Students in the Chadbourne Residential College (CRC) and the Multicultural Learning Community (MLC) participate in a social justice workshop hosted by social activist Bree Newsome on Oct. 12, 2016. Newsome asked the students to think …
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‘Evicted’: Go Big Read Author Matthew Desmond to speak at UW-Madison on November 1
Matthew Desmond, a UW–Madison alumnus and author of “Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City,” will speak at 7 p.m. Nov. 1 at the Memorial Union Theater. “Evicted: Poverty and Profit in …
Free UW Asian-American Film Festival Shines Light on Documentaries this Weekend
When the trailer for the big-budget “The Great Wall” was released, many critics couldn’t help but notice something odd at the center of this Chinese-made film about China’s greatest monument starring hundreds of Chinese actors: …
Study Abroad Open House on Oct. 11
Visit the Study Abroad Resource Center to start planning your study abroad adventure! International Academic Programs (IAP) offers 200+ programs in over 60 countries for students of all majors. Learn in English or a foreign …
UW Students and Wei LAB participate in 5th Annual International Colloquium on Black Males in Education
Wisconsin’s Equity & Inclusion Laboratory (Wei LAB) and a coalition of participants from UW-Madison are participating and presenting at the 5th Annual International Colloquium on Black Males in Education (ICBME). In partnership with Bermuda College, this year’s landmark event …
The Black and Brown Vote: A Discussion About Civic Engagement in the Current Political Climate
On Behalf of the Delta Delta Chapter of Sigma Lambda Beta International Fraternity Incorporated, the Zeta Xi chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated and the National Association of Black Journalists we would like to invite you all too The Black …
Meet the Class of 2020
First-year students stand at attention for the singing of the national anthem at the start of the Chancellor’s Convocation on Sept. 2. Photo: Jeff Miller This fall, the University of Wisconsin-Madison welcomed 6,430 newly enrolled …
2016 Outstanding Women of Color Awardees Announced, Reception Rescheduled for Spring 2017
The Outstanding Women of Color Selection Committee is pleased to announce the six Outstanding Women of Color for 2016: Fabu Phillis Carter, Poet, Scholar, Teaching Artist, and Outreach Specialist for the Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Disease Research …
Institutional Statement on Commitment to Diversity
The Faculty Senate Monday night became the first campus shared governance group to endorse a proposed institutional statement on our commitment to diversity. The statement, which has been vetted by the campus’s shared governance units, …
Relations Between Community & Police Symposium
Relations Between Community and Police is a symposium sponsored by the Wisconsin University Union (WUU). As WUU stands for equity in the work place and our work place is a public university, the issue of …
Native Nations Nursing Summit: Careers in Nursing
The Native Nations Nursing Summit: Careers in Nursing conference seminar will be on November 4, 2016, at the Lake of the Torches Resort-Casino, 510 Old Abe Road in Lac du Flambeau, Wis. This one-day program will …
Monks’ art offers a break from hectic campus pace
To broaden cultural awareness on campus, the Wisconsin Union Directorate invited monks from Drepung Loseling Monastery to their annual World Music Festival to share their art. Source: Diversity News
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Badgers’ Koenig Joins Dakota Pipeline Protest
Two weeks after he began speaking out against an oil pipeline that could threaten sacred tribal land in North Dakota, college basketball’s most renowned Native American player decided Twitter and Instagram posts were no longer …
ASM offers weekly student voter registration events
Associated Students of Madison held their first voter registration event Monday at Memorial Library to attract student voters. ASM students will set up tables four days a week until Oct. 19., where they will register students …
Just Bust! Every 1st Friday of the Month
Join us for Madison’s longest running all-ages open mic, Just Bust!, every first Friday of the month in the Red Gym On Wisconsin Room (716 Langdon St. 1st Floor) from 9:00pm-11:00pm. There will be community performances, …
A century on, celebrating the first Yiddish-language college course
One century ago, the University of Wisconsin became the first institution of higher education in the Americas — and perhaps the world — to teach Yiddish, the language of the eastern European Jews. Louis Bernard …
UW-Madison 2016 Outstanding Women of Color Announced
The Outstanding Women of Color Selection Committee is pleased to announce the six Outstanding Women of Color for 2016: Fabu Phillis Carter, Poet, Scholar, Teaching Artist, and Outreach Specialist for the Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Disease Research …
Fall 2016 Women in STEM Seminar Series at the College of Menominee Nation
The College of Menominee Nation is working in collaboration with Jenny Christus (UW-Oshkosh) and the UW System Women and Science Program on hosting the first annual Women in STEM seminar series at the CMN Green …
Wunk Sheek to Welcome Native American Students
Welcome back to campus! Wunk Sheek Leadership would like to personally invite you all to our Native student welcome event. We have partnered with Pathways AI to host a Native student welcome event at the Dejope residence hall …