This year’s workshop was held virtually in partnership with Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Minnesota Medical School- Duluth and Twin Cities, University of South …
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Health Professional Program Application Deadlines
There are a few health professional applications that are beginning to open this spring. All of the programs are linked below along with their deadlines. Please contact our center for coaching, advising, and support with exploring …
Dreamers of Wisconsin Scholarship Applications due August 1st
Dreamers of Wisconsin is excited to announce that the $5,000 scholarship application is now open! All high school, undergraduate, and graduate undocumented/DACAmented students in Wisconsin are eligible to apply. Please find our application link below. All …
COVID-19: Supporting our Pan-Asian communities in this time of crisis
A partnership of community, education and government organizations will host a virtual town hall on May 19 in response to xenophobic and hateful attacks directed at people of Asian descent in Wisconsin during the COVID-19 …
Six First Wave Scholars Win Madison Creative Writing Scholarship Prizes
*Indicates Recipient is a First Wave Scholar The Program in Creative Writing at UW-Madison is pleased to announce this year’s undergraduate and graduate scholarship prize recipients. We wish we could be with all of you …
Digital Recognition Program to Celebrate DDEEA 2020 Graduates
Class of 2020 graduates from programs in the Division of Diversity, Equity and Educational Achievement (DDEEA) will celebrate with a multimedia web program recognizing their degrees and accomplishments due to the COVID-19 closing of the …
Seniors to make most of online commencement, celebrating at home
Many UW–Madison graduates-to-be plan to celebrate their commencement from the comfort of their own homes, as the live ceremony has been postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The virtual commencement video will be released at …
Notable grads: A few of the outstanding students at spring commencement 2020
The coronavirus outbreak changed a lot of things at UW–Madison this semester; the excellence of this spring’s graduating class was not one of them. As we prepare to celebrate commencement virtually on May 9, here …
Undergraduate research: A powerful tool for sifting and winnowing
University research is often a mysterious and murky concept to undergraduates arriving on campus. But through the College of Letters & Science’s Undergraduate Research Scholars Program, each year we help approximately 200 first- and second-year …
UW professors rethink final exams, mark bittersweet end of year
To most fairly assess a semester that has been far from normal, professors at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are taking liberties with final exams and projects. Approaching the standard finals week, which runs from May …
CATCHING UP WITH ALUMNI ON WAA VIDEO CHAT
I was pleased for the opportunity Tuesday night to connect with hundreds of alumni on a livestream sponsored by the Wisconsin Alumni Association. The alums had great questions, and I enjoyed the conversation with UW …
A New Era for Children’s Literature
Ever since I was born and could see, Everywhere I looked, I saw dance. In the clouds as the wind blew them across the sky, In the ripples on a pond, Even in the sea …
UW–Madison Posse Student Named Newman Civic Fellow ‘20
The University of Wisconsin–Madison is proud to announce Shehrose Charania as its 2020 Newman Civic Fellow. Charania joins 290 community-committed students representing Campus Compact member colleges and universities from 39 states, Washington, D.C., Mexico and Greece. Newman …
UW Now Livestream Special Edition with Mike Leckrone and Corey Pompey
April 16 At 7 P.M. CDT JOIN THE LIVESTREAM THE UW BAND LEGACY From “Build Me Up, Buttercup” to the “U-Rah-Rah” of “Varsity,” the UW Marching Band has been the heart of Badger spirit for …
Atypical path leads student to Truman Scholarship
Posted on April 15, 2020 | By Doug Erickson There was a time when UW–Madison junior Tina Marshalek hesitated to tell people she was a non-traditional transfer student. Or that she had been homeschooled from kindergarten through 12th grade. …
First Wave Hosts Month-Long Video Poetry Festival
Stages are dark, but UW-Madison’s First Wave Hip Hop and Urban Arts program is bringing poets from across the country together to celebrate National Poetry Month on the virtual stage. Everyday, more than 25 poets …
Updates from Spring 2020 Interdisciplinary Arts Residency
Although public events are canceled or postponed, the spring 2020 Interdisciplinary Arts Residency with Ben Barson and Gizelxanath Rodriguez, co-founders of the Afro Yaqui Music Collective, lives on! We continue building on connections made throughout the semester. The ARTIVISM course has shifted to …
UW medical students celebrate virtual Match Day before starting residency in COVID-19 era
The years of studying and sleepless nights for the 2020 class of UW-Madison medical students culminated in a sanitizer-slathered celebration through computer screens. Match Day is considered more of a milestone for medical students than …
DIP Raffle Winner- Lisa Chambers
Congratulations to Lisa Chambers! Lisa submitted an initiative on the behalf of the Morgridge Center for Public Service called the Morgridge Center for Public Service Climate Survey. The Morgridge Center for Public Service connects campus …
DIP RAFFLE WINNER- CARRIE GOLDEN
Congratulations to Carrie Golden! Carrie submitted an initiative on the behalf of the ITA Program called the Information Technology Academy Madison. The Information Technology Academy Madison mission is to prepare underserved students of color and …