The 15th annual Line Breaks Hip Hop Theater Festival brought together First Wave scholars and alumni for an extraordinary series of free performances on April 1 and 2 at the Overture Center.
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Wisconsin Historical Museum’s ‘Hmong in Wisconsin’ exhibit offers opportunity to learn about Hmong history
Learn about Wisconsin’s vibrant Hmong community and how the Hmong people have become an important part of the fabric of the state through this temporary exhibit at the Wisconsin Historical Museum.
Register for the 2022 Multicultural Graduation Celebration
The Multicultural Student Center would like to celebrate you and your accomplishments! Register below for our annual Multicultural Graduation and Leadership Awards on Tuesday, April 26th at 5:30pm!
Data equity and why it is important to Southeast Asian Americans
KaYing Yang will share her journey through a three-decade long career in public policy and community service for Southeast and Asian Americans on Friday, April 8, from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. CST., in the …
Decolonizing Development Studies and Participant Conversation
Register now to attend the Morgridge Center’s Bagels and Research event on April 7th from 9-10am. The event will be hosted virtually and will feature Pearly Wong, department of Anthropology. Decolonizing Development Studies and Participant Conversation …
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 …
First Wave students and alums fuse dance, theater and music in Line Breaks Festival
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 …
Inclusivity in Introductory STEM Courses: Mini Zoom Workshops
Register today for two interactive Zoom mini-workshops to help STEM educators improve inclusivity in introductory courses. Each workshop will be facilitated by an expert in the field, and there will be opportunities for active participation. …
15th annual Line Breaks Festival looks to provide ‘the true breadth of the human experience’
“The point of Line Breaks is to celebrate the culture of hip hop, to celebrate the young people in our programming and in our network and to create a platform for the stories and voices of some of the most marginalized communities in our country.”
2022 International Visiting Artist Program (IVAP): Omari ‘Motion’ Carter
The University of Wisconsin–Madison Division of the Arts welcomes screendance practitioner, lecturer, and body percussionist Omari ‘Motion’ Carter.
WPR: Center for DREAMers at UW-Madison offers support system
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.