INSTITUTIONAL STATEMENT ON DIVERSITY
Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW–Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals.
The University of Wisconsin–Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background — people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.
Community Spotlights
This land is their land: UW-Madison grapples with Wisconsin’s ugly treatment of the Ho-Chunk
UW–Madison was built on land where the Ho-Chunk people lived for at least 12,000 years before white settlers forced them out. The university is trying to acknowledge this painful history with the Our Shared Future …
Bronze Badger by Ho-Chunk artist Harry Whitehorse to be installed across from Camp Randall
A new Badger is coming to town this August. Across the street from Camp Randall Stadium on Monroe Street, a 10-foot-long bronze statue of a badger — that people will be able to touch and …
Yiddish Collection At UW-Madison Named A National Treasure
Along with Neil Diamond’s 1969 “Sweet Caroline” and a speech from Robert F. Kennedy, the earliest known recordings of Yiddish music are now officially considered national treasures. In March, 11 cylinders that are part of the University …
Events
- September
- September 17Café y Conversaciónwith Chicano/a & Latino/a Studies Department 10:00 AM, Latinx Cultural Center , Armory and Gymnasium (Red Gym)
- September 17
- September 17Writing Center WorkshopsOn the Academic Job Market: Writing Diversity Statements for Academic Jobs (sec 1)2:30 PM, 6176 Helen C. White Hall
NEWS
- Brand New Badger: Freshman hopes to ease transition for other young immigrants September 11, 2019
- Ongoing campus effort will seek to deepen understanding of Ho-Chunk history September 11, 2019
- New policy will create more gender-inclusive restrooms on campus August 29, 2019