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
UW medical students celebrate virtual Match Day before starting residency in COVID-19 era
The years of studying and sleepless nights for the 2020 class of UW-Madison medical students culminated in a sanitizer-slathered celebration through computer screens. Match Day is considered more of a milestone for medical students than …
‘Often our communities feel invisible’: Q&A with leaders of UW’s Indigenous Law Students Association
As first-year law students in 2018, Catelin Aiwohi and Lorenzo Gudino instantly gravitated toward each other. They were among a handful of first-year students that fall who identified as Native or Indigenous at the University …
Everett Mitchell: It’s up to us to support the ‘diamonds in the rough’
It took mentors, counselors, friends and family who believed in him and a supportive environment at UW–Madison to enable the Hon. Rev. Everett D. Mitchell (JD '10) to unlock his potential and become the community leader he is today.
Events
- April
- April 8Let's Talk: Population-Specific SessionsConfidential consultations hosted by University Health Services10:00 AM, Black Cultural Center
- April 8
- April 9CANCELED: UW Women Veterans Coffee Clubat the Chazen! - hosted by University Veteran Services9:00 AM, Chazen Museum of Art