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Many of us have a passion for a certain thing. Some have a passion for singing and some for cooking. Roderick Ritcherson, who goes by Rod, has had a passion for advertising for over 40 …

Florence Bascom shows off a tool of her trade: a Brunton compass. During her work with the U.S. Geological Survey, she placed benchmarks like the one pictured below, which denoted a site’s exact elevation. FLORENCE …

Originally from the south side of Chicago, Sarah Bruno ’15, MA’17 came to UW–Madison in 2011 as a First Wave Hip-Hop and Urban Arts Scholar looking to interpret her identity and culture as a Puerto …

A new heritage marker on Bascom Hill at the University of Wisconsin–Madison recognizes the land as the ancestral home of the Ho-Chunk, acknowledges the circumstances that led to their forced removal, and honors the Ho-Chunk …

The UW–Madison means something different to every graduate who walks off its campus. For some, it may simply mean you’ve received an education. For others, your most valuable takeaway may be the friends you’ve made …

May 8, 2019 By Kayla Huynh When Stefanie Henry was only 6 years old, her and her brother’s lives were changed forever. After the two were in a car accident, Henry’s brother Stefan sustained a spinal cord …

By Kynala Phillips (’19) What does it look like to teach history through movement? Can hip-hop heal? Breanna Taylor x’19 came to UW–Madison in 2016 determined to find out. “I started just jotting down questions …

UW Major: Law Age: 38 | Milwaukee Judge, Milwaukee County Circuit Court Kashoua Kristy Yang’s 2017 election to the Milwaukee County Circuit Court made historic headlines: she’s the nation’s first Hmong American judge elected without appointment and the first …

Like many young people away at college, Clara Bewick sought to reassure her family that she was doing just fine. “Let me say, for the 50th time, do not, under any circumstances, worry about me,” …

The University of Wisconsin Law School has announced the creation of an endowed faculty chair in honor of the late Professor James E. Jones Jr. This is UW-Madison’s first fully funded chair named for an African …

Congratulations to our new raffle winner Caitlin Scott! Caitlin submitted an initiative called the Health Equity Leadership Institute or HELI. HELI’s  mission is to support and advance the career development of underrepresented minority investigators that are  …

UW-Madison student Wendy Hoang was honored into the Newman Civic Fellowship cohort and was recognized for her leadership of a high school outreach program. As a first-generation college student, Wendy Hoang wants to show other …

Congratulations to our new DIP raffle winner Paul (Kirby) Livingston! Paul submitted the Recognizing and Reducing Implicit Bias event as an initiative in DIP.  The Recognizing and reducing Implicit Bias even is an interactive talk that introduces …

By Käri Knutson Scrub typhus – also known as tsutsugamushi fever – was the subject. “We can skip this one,” said the instructor in Signe Skott Cooper’s class on communicable diseases. “You’ll never see it.” Little …

By David Dahmer – Madison 365 For the first time in over a decade, Latino members of the Wisconsin State Legislature hosted an event at the state Capitol building on Friday morning, March 29, honoring civil rights …

Congratulations to our new raffle winner Jennifer Haukohl! Jennifer submitted an initiative about the General Library System Website for Equity and Diversity.  The libraries at UW-Madison are committed to the principles and practices of  diversity and social justice. They …