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Twelve Badgers recognized among Wisconsin’s Most Influential Latine American leaders for 2024

Twelve University of Wisconsin–Madison community members were recognized in Madison365’s annual list of “Wisconsin’s Most Influential Latino American Leaders” for 2024.

UW–Madison’s Schools of Pharmacy, Nursing, and Veterinary Medicine recipients of the 2024 Health Professions HEED Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Award

Three schools at the University of Wisconsin–Madison—Pharmacy, Nursing, and Veterinary Medicine—have been honored with the 2024 Health Professions Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award from Insight Into Diversity, the oldest and largest diversity-focused publication …

First Wave Scholar and UW–Madison Freshman, Justin Festge Russell is Madison’s Newest Youth Poet Laureate

The Madison Arts Commission (MAC) recently announced Justin Festge Russell as the City’s newest Youth Poet Laureate. A recent graduate of Madison East High School and a First Wave scholar at UW–Madison, Justin will be formally introduced at the opening reception of the 2024 Madison Municipal Building Art Exhibition, “Everything but the Dinosaur: Art With & About Youth,” on Tuesday, September 10, 2024.

Nominations sought for 2024 Outstanding Women of Color awards

Each year, UW–Madison is proud to recognize honorees whose advocacy, activism, and/or scholarship have positively transformed their organizations or communities and whose efforts advance equity, diversity, inclusion, and belonging for marginalized populations.