She will use the $200,000 award to complete her second book, “We Stayed: Agriculture, Activism, and the Southern Black Rural Families Who Fought to Keep the Land.”
News Archive
Wisconsin Alumni Association to host REDTalk with Montee Ball
Montee Ball will be back on campus on Thursday, April 28, for a REDTalk hosted by the Wisconsin Foundation and Alumni Association and Wisconsin Alumni Student Board.
Wisconsin Partnership Program grants to provide up to $3M for health equity initiatives
The Wisconsin Partnership Program at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health has released its 2022 Community Impact Grants Program Request for Partnerships. Through the Community Impact Grant Program, the Wisconsin Partnership Program advances …
Four UW community members to receive Women of Distinction Leadership Award
UW community members Christy Clark-Pujara, Brenda González, Candace McDowell, and Hazel Symonette will be among six eminent women of color honored by the YWCA Madison for their leadership and enduring legacy in the greater Madison community.
Watch: UW junior Dawry Ruiz learns he won the Truman Scholarship
UW–Madison junior Dawry Ruiz was surprised by university leadership last week with the news that he had been awarded the prestigious Truman Scholarship.
First Wave junior Dawry Ruiz named 2022 Truman Scholar
Art inspired and empowered Dawry Ruiz as a teenager. Now he hopes to spread its motivating force to other young people.
APIDA Heritage Month Speaker: An Evening with Thuy
The Los Angeles–based artist has released several records and modern R&B styling amassing over 50 million streams worldwide.
DDEEA Graduation Recognition & Reception
The DDEEA will celebrate our spring 2022 UW–Madison grads at an event on May 13 at the Wisconsin Union. The ceremony will be streamed online for anyone who can’t make it to the celebration.
First Wave alumna, writer, performer Ajanae Dawkins to lead public programs, teach workshops, and visit schools across Greater Cincinnati
The Taft Museum of Art and the Robert S. Duncanson Society welcomes writer, performer, and educator Ajanae Dawkins, as the 2022 Duncanson Artist-in-Residence April 10–23. Dawkins has performed, and has been featured, at venues across the country including opening for the United …
Join the Virtual Symposium ‘A Conversation on Disability Rights’
Don’t miss “A Conversation on Disability Rights” presented by the UW School of Medicine and Public Health as part of the Hot Topics in Public Health Symposium. The event will take place virtually on Thursday, …
APIDA faculty and staff reflect on growing recognition of Asian, Pacific Islander, and Desi Americans
UW–Madison faculty and staff reflect on what it means to them to see the contributions and accomplishments of the Asian Pacific Islander Desi American community increasingly recognized in Wisconsin and beyond.
Ho-Chunk graduate students elevate Native voices in their studies
Four Ho-Chunk graduate students at the University of Wisconsin–Madison are working to elevate the voices and experiences of Native American people, and to make academic and cultural spaces more accessible and beneficial to the Ho-Chunk community.
Experiences in LGBTQ+ and BIPOC representation in the UW–Madison Archives
Friends of UW–Madison Libraries will host a virtual event on how marginalized communities are — or are not — included in historical archives. Panelists uniquely qualified to discuss the question will participate in “Archival Reflections: Can You See Yourself?” April 20 at 6 p.m. on YouTube. Registration not required.
‘How the Word is Passed’ chosen as UW–Madison’s 2021-22 Go Big Read book
Clint Smith’s “How the Word is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America” illustrates how some of our country’s most essential stories are hidden in plain view and how much we can …
UW–Madison’s CIRTL releases new casebook promoting inclusive teaching
In an effort to advance the values of equity and diversity in real-world situations, the UW–Madison-based Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning (CIRTL) released the new instructional resource, “Ethical Dilemmas in the College Classroom: …
Donors give $164K to support diversity and inclusion at UW during Day of the Badger
The UW–Madison community showed up big in support of students from historically marginalized and underrepresented backgrounds and identities on the Day of the Badger.
UW-Madison alum Cavalier Johnson becomes first African American elected mayor of Milwaukee
At just 35, Cavalier Johnson is also Milwaukee’s first Millennial mayor, his triumph confirming his swift six-year rise from Common Council freshman to the seat of power in Wisconsin’s largest city.
Celebrating APIDA Heritage Month with courage and community
UW–Madison dedicates the month of April to celebrating and uplifting the identities, histories, and cultures of Asian, Pacific Islander, and Desi American students, faculty, and staff on our campus and across the world.
APIDA Heritage Month
Find events and other information about Asian Pacific Islander Desi American Heritage Month at UW–Madison.
Five UW scholars inducted into Bouchet Honor Society
The Bouchet Graduate Honor Society celebrates Dr. Edward A. Bouchet, the first African American to earn a PhD in the U.S.