A study found people with intellectual disabilities are almost six times more likely to die from COVID-19 than the general population. The study also pointed out the pandemic placed devastating limits on disabled individuals’ ability to receive necessary health care and support.
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‘I want to be someone my community looks up to’: UW senior Hezouwe Walada featured on Black Oxygen podcast
Hezouwe Walada talks about moving from experiencing homelessness when he first arrived in Madison to how Madison College and UW-Madison’s Odyssey program help him not give up his dreams of becoming a physician.
Gender and Sexuality Campus Center to host Trans Community Day + Film Night
The free all-day event Monday is open to all LGBTQ+ community members and allies who want to affirm and celebrate trans lives.
UW alum Jasmine Mans returns to campus as Interdisciplinary Artist in Residence
The University of Wisconsin–Madison Division of the Arts and the Office of Multicultural Arts Initiatives (OMAI) welcome Black poet, performance artist and UW–Madison alumna Jasmine Mans to campus October 31–November 5, 2022, through the Interdisciplinary …
Save the date for the 2022 Trans Monologues and Talent Showcase
The annual event honors Transgender Day of Remembrance with open mic performances and stories about the lives, experiences, relationships and communities that exist “beyond the cis-tem.”
Free lecture will focus on how to increase equity among underrepresented groups to improve education, training, care and clinical research (canceled)
All are welcome to attend a free lecture on “Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) Work and Leadership” on Thursday, Oct. 27, 5:30–6:45 p.m., at the Health Sciences Learning Center (HSLC), room 1345.
Marla Delgado-Guerrero named director of UW Posse program
A three-time UW–Madison graduate, Dr. Marla Delgado-Guerrero will lead UW’s Posse program, which is the national Posse Foundation’s largest partner with four cohorts from New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Washington, D.C.
Call for proposals: 2023 UW Women’s and Gender Studies Consortium Conference
This year’s theme invites participants to occupy spaces of hope alongside uncertainty as we shift our collective gaze toward an unknowable and improvable future.
Public History Project exhibition generates ‘extraordinary’ interest during first month
The exhibition at the Chazen Museum of Art, which opened Sept. 12, recorded more than 7,400 visits its first month. A companion website had 4,400 visits during the same period. Visitors online represented 25 countries and 47 states.
UW–Madison School of Nursing receives national award for its commitment to diversity and inclusion
The award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine recognizes health-related schools and centers that demonstrate an outstanding commitment to diversity and inclusion excellence.
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Engineering grad students work to bolster diversity in operations research
As a Black woman pursuing her undergraduate degree and now PhD in electrical engineering, Carmen Haseltine has seen and experienced plenty of the forces that dissuade aspiring scientists and engineers from traditionally underrepresented backgrounds. So …
UW Odyssey Project celebrates 20 years of taking a whole family approach to empowering students
Photos: Celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Gender and Sexuality Campus Center
Marking a long history of “connecting and being in community,” UW–Madison’s Gender and Sexuality Campus Center celebrated its 30th anniversary Tuesday evening at the Pyle Center with an appreciation-filled gathering dubbed “The Big Gay Birth …
UW’s Monica Kim receives MacArthur Genius Grant
Monica Kim, a historian of the United States and international and diplomatic history, who examines the dynamics between U.S. empire, race and decolonization by tracking the changes in warfare over the course of the 20th …
For students who worked on Public History Project, a rich and often emotional experience
When Taylor Bailey first heard about UW–Madison’s Public History Project, she remembers being intrigued — and more than a little surprised. “Universities usually shy away from acknowledging any pain they’ve caused,” says Bailey, who came …
Event will journey through history of LGBTQ+ activism at UW–Madison
The Gender and Sexuality Campus Center (GSCC) and the Public History Project will host a free event on Oct. 18 exploring LGBTQ+ history at UW–Madison from the ’90s to now. The event, “We Are Here: …
Oral history project honors 50 years of Native community’s activism, education at UW–Madison
AAPI Coalition of Wisconsin to host ‘AAPI Authors Humanizing Our History’ virtual event
Julie Otsuka is the author of the award-winning novel “When the Emperor Was Divine,” which tells the story of the incarceration of a Japanese American family during World War II.
Record-setting freshman class is most racially and ethnically diverse in university history
The freshman class is the most racially and ethnically diverse in the university’s history. There are 1,431 underrepresented students of color, up from 1,251 last year. These students comprise 16.6% of the freshman class, up …