Media Advisory: Great Lakes commits $7.2 million to support UW–Madison initiatives to increase number of STEM graduates nationwide

On Tuesday, Oct. 14 at 1:30 p.m., University of Wisconsin–Madison Provost Sarah Mangelsdorf and Great Lakes Higher Education Corporation President and CEO Richard D. George will announce a major commitment to support initiatives aimed at increasing the number of students who graduate in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) majors and pursue professions in these fields.

The focus of the commitment will be to assist students of color, women, low-income and first-generation college students.

UW-Madison School of Education Dean Julie Underwood, Wisconsin Center for Education Research Director Robert Mathieu, Wisconsin HOPE Lab Director Sara Goldrick-Rab, and Ana Porras, a graduate student in biomedical engineering participating in training for future college STEM faculty, also will be on hand.

The news conference will be held in the 4th Floor Teaching Lab at the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery, 330 N. Orchard St. Take the small elevator nearest Aldo’s Café.