The gifts, spearheaded by Ab and Nancy Nicholas, will generate about $4.5 million in annual scholarships to recruit and retain outstanding students like Parish Johnson, a freshman from Milwaukee.
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UW-Madison winter commencement takes place Sunday
A graduate wearing a Santa hat adds a pop of color to the winter commencement in 2015. This year’s winter commencement is Dec. 18. Photo: Jeff Miller More than 1,000 students will take part in …
Q&A: Student speaker says UW ‘transformed’ him
Student keynote speaker Terrence Thurk, who’s graduating with a degree in mechanical engineering, was selected after submitting a video showing his passion for UW-Madison. Thurk is a strong believer in the Wisconsin Idea. He says …
American Indian Studies Program offers new course in Global Indigeneity and Sustainability
Madisonians named among most Influential African Americans in Wisconsin
Gloria Ladson-Billings is a professor, writer, and professional developer in urban education with interests in critical race theory, culturally relevant pedagogy, and the power of the black religious experience. She currently holds the Kellner Family …
Q&A: Hemant Shah discusses journalists’ coverage of race issues
Hemant Shah has served as director of the University of Wisconsin-Madison journalism school since 2014, and has been a member of the faculty since 1990. His research focuses on the role of mass media in …
Minnesota students at UW-Madison urged to get extra meningitis shots
Minnesota students attending the University of Wisconsin-Madison are being urged to get additional vaccinations for meningitis after a small but potentially dangerous campus outbreak this fall. The Minnesota Department of Health said Thursday that undergraduates …
“We Are Healers” – Meet Kala Cornelius
UW-Madison School of Nursing doctoral student Kala Cornelius is featured in a new video from We Are Healers, a digital media initiative featuring stories of American Indian health professionals.
Immigration and the Uncertainties of 2017: A Presentation and Discussion with Attorney Maryam Ghayyad
Join Maryam Ghayyad, an Immigration Attorney from Murphy Desmond Lawyers S.C., for a presentation and discussion on U.S. immigration system basics and potential immigration policy changes with the incoming presidential administration. Potential implications for undocumented students, DACA applicants, …
Blank links faculty retention issues, fall in research ranking to UW System budget cuts
In a Dec. 2 interview with The Badger Herald, Chancellor Rebecca Blank talks about increasing the number of in-state students, sexual assault, and diversity on campus. Story by MARGARET DUFFEY AND EMILY NEINFELDT. University of …
UW-Madison’s GEM fellows bring more diverse perspectives to STEM fields
The GEM consortium is a national network of universities and employers committed to achieving greater diversity in the science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields by advancing the careers of talented graduate students from underrepresented …
Student leader McKinney wins Marshall Scholarship
Senior Deshawn McKinney of Milwaukee, a member of the PEOPLE and First Wave programs, has been named a winner of the Marshall Scholarship, a prestigious award given to up to 40 scholars each year to study …
Androgynous role in “Morticians in Love”
Audition coming! StageQ is proud to support KRASS, one of our fellow participating theater companies at the Bartell Theatre, by announcing their upcoming auditions for Morticians in Love. Among other roles, KRASS is specifically seeking …
In Memory of Lou: Alzheimer’s Looms for America’s Black and Hispanic Families
Lou Holland ’65 was a UW–Madison success story. A Badger Hall of Fame halfback who traded his jersey for a business suit after graduation, he went on to stardom in a new arena as an …
New ESL active learning lab expands learning possibilities for international students
It might be hard to imagine a journalism student, a future economist, a cancer researcher and an aspiring statistician in the same 16-person class in Helen C. White Hall. More than 1,000 undergraduate and graduate …
A Taste of Freedom: UW professor unearths a missing chapter in the history of civil rights
Their salvation would be pickles. That was the decision of a group of farmers in Sumter County, Alabama, who were struggling financially. But when they tried to purchase cucumber seeds from a local merchant, the …
Fall 2016 PEOPLE Senior Send-Off
Interdisciplinary Artist-in-Residence Meeta Mastani to lecture, present student textile and dance show
Nov. 30 — Hand-Crafted Entrepreneurship | 5:30 – 6:30 pm Meeta will discuss her art practice, Bindaas Unlimited (her sustainable fair trade textile and craft business) and her work with artisans in rural Rajasthan, India. Refreshments …
City of Madison Honors First Nation with Official “Ho-Chunk Day”
Madison Mayor Paul Soglin and the Madison Common Council voted unanimously and affirmed and proclaimed a day in honor of the Ho-Chunk people at last week’s Common Council meeting. Now through perpetuity, the fourth Friday …
Native American astronaut inspires future engineers
John Herrington, the first enrolled Native American astronaut, shared his career journey with students, faculty, community members, and elders on Nov. 17. A member of the Chickasaw Nation, Herrington was a mission specialist on the space …