Although their specific research agendas differ, Regina Fuller (Educational Policy Studies), Amy Jones (Sociology), and Josefina Flores Morales (Sociology) share a commitment to doing scholarship that impacts health and well-being for communities across the globe. …
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$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. …
Outstanding DDEEA Alumni Achievement News
Dr. Kaylene Fiala, (Chancellor’s Scholar ’15) and (M.D. ’17 UWSMPH) will begin residency in Child Neurology at the University of Chicago Medical Center in Chicago, Ill., this summer. Dr. Matt Murphy, (Powers-Knapp Scholar ’12) and …
We’re ending the year of diversity achievements on a high note
As the semester ends and we look forward to celebrating 8,000 UW-Madison graduates, we’d like to take a moment to reflect on some of the accomplishments and challenges of the past academic year with respect …
Gloria Ladson-Billings Will Receive AERA Presidential Citation This Weekend in San Antonio
When I call Gloria Ladson-Billings up to talk about her receiving a Presidential Citation at the American Educational Research Association’s (AERA) Annual Meeting in San Antonio, Texas, this weekend, she tells me that she doesn’t …
Shiva Bidar to join Annual Women in Leadership Symposium panel on April 20
UW Health Chief Diversity Officer Shiva Bidar will bring her expertise and experience on forging a career path in the contemporary market to the 5th Annual DDEEA/National Diversity Council Women in Leadership Symposium on Thursday …
Edward Alexander Bouchet Graduate Honor Society Inducts 2016-17 Scholars
Five University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate students and one postdoctoral scholar — Albert Burgess-Hull, Natalie Guerrero, Evelyn Hammond, Nadia Khan, and Alexandra MacMillan Uribe and post-doctoral scholar Rastafa Geddes — were inducted into the UW–Madison chapter …
Student led Hmong American studies certificate gaining momentum at UW
By XIANI ZHONG, The Badger Herald An online petition for University of Wisconsin to create a Hmong American studies certificate has gained traction on social media lately, receiving more than one thousand signatures within a few …
48th Annual On Wisconsin Spring Powwow is April 1-2 at Alliant Center Arena
UW-Madison’s American Indian Student Organization Wunk Sheek will host the 48th On Wisconsin Annual Spring Powwow (OWASP) April 1-2 at the Alliant Energy Center Arena. This event will be free and open to the public. …
12 on Tuesday: Leslie Orrantia, UW-Madison Community Relations Director
Leslie Orrantia is the director of community relations at the University of Wisconsin, a post she’s held since August. She has been on campus for four years, serving since 2012 in the School of Education’s …
Six Women To Be Honored as Outstanding Women of Color
Walking in our shoes as Women of Color: A photo tradition launched by the 2014 Outstanding Women of Color. (Photo @ Andy Manis) The six winners of the 2016 University of Wisconsin-Madison Outstanding Women of …
STATEMENT TO OUR TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY
We believe that everyone deserves a safe place to live, work, and learn, free of bias, hate, and discrimination. Our transgender, gender non-conforming, and gender non-binary students, faculty, and staff add to the rich diversity …
UW-Madison Diversity Division seeking Assistant Vice Provost/Chief Operating Officer
UW-Madison, recently ranked among the top ten public colleges in the nation by US News and World Report, is looking for an assistant vice provost to serve as the chief operating officer for the Division …
Become an ‘Our Wisconsin’ Facilitator
Interested in being a facilitator for Our Wisconsin? Learn about becoming a Badger Way Facilitator! Go to the online application.
UW-Madison expanding diversity training program
Nearly all new UW-Madison students will be encouraged to participate in a diversity training program next year after about 1,000 students participated in the program this past fall. The program, known as Our Wisconsin, is …
Super Bowl LI: Former Wisconsin running back James White earns huge kudos from Tom Brady
Sunday’s Super Bowl LI victory may have cemented Tom Brady’s legacy as the greatest quarterback of all time. But even with Brady’s heroics in the New England Patriots’ remarkable 25-point comeback victory against the Atlanta Falcons …
Gail Ford: College Prep Queen & Soul Worker
“I know the power of pre-college programs and the ripple effect on families because I experienced it,” says Gail Ford, the newly appointed assistant director at UW-Madison’s Pre-college Enrichment Opportunity Program for Learning Excellence, or …
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 …
‘Evicted’: Go Big Read Author Matthew Desmond to speak at UW-Madison on November 1
Matthew Desmond, a UW–Madison alumnus and author of “Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City,” will speak at 7 p.m. Nov. 1 at the Memorial Union Theater. “Evicted: Poverty and Profit in …
Just Bust! Every 1st Friday of the Month
Join us for Madison’s longest running all-ages open mic, Just Bust!, every first Friday of the month in the Red Gym On Wisconsin Room (716 Langdon St. 1st Floor) from 9:00pm-11:00pm. There will be community performances, …