Category Society & Culture
Multicultural Student Center honors graduates, student leaders
Students and staff celebrated the end of the year with a ceremony and awarding of embroidered stoles to wear with caps and gowns.
Baldwin Wisconsin Idea grant winners announced
Projects both large and small will help the university contribute knowledge and resources across the state.
Common ‘Threads’ displayed at SoHE student fashion show
Students in the Textiles and Fashion Design Program in the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s School of Human Ecology presented “Threads 2016: IMPACT” on Saturday, April 30…
Honors jazz band inspires young musicians
Every spring, the UW High School Honors Jazz Band provides top-flight teaching to young instrumentalists throughout southern Wisconsin.
Go Big Read selects ‘Evicted’ for 2016-17
“Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City,” the best-selling book by UW–Madison alumnus Matthew Desmond, is the selection for the university's common-reading program.
Well-traveled journalist to visit campus as Science Writer in Residence
Alexandra "Alex" Witze, a contributing correspondent for Nature and Science News magazines, will be on campus for a week beginning April 18.
Students and their siblings share campus life at Sibs Day
There's spilled milk on the table, but no one is crying. Not only do people look quite happy, they’re experimenting with it.
No typical day in artist in residence’s classroom
Amy Franceschini’s class may be unconventional at times, but it’s teaching important lessons about social change and uncertainty.
Two members of UW community honored for advancing status of women
Lori DiPrete Brown, associate director for education at the Global Health Institute, and Robert Golden, dean of the School of Medicine and Public Health, are this year's winners.
Donna Shalala keynote speaker for UW–Madison Global Summit for Women
The former UW–Madison chancellor will consider the status of women and well-being in Wisconsin and the world.
From one Badger to another
UW basketball Coach Greg Gard speaks at a press conference announcing the "Bring Bucky Home" campaign at the Henry Vilas Zoo Visitor Center on April 6. The campaign will raise money to build a Wisconsin Heritage Exhibit that will feature a natural badger enclosure and pay tribute to Wisconsin's history as a mining state and to the University of Wisconsin.
Syrian refugee shares story of persecution for Out and About Month
Campus speaker Subhi Nahas made history when he testified at the United Nations about the persecution of gays and lesbians throughout the Middle East by the terrorist group known as the Islamic State.
UW receives UN chair for global work on gender, well-being and peace
The chair will be the first in North America to interrelate the three areas through researchers, practitioners and advocates for knowledge exchange and collaboration.
Awards recognize dedication of returning adult students
UW-Madison presents the awards to two people who’ve resumed their academic careers after a significant interruption while juggling all the demands of adult life.
Colleagues, students remember journalism professor Baughman
“He was his own man,” says friend and colleague Donald Downs. “Isn’t that what a college education is supposed to instill?”
Anthony Shadid Journalism Ethics Award goes to Associated Press team
The award from UW–Madison's Center for Journalism Ethics recognizes AP reporting that resulted in the freeing of 2,000 slave laborers in Southeast Asia.
UW-Madison awarded NEH grant to preserve historic recordings
The award will ensure that listeners today and in the future will be able to hear rare fragments of Wisconsin and the Upper Midwest’s musical past.
Hess, McAvoy to receive Outstanding Book Award
The American Educational Research Association is recognizing the School of Education's Diana Hess and Paula McAvoy for “The Political Classroom: Evidence and Ethics in Democratic Education.”
Wunk Sheek and partners host 47th On Wisconsin Annual Spring Powwow
The powwow provides an opportunity to participate in a contemporary native event, sharing and learning the culture of people indigenous to this area.
Computer science program aims to make technology open to all
Wisconsin Emerging Scholars-Computer Sciences (WES-CS) provides a challenging, collaborative environment that helps recruit a broader cross section of UW students to the field of computer science.