March 12, 2019 By Käri Knutson At age 14, with a high school diploma already in hand from Milwaukee’s West Division High School, Mabel Watson Raimey told her family physician that she wanted to be a doctor. …
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On Wisconsin Spring Powwow coming April 6-April 7
All are invited to the 50th Annual On Wisconsin Spring Powwow on April 6-7, 2019 at the Alliant Energy Center Arena in Madison, Wisconsin. Doors will open Saturday & Sunday at 10 a.m. We will …
Annual Outstanding Women of Color Awards recognize excellence in education
Five women were honored with UW–Madison’s Outstanding Women of Color Award at a reception in the Pyle Center on March 5. In its 11th year, the award was given to five women: Bianca J. Baldridge, …
Building bridges: Black Arts Matter aims to bring community and campus closer together
BY REID KURKEREWICZ, Isthmus Shasparay Lighteard hit upon the idea for the Black Arts Matter (B.A.M.) Festival after noticing a division between Madison’s black community and UW-Madison. Keeping in mind the vibrant black arts community back in her hometown …
DIP Raffle Winner- Percival Matthews
Congratulations to our new raffle winner Percival Matthews! He submitted the Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER) Fellowship as an initiative on our DIP database. The WCER fellowship gives students the opportunity to conduct independent research …
UW Women at 150: Computer scientist Thelma Estrin
By Sam Million-Weaver One of the first people to apply computers in medicine was a University of Wisconsin computer engineering alumna who was born nearly a century ago in 1924. Thelma Estrin was an early pioneer …
Student-driven oral history project marks 50th anniversary of Black Student Strike on campus
By Doug Erickson An oral history published online today by the University of Wisconsin–Madison recounts the Black Student Strike of February 1969 through the memories of more than two dozen people who organized, participated in or witnessed it. …
Diamond named Kellner Family Distinguished Chair in Urban Education
John Diamond, a sociologist of education, was recently named the Kellner Family Distinguished Chair in Urban Education with UW-Madison’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis. Diamond, who also is a faculty affiliate with the …
Ada Deer: A Lifetime of Firsts
When we think of firsts, we often think of the first person who was successful – in the case of politics, the first to win. But to get to success, there has to be others …
Bird Bear shares UW-Madison’s unique archaeological history with Wisconsin Life
Aaron Bird Bear, who gives unique tours of UW-Madison’s campus, was recently interviewed by Wisconsin Life about his commitment to sharing the land’s full history. Bird Bear is the assistant dean for Student Diversity programs in UW-Madison’s …
Baltazar De Anda Santana Named New Executive Director of the Latino Academy of Workforce Development
The board of directors for the Vera Court Neighborhood Center has announced the hiring of Baltazar De Anda Santana as the Latino Academy of Workforce Development’s new executive director, who was one of the co-founders …
Five questions with Su-Chun Zhang, forger of brain cells
Su-Chun Zhang, a Waisman Center researcher and UW School of Medicine and Public Health professor of neurology and neuroscience, was the first in the world to craft human brain cells from human embryonic stem (ES) …
WAA recognizes the 2018 Distinguished Alumni Award recipients
Allan Chi Yun Wong MS’73 Allan Chi Yun Wong is the founder, chair, and group CEO of the Hong Kong–based company VTech, one of the top 50 electronics manufacturers globally, with more than $1.8 billion …
Aaron Perry is changing how his community perceives and experiences health
Aaron Perry and the Rebalanced-Life Wellness Association (RLWA) kicked off their new Community Collaboration Grant: Black Men’s Wellness Sustainable Initiative, a four-year strategy that aims to reduce health disparities that adversely affect black men and boys …
For student commencement speaker, years of writing and performing lead to Kohl Center stage
As a middle-schooler, Jamie Dawson could be found at the lunch table with the kids who loved words. “We all naturally gravitated toward each other,” she says. “They were all great writers. Someone would start …
CeO Program Celebrates 25 Years
UW-Madison’s Center for Educational Opportunity (CeO), will celebrate 25 years of supporting low-income, disabled and first-generation college students with a free event at 6 p.m. on Dec. 7 at Memorial Union. Please RSVP by Nov. 29. CeO began in …
DIP Raffle Winner- Mary Russell
Congratulations to our new raffle winner Mary Russell! Mary submitted an initiative called the Local Hip Hop Festival on the behalf of the WUD Music Committee. The Local Hip Hop festival showcased some of the …
DIP Raffle Winner-Sandra Adell
Congratulations to our new raffle winner Sandra Adell! Sandra submitted an initiative called Artist in Residency for Kathy A. Perkins. This residency is part of an effort by the department of Afro-American Studies to bring theater …
New Elders-in-Residence Program will bring Native community leaders to campus for mentoring, support
A new initiative at the University of Wisconsin–Madison will seek to improve the experience of American Indian and Alaskan Native students by hosting Native elders on campus for extended visits and educational exchanges. The inaugural …
UW Women at 150: Looking for — and finding — Lorraine Hansberry
While many people know “A Raisin in the Sun,” having seen the play or movie, far fewer know much about its author, Lorraine Hansberry. Although Hansberry spent less than two years as a student at …