Over the past semester, University of Wisconsin-Madison dance professor Chris Walker worked with freshmen and alumni of First Wave — a scholarship program for hip hop and urban arts — to bring Danez Smith’s poem …
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Learn about the new Black Business Hub at April 12th WARF event
The Black Business Hub and UW-Madison: Opportunities for transformation and partnership is free and open to the public. The Black Business Hub, which is breaking ground this spring, is set to become the Madison region’s …
Wunk Sheek garden provides community for Indigenous students at UW-Madison
While the Wunk Sheek community garden is not the first student garden in the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s history, or even the first in the Wunk Sheek’s history, it is certainly one of the newest — planted for the first time just this past summer.
Chabad Madison provides ‘family’ for students on campus
Nestled in between campus and downtown, Chabad of Madison is a center for educating and celebrating Jewish community in Dane County. It serves to promote Jewish heritage and community for all attendees, no matter their background and affiliation.
April 12 lecture to explore the significance of the Ho-Chunk Nation in American History
In this Focus on the Humanities lecture, Prof. Stephen Kantrowitz will explore what the Ho-Chunk people’s struggle against and victory over efforts to expel them mean for our understanding of American history.
The Short Story: Not Your Average Adventure Organization
Although his career in gathering groups for outdoor excursions spans 20 years, Kilgour’s heart was caught in the cobweb of the natural world at a young age.
Join us for a local Fandango Sin Fronteras on April 6
Join us on Wednesday, April 6, for live music with jaraneres and bailadores from Chicago, Milwaukee, Madison, and Santa Ana, California and Veracruz, Mexico.
UW Health given top score by Human Rights Campaign for LGBTQ+ care
Heritage Festival to kick of APIDA Heritage Month on April 1
Join in community to celebrate the histories and cultures of Asian, Pacific Islander, and Desi American communities.
UW–Madison hosting Midwest Filipino American Summit on April 2
The UW–Madison Filipinx American Student Organization is organizing the Midwest Filipino American Summit on campus April 2, with more than 400 Filipinx students from seven states expected to attend.
Support UW–Madison’s diversity and inclusion efforts during Day of the Badger
Learn how you can support UW–Madison’s efforts to foster greater diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging for all members of the UW community during the Day of the Badger.
Women’s & Gender Studies Consortium Conference
Register now for “Centering Resistance: Imaginings of a New Feminist Future,” a virtual conference from April 7–9 hosted by the UW System Women’s and Gender Studies Consortium and Gender and Women’s Studies Librarian.
STEM scholars get hands-on lab experience during alternative spring break
STEM scholars from UW’s Center for Educational Opportunity got some firsthand lab experience and met representatives from NASA last week during spring break.
Apply today for a summer Wisconsin Idea Internship
WIIP has opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students to get involved in community improvement efforts across the state.
Policing, Violence, and Surveillance: Local, Historical, and Legal Perspectives
As we have witnessed time and again, legalized violence is a social epidemic that harms marginalized communities. How might we re-imagine systems of law enforcement and public safety both broadly and here in Madison? The …
UW’s South Madison Partnership creating a ‘trusted space for everyone in the community’
The program connects 22 community organizations and with campus partners across eight schools and colleges, five divisions and two institutes, in addition to the Division of Extension.
UW–Madison to host screendance practitioner, body-percussionist and lecturer Omari ‘Motion’ Carter for International Visiting Artist Program
The University of Wisconsin–Madison Division of the Arts welcomes Omari ‘Motion’ Carter to campus April 7–15, 2022 through the International Visiting Artist Program (IVAP). A collaboration between the Division of the Arts and the International …