1982 with Don Raleigh4:00 PM, 206 Ingraham Hall
- November 13