Category Society & Culture
48th Annual On Wisconsin Spring Powwow is April 1-2
The event is unique in its cultural education through engagement with Native nations, a family activity area, and volunteer opportunities for students.
UniverCity Year branches out into county
Building on a successful partnership with the city of Monona, UniverCity Year is gearing up to work with its second community. This fall, UW–Madison courses will help Dane County tackle issues around sustainability and equity.
Japanese literature course leads to the ultimate field trip for UW students
Adam Kern, a professor of Japanese literature and visual culture, and four of his students went to Japan for a week to be profiled on a popular prime-time television program there.
Food sovereignty events explore indigenous cuisine
The first Food Sovereignty Symposium and Festival will be March 10 to 12. It focuses on how communities manage their food systems while celebrating indigenous, local and regional foods.
Professor: Use math to pick your bracket winners. Really.
It's more than picking the teams with the most ferocious mascots. When picking your brackets for the NCAA basketball tournament, Engineering Professor Laura Albert McLay says you can use math. The Markov Chain, for instance. Also, she spins a pretty mean basketball.
Students find inspiration in class merging science and art
The class, called Zoethica: Bioinspired Art and Science, is part of Peter Krsko’s semester-long commitment to UW–Madison as the Arts Institute’s spring Interdisciplinary Artist in Residence.
Marrett, Morgridge, Stubblefield to receive UW–Madison honorary degrees
The Committee on Honorary Degrees looks to sustained and characteristic activity as its warrant: uncommonly meritorious activity exhibiting values that are esteemed by UW–Madison.
Professor follows students from first grade through high school in new book
After two decades of research, Catherine Compton-Lilly’s latest book documenting the literacy practices and school experiences of a group of low-income, inner-city students and their families is now available.
Alumna Nancy Armstrong shares stories of American women’s movement
UW-Madison graduate Nancy Armstrong is senior producer of MAKERS, a multimedia platform that includes the first documentary of the modern American women’s movement and the largest collection of women’s stories ever assembled.
International Learning Community fosters global connections among residents
The International Learning Community houses in Adams Residence Hall allow residents to be immersed in a language and learn about another culture.
Dedication ceremony inaugurates Black Cultural Center on campus
A dedication ceremony was held Tuesday for the new Black Cultural Center inside the Red Gym on the UW–Madison campus.
Big Apple Badgers – Jerome and Simona Chivian Chazen
New York City is home to some of the world’s greatest art museums, and two University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni have brought some of that renown to UW–Madison.
Panczenko, longtime director of Chazen Museum of Art, to retire
Panczenko grew the Chazen's holdings from approximately 12,000 objects to more than 21,000 today, making it the second-largest collection of art in Wisconsin.
UW-Madison ranked first in number of Peace Corps volunteers
The University of Wisconsin–Madison ranked first among large schools on the Peace Corps 2017 Top Volunteer-Producing Colleges and Universities list. There are 87 Badgers currently volunteering worldwide.
Jennifer Warren wants more female movie directors
Of the top 100 films released in 2016, women directed only four. Actress, director and UW alumna Jennifer Warren is out to change that.
Center for Journalism Ethics announces finalists for Shadid Award
The six projects nominated for the Anthony Shadid Award for Journalism Ethics combined aggressive reporting on important issues with care for the consequences of that reporting.
UW to award Clyde Stubblefield posthumous honorary degree
Stubblefield wasn’t just a drummer. He was an innovator and an inspiration to musicians, both in his adopted home of Madison and around the world.
University experts help Roelli create champion cheese
Roelli Cheese Haus in southwest Wisconsin got help in creating its championship cheese from the Center for Dairy Research at the UW–Madison.
Communications expert advises how science should respond to fake news
The rise of fake news has dominated the world of politics recently, but fake news is not at all new in the world of science, says life sciences communication Professor Dominique Brossard.
Wisconsin Without Borders Marketplace makes a difference throughout globe
Wisconsin Without Borders Marketplace (WWBM), a UW–Madison student organization, collaborates with artisan groups from Mexico, Ecuador, Nepal, India and Kenya to sell their jewelry, scarves and bags in Madison.