Institute on Race and Ethnicity (IRE)

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The UW System Institute on Race and Ethnicity (IRE) served as a UW System-wide catalyst for scholarly research and curricular innovation in racial and ethnic studies. With a primary purpose to support faculty, staff, and students through a variety of grant programs, conferences and events, publications, and other related scholarly activities designed to enhance inquiry into the phenomena of race and ethnicity.

The Institute (IRE) has been absorbed into the the Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) as of 2011. EDI will continue to address the issues that formed the mission of the IRE. Grant requests in the nature of which IRE previously handled will now be administered by EDI.

All correspondence and inquiries regarding grants and/or other IRE matters should be addressed to EDI: 1600 Van Hise Hall, 1220 Linden Drive, Madison, Wisconsin 53706. Phone number (608) 262-8636, fax (608) 263-2046 or E-mail: edi@uwsa.edu.