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 …
College of Engineering
Derek Johnson appointed senior director of Inclusion, Equity, and Diversity Student Center at College of Engineering
Derek Johnson has been appointed senior director of the UW–Madison College of Engineering’s Inclusion, Equity, and Diversity in Engineering (IEDE) Student Center. Derek Johnson The IEDE Student Center is the home of flagship pre-college (Engineering …
Chris Castro committed to collaborative, relational approach as Engineering’s inaugural inclusion, equity and diversity leader
At age 18, Chris Castro boarded a plane bound for Miami with his family, unknowingly a one-way journey from Colombia that would upend his life. When they landed, Castro’s parents told him and his 13-year-old …
$1M grant to boost engineering education at College of Menominee Nation
(Above) The National Science Foundation grant supported an event that brought John Herrington, the first enrolled Native American (Chickasaw) to fly in space, to the College of Menominee Nation and UW–Madison over a three-day visit. …