The coronavirus outbreak changed a lot of things at UW–Madison this semester; the excellence of this spring’s graduating class was not one of them. As we prepare to celebrate commencement virtually on May 9, here …
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Undergraduate research: A powerful tool for sifting and winnowing
University research is often a mysterious and murky concept to undergraduates arriving on campus. But through the College of Letters & Science’s Undergraduate Research Scholars Program, each year we help approximately 200 first- and second-year …
A New Era for Children’s Literature
Ever since I was born and could see, Everywhere I looked, I saw dance. In the clouds as the wind blew them across the sky, In the ripples on a pond, Even in the sea …
UW Now Livestream Special Edition with Mike Leckrone and Corey Pompey
April 16 At 7 P.M. CDT JOIN THE LIVESTREAM THE UW BAND LEGACY From “Build Me Up, Buttercup” to the “U-Rah-Rah” of “Varsity,” the UW Marching Band has been the heart of Badger spirit for …
Atypical path leads student to Truman Scholarship
Posted on April 15, 2020 | By Doug Erickson There was a time when UW–Madison junior Tina Marshalek hesitated to tell people she was a non-traditional transfer student. Or that she had been homeschooled from kindergarten through 12th grade. …
‘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 …
Breaking the Mold
When Daniel Zhu ’04 graduated from UW–Madison with degrees in international business and Chinese, he didn’t expect to become the founder of a production media team 15 years later. His company, StanceElements, showcases different art movements …
Equity and inclusion champion Roger Pulliam has passed away
Roger Pulliam, a champion of equity and inclusion at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater who devoted his life to opening the doors of education for everyone, has died at the age of 77. He passed away …
Meet 2020 Forward under 40 Award Recipient Kiana Beaudin ’10, MPAS’15
The Ho-Chunk Nation’s Department of Health has been declared a “shining star” among providers in the U.S. Indian Health Service, and executive director Kiana Beaudin is proud to serve her tribe as the department’s guiding light.
Ada Deer, Kenneth Cole Named Martin Luther King, Jr. Humanitarian Award Honorees
Dane County Executive Joe Parisi and City of Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway announced today that Ada Deer and Kenneth R. Cole are this year’s recipients of the combined City-County Humanitarian Award honoring Reverend Dr. Martin …
Q&A: Gail Ford, newest PEOPLE director, pays it forward by mentoring precollege students
Gail Ford’s path to college started when not she, but her younger sister, was accepted into a precollege program in eighth grade through Ferris State University in Michigan. Ford, who grew up in Detroit, attended …
UW Odyssey Project raises record amount to help transform lives
The award-winning UW–Madison Odyssey Project can claim another accolade. They set a fundraising record at the Madison Club’s annual Charity Gala, raising more than $200,000 to provide educational access to adults living at the poverty level and …
Aaron Bird Bear named UW–Madison’s first director of tribal relations
Aaron Bird Bear, a skilled administrator with extensive professional experience on Native Nations issues, has been named to the newly created full-time position of tribal relations director at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. “Strengthening our relationships …
‘These spaces are sacred’: Ho-Chunk speaker urges mindfulness, reverence of campus indigenous sites
Politics and social structures tend to divide us, but our shared reverence for the land and its history can be the bond that unites us, Samantha Skenandore, a member of the Ho-Chunk Nation, told a …
Photo Gallery: A connection with the community
September 16, 2019 / University News Service / Photos by Bryce Richter Community members met with UW–Madison program representatives — and even Bucky Badger — at the South Madison Community Partnership event held in Villager …
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 …
Uprise Poetry Collective Rising Up Poetically
All eyes on them. Members of the UpRise Poetry Collective will practice for hours to prepare themselves for a massive competition of more than a hundred students from universities across the nation. UpRise is a …
González hired as new UW-Madison community relations director
Brenda González will become the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s new director of community relations starting Aug. 5. González has been part of the Madison community for more than 20 years and has a career of creating strong relationships through collaboration. As director of community …
Young African Leaders Arrive in Madison for 2019 Mandela Washington Fellowship
The University of Wisconsin-Madison welcomed its fourth cohort of Mandela Washington Fellows to campus Wednesday. The Mandela Washington Fellowship, the flagship program for the Young African Leadership Initiative (YALI), is sponsored by the U.S. Department of …
UW–Madison twins to appear on ‘American Ninja Warrior’
Identical twins Marquez and Nathan Green don’t make it easy on new acquaintances — same height, same weight, same college, same major. They live together, study together, exercise together. “People get us mixed up all the time,” …