A three-time UW–Madison graduate, Dr. Marla Delgado-Guerrero will lead UW’s Posse program, which is the national Posse Foundation’s largest partner with four cohorts from New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Washington, D.C.
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Call for proposals: 2023 UW Women’s and Gender Studies Consortium Conference
This year’s theme invites participants to occupy spaces of hope alongside uncertainty as we shift our collective gaze toward an unknowable and improvable future.
Public History Project exhibition generates ‘extraordinary’ interest during first month
The exhibition at the Chazen Museum of Art, which opened Sept. 12, recorded more than 7,400 visits its first month. A companion website had 4,400 visits during the same period. Visitors online represented 25 countries and 47 states.
UW–Madison School of Nursing receives national award for its commitment to diversity and inclusion
The award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine recognizes health-related schools and centers that demonstrate an outstanding commitment to diversity and inclusion excellence.
Engineering grad students work to bolster diversity in operations research
As a Black woman pursuing her undergraduate degree and now PhD in electrical engineering, Carmen Haseltine has seen and experienced plenty of the forces that dissuade aspiring scientists and engineers from traditionally underrepresented backgrounds. So …
UW Odyssey Project celebrates 20 years of taking a whole family approach to empowering students
Photos: Celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Gender and Sexuality Campus Center
Marking a long history of “connecting and being in community,” UW–Madison’s Gender and Sexuality Campus Center celebrated its 30th anniversary Tuesday evening at the Pyle Center with an appreciation-filled gathering dubbed “The Big Gay Birth …
UW’s Monica Kim receives MacArthur Genius Grant
Monica Kim, a historian of the United States and international and diplomatic history, who examines the dynamics between U.S. empire, race and decolonization by tracking the changes in warfare over the course of the 20th …
For students who worked on Public History Project, a rich and often emotional experience
When Taylor Bailey first heard about UW–Madison’s Public History Project, she remembers being intrigued — and more than a little surprised. “Universities usually shy away from acknowledging any pain they’ve caused,” says Bailey, who came …
Event will journey through history of LGBTQ+ activism at UW–Madison
The Gender and Sexuality Campus Center (GSCC) and the Public History Project will host a free event on Oct. 18 exploring LGBTQ+ history at UW–Madison from the ’90s to now. The event, “We Are Here: …
Oral history project honors 50 years of Native community’s activism, education at UW–Madison
AAPI Coalition of Wisconsin to host ‘AAPI Authors Humanizing Our History’ virtual event
Julie Otsuka is the author of the award-winning novel “When the Emperor Was Divine,” which tells the story of the incarceration of a Japanese American family during World War II.
Record-setting freshman class is most racially and ethnically diverse in university history
The freshman class is the most racially and ethnically diverse in the university’s history. There are 1,431 underrepresented students of color, up from 1,251 last year. These students comprise 16.6% of the freshman class, up …
Ho-Chunk Nation flag to fly on campus this week
The Ho-Chunk Nation flag will fly on the UW–Madison campus Oct. 10-17, in recognition of Indigenous Peoples Day on October 10.
UW’s Brenda González named Woman of Excellence in Wisconsin Leadership Community Choice Awards
Photos: Student Night at the UW Public History Project
Students explored many aspects of the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s past during Student Night at the Public History Project on Sept. 29 at the Chazen Museum of Art. The event was an opportunity for them to …
6 ways to celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month in the Madison area
National Hispanic Heritage Month celebrates the culture and contributions of the Hispanic community across the country. Events honoring Hispanic heritage started Sept. 15 and run through Oct. 15. Here are six events that honor the …
New artist-in-residence series to spotlight academics, arts, activism
The University of Wisconsin–Madison Division of the Arts’ Interdisciplinary Arts Residency Program for the 2022–2023 academic year will engage a partnership with the Office of Multicultural Arts Initiatives (OMAI), presenting a series of short-term residencies …
UW’s Carolee Dodge Francis co-authors study investigating impact of coping with COVID-19 on women of color in the U.S.
This study—co-authored by Carolee Dodge Francis, Ecology of Human Well-Being Professor—was conducted to identify processes of coping with COVID-19 and determine their impact on emotional well-being for women of color in the United States. A …
UW sociology professor Mike Massoglia co-authors book on prisons and health
The book Prisons and Health in the Age of Mass Incarceration will be published on September 30 and is described by its publisher, Oxford University Press, as being “the first comprehensive and empirical book focused …