The Passing the Mic 10th Annual Hip-Hop Arts Festival will be Thursday, Oct. 16, through Saturday, Oct. 18, at the Overture Center’s Promenade Hall, 201 State Street. The free event is open to the public. Passing …
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Posse salutes a record 27 scholars at Fall Awards Banquet
For Interim Vice Provost Patrick J. Sims and other guests, Tuesday night was spent with UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank, Posse Patron Wade Fetzer, Posse Wisconsin Director Albert Muniz and Assistant Director Ida Balderrama-Trudell celebrating a record-setting …
Still Relevant?: Race and Racism in Our Lives
On Thursday, Oct. 16, the Institute for Justice Education and Transformation will host a discussion entitled “Still Relevant?: Race and Racism in Our Lives” in the Multicultural Student Center. Participants are asked to register. Recent …
Don’t miss Multicultural Homecoming Weekend 2014
This year’s weekend-long Multicultural Homecoming celebration, October 23-26, will be an unprecedented effort to bring together multicultural students and several generations of alumni to reconnect with the campus, renew friendships and create new traditions to share …
Native American Artist Wade Fernandez to perform
Wisconsin-born Native American musician and storyteller Wade Fernandez, Wiciwen Apis-Mahwaew, will perform Wednesday, October 15 at 7 p.m. in Morphy Hall, 2330 Humanities Building. Sponsored by the First-Year Interest Groups Program, admission is free. A reception with light refreshments will follow his performance. Fernandez …
Activist Kenyon Farrow to speak on racial inequality
Award-winning writer and activist Kenyon Farrow will speak on racial inequality Thursday, Oct. 9, at 4 p.m. at the UW-Madison Multicultural Student Center (Second Floor of the Red Gym), 716 Langdon Street. He will give …
Join the discussion on UW-Madison’s Diversity Framework Implementation
The campus community is invited to participate in three sessions that will provide an update on “Forward Together, a Diversity Framework for UW-Madison,” and begin getting input on implementation. After a deliberative process led by …
Diversity Forum 2014 in Review
“Pulse 2014: Diversity’s Evolving Paradigm & Practical Approaches” Monday, Nov. 10, 2014 On Monday, Nov. 10, nearly 600 Diversity Forum participants were welcomed by UW-Madison Provost Sarah Mangelsdorf. Then featured keynote speakers and national thought-leader Rebecca …
Researchers Study Role of Cultural Diversity Awareness in Effective Mentoring
The nation needs a more diverse biomedical workforce. To help advance that goal, a team of University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers will assess whether cultural-diversity training of research mentors makes a positive difference for those they …
Eight honored by UW–Madison as Outstanding Women of Color
Eight winners of the 2014-15 UW-Madison Outstanding Women of Color awards will be honored at a free reception on Wednesday, Oct. 1, from 5-7 p.m. in the Alumni Lounge of the Pyle Center. The honorees …
The Grant Funding System (GFS) Now Active
The Grant Funding System, operated by the Office of the Vice Provost and Chief Diversity Officer and the Division of Diversity, Equity and Educational Achievement, is again available to receive proposals. The program is designed …
Celebrate Latino Heritage Month
The inaugural UW-Madison Latino Heritage Month celebration kicks off tonight with the 6th Annual SuperMercado Latin hosted by Lambda Theta Phi in the Amulni Lounge o the Pyle Center from 5 .m. to 8 p.m. “A Legacy …
Madison alum a 2014 Ruth Lilly & Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowship Winner
UW-Madison alum and First Wave 1st Cohort member Danez Smith has won a 2014 Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowship from the Poetry Foundation. Smith is one of five young poets who were …
Diversity Leaders World Music Festival Reception
On Friday, Sept. 12, the Office of the Vice Provost and Chief Diversity Officer will partner with the Memorial Union kick off its annual World Music Festival with the Diversity Leaders World Music Festival Reception …
JVN Day August 30, 2014: Hope Alive
What is John Vietnam Nguyen (JVN) Day? JVN Day is a celebration of using Hip-Hop as a tool for community uplift. This year’s theme is Hope Alive. With all of the devastation and disparity currently experienced …
Can 19-Year-Old Keven Stonewall Cure Colon Cancer?
If you never heard of 19-year-old Keven Stonewall, you will. Originally from Chicago, Stonewall is a rising sophomore at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he serves as a STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) ambassador …
UW Law School alumna appointed to Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
University of Wisconsin Law School Alumna Geraldine Hines became the first black woman to sit on the seven-member Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court in July. The 66-year-old Hines fills the spot left vacant when Associate Justice Ralph …
2014 Forum
Each year our staff puts on an amazing symposium for campus faculty and staff members, as well as students. This forum provides an engaging day of speakers, presentations and roundtables at which campus diversity efforts are …
Diversity Framework Does Not Relate to Grading
The following is a July 21 statement of Professor Patrick Sims, Chief Diversity Officer and interim vice provost for Diversity and Climate: The idea that UW-Madison will begin to base student grading or the make-up …
Diversity Framework does not relate to grading
The following is a July 21 statement of Professor Patrick Sims, Chief Diversity Officer and interim vice provost for Diversity and Climate: The idea that UW-Madison will begin to base student grading or the make-up …