The Black Voice marked its 50th anniversary Tuesday night at Union South where the organization presented a documentary celebrating the history of University of Wisconsin-Madison’s only Black newspaper. The Black Voice was initially founded in …
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Photos: Celebrating UW–Madison’s Outstanding Women of Color
The UW–Madison community gathered to celebrate the 14th cohort of Outstanding Women of Color Award honorees at a reception on Thursday, March 3, in the Pyle Center.
Line Breaks Festival
The 15th annual Line Breaks Hip Hop Theater Festival on April 1st & 2nd will bring together students and professional artists for a series of performances unlike any other on the UW campus.
Watch: UW community celebrates 14th cohort of Outstanding Women of Color Awardees
Watch a video recording of the 2021-22 UW–Madison Outstanding Women of Color Awards reception.
Real Talk for Real Change symposium on March 24 will focus on trans care
Deeply rooted binary conceptions of gender have negatively impacted the physical and mental health of trans individuals and communities. The next Real Talk for Real Change symposium, “Trans Care in Wisconsin,” will bring together leading community-engaged …
UW Filipinx American Student Association to host Midwest Summit
Equity, not equality: UW disability community mobilizes for more equitable accommodation access, campus climate
50 Years of Title IX: Badgers reflect on the legislation’s impact on women’s sports
Explore Wisconsin women’s history with the Wisconsin Historical Society
UW-LaCrosse Center for the Arts to be renamed for Ho-Chunk artist Truman Lowe
Moonshine: Celebrating poetry and dance
UW–Madison dance students and others got a chance to learn from professional dancers and choreographers in a Moonshine Masterclass, held after the Dance Department’s live performance of Moonshine, a mix of music, theater, dance and poetry.
UW’s Dr. Patricia Téllez-Girón inducted into Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society
The Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) medical honor society is a professional medical organization that recognizes and advocates for excellence in scholarship and the highest ideals in the profession of medicine. Founded in 1902, it’s the …
Six words about race with journalist Michele Norris
Michele Norris x’83 was worried. A 35-city book tour to promote her 2010 memoir, The Grace of Silence, loomed before her. Norris, then the host of National Public Radio’s All Things Considered, dreaded the thought …
Alumna Linda Thomas-Greenfield, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, to speak at spring commencement
“Folks Like Us: Recovering Queer, Trans, and Two-Spirit Ojibwe Language”
Join American Indian Studies on March 4, 12pm-1pm, for a talk by Dr. Kai Pyle, Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Chicago-Urbana/Champagne, “Folks Like Us: Recovering Queer, Trans, and Two-Spirit Ojibwe Language.” Despite intense colonial efforts to …
Black Arts Matter Festival
The 2022 Black Arts Matter Festival from March 23rd – 26th will celebrate contemporary Black art with a three-day national poetry slam, discussions, and performances in music, theater, dance, and more.
2022 Bouchet Graduate Honor Society inductees announced
The Graduate School has selected four doctoral candidates and one postdoctoral researcher to be inducted into UW–Madison’s chapter of the Edward Alexander Bouchet Graduate Honor Society in 2022: Kennia Coronado – Doctoral candidate, Political Science …
Bucky’s Tuition Promise has transformed student lives and campus
Four years ago, UW–Madison announced a free-tuition initiative so straightforward that it required just two things for students to qualify: live in Wisconsin and come from a household in the state’s lower half for income. …
UW deepens community connections with major expansion of South Madison Partnership
As the UW South Madison Partnership marks its seventh anniversary this month, it is also celebrating the official opening of its greatly expanded space at The Village on Park, 2238 S. Park St. in Madison. …
Watch: Senior Godwill Oke — AKA Godly the Ruler — blazes own path in research and music performance
Godwill Oke — on stage known as Godly the Ruler — is a multidisciplinary artist in their final year at UW–Madison.