Following an energetic launch into the 2013 diversity planning process, we have arrived at the next step. In November, the University Committee charged the CDCC with appointing a shared governance ad hoc committee to undertake …
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Edward Alexander Bouchet Graduate Honor Society Announces 2013 UW-Madison Inductees
The UW-Madison Chapter of the Edward Alexander Bouchet Graduate Honor Society will host its Annual Conference and Induction Ceremony on Friday, March 1, from 1 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. in Varsity Hall I at …
Building Leaders for the Future: 5th Annual WABM Forum and Chicago Urban Prep Academy Campus visit
Now in its fifth year of delving into issues facing black men with the intention of informing, educating and proactively seeking solutions, the student-founded and run Wisconsin Association of Black Men (WABM) hosted its annual …
UPDATE: Campus Feedback on Diversity Planning Process
I am pleased to share with you two important summaries of key themes and recommendations that will help to guide our campus diversity planning efforts institutionally. These documents were developed through two separate, but related, processes:
PEOPLE Alumni: Doctoral Student Receives GSA Award
The Gerontological Society of America (GSA), an organization devoted to research, education, and practice in the field of aging, has awarded doctoral student Maichou Lor, MS’12, RN, the Task Force on Minority Issues in Gerontology …
Fetzers & Jupiter reward academic achievement
Among the treasured rituals of autumn is the UW-Madison Posse Program’s Fall Awards ceremony. In a notable delay of gratification, each year Posse supports Beverly and Wade Fetzer, along with Posse supporter Lona Jupiter, …
Remembering “Vietnam” the Unforgettable Artist
The Cipher will celebrate the life and memory of talented First Wave Scholar and artist John “Vietnam” Nguyen this Saturday by dedicating the closing night of Passing the Mic to the music, poetry and performance he loved. …
Learning American History through Campus Art
John Steuart Curry’s mural “The Freeing of the Slaves” in the UW Law School portrays the slaves themselves as drivers of their emancipation, says history Professor Steve Kantrowitz. With a sweep of his pen, Abraham …
Update: Our Campus-wide Diversity Plan Process
Now is an historic time at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, as we embark on the process of selecting a new Chancellor and begin the campus-wide process for a new institutional diversity plan. The university has …
First Wave Presents New Works
The 6th cohort of the First Wave Hip Hop Theatre Ensemble will perform this Friday, November 30 in the Margaret H’Doubler Performance Space, Lathrop Hall at 3:30 pm. First Wave’s newest group of artist-scholars present …
Four University Women Honored as 2012 Outstanding Women of Color
This year’s honorees include University of Wisconsin Law School Professor Tonya Lynn Brito, Associate Professor of Surgery Jacquelynn Dawn Arbuckle, Lubar Institute for the Study of the Abrahamic Religions Graduate Fellow Rohany Nayan, and Associate …
2012 Diversity Forum Tentative Schedule
All events are held at Union South. Thursday, October 11 An Evening of Alumni and Student Conversations on Leadership A Diversity Forum 2012 Special Pre-Conference Event open to all students and alumni featuring a …
Hands-on science lessons solve murder in CSI-Madison
UW-Madison Provost Paul DeLuca says he’s willing to do almost anything to help students learn. And this week, he proved it by remaining inert for nearly 45 minutes, head slumped face-down on a table …
2012 Diversity Forum Keynote Speaker Lani Guinier
Civil Rights Attorney and First Tenured Black Woman Professor at Harvard In 1998, Lani Guinier became the first black woman to be appointed to a tenured professorship at Harvard Law School. Before joining the faculty …
Diversity Forum: Embracing Our Past to Chart Our Future
We are pleased to welcome a number of visitors who will be with us throughout the day and who represent some of the most talented researchers, scholars, and thought leaders nationwide on issues of equity, …
Next Steps Toward our UW-Madison Diversity Plan
Opening arguments in the Fisher v. UT-Austin Supreme Court case were made on October 10. This case could determine whether public colleges and universities can consider race as one of many factors when making admission decisions. …
2012 Forum welcomes Civil Rights Attorney Lani Guinier
Harvard Law Professor Lani Guinier, the university’s first tenured Jewish African-American law professor and one of the nation’s top scholars in the areas of access to higher education, race conscious policy and civil rights law, gave …
Shawn Peters: Using “The Wire” to Teach Justice and Equality
“It ain’t about right. It’s about money.” So argues D’Angelo Barksdale (brilliantly portrayed by the actor Lawrence Gilliard, Jr.) in the first season of The Wire, the award-winning HBO drama. This semester, undergraduates in the …
First Wave Students take part in Britain’s Cultural Olympiad
LONDON, England – Before the torch enters the stadium for the 2012 summer Olympics, UW-Madison’s First Wave Touring Ensemble this week joined thousands of young people celebrating the Cultural Olympiad in London. First Wave’s return …
Nominations for Outstanding Women of Color Awards due April 18
The Office of the Vice Provost for Diversity is currently accepting nominations for the 2011–12 UW–Madison’s Outstanding Women of Color Awards. The deadline is April 18, 2012. This award recognize members of the faculty, staff in …