In 2006, musician and music teacher Tara Linhardt ’94 was traveling around Nepal with her partner, Danny Knicely, hoping to renew old ties from a UW study-abroad program some 14 years earlier. While the pair …
Year: 2018
African Studies undergraduate shortlisted for Brunel International African Poetry Prize
In a statement released Monday morning, African Studies Program certificate student Hiwot Adilow was announced as one of eight poets shortlisted for the 6th Brunel International African Poetry Prize.
UW Advance helps doctoral students from China learn and grow in Madison
When 33 PhD students from China’s Nanjing Agricultural University enrolled in the UW Advance program, they knew they’d get to discuss exciting ideas with faculty, researchers, and graduate students at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. This …
Steps on the path for change
Experiences on campus, in the nation’s capital and abroad have helped Jonny Vannucci forge a future in politics and diplomacy.
Quite a mouthful: Mexican graduate student joins UW-Madison cheese judges at world championships
Judging the world’s best cheeses is essentially a search for defects, says Luis Alejandro Jiménez-Maroto, after a day of judging burrata, flavored pasteurized process cheese and aged Latin American hard cheeses at Monona Terrace in …
Former UW-Madison Chancellor Irving Shain dies at 92
Irving Shain, a chemistry professor and UW–Madison chancellor emeritus who advanced the university’s interests in China and established University Research Park, died peacefully Tuesday, March 6, in Madison after a brief illness. He was 92.
PharmD Students Gain a Global Health Advantage
UW–Madison School of Pharmacy’s extensive international offerings give students unique global experience
Shaffer to deliver keynote at Learning Analytics and Knowledge Conference in Australia
UW-Madison’s David Williamson Shaffer will be delivering a keynote address at the Learning Analytics and Knowledge Conference, which runs March 5-9, 2018, in Sydney, Australia.
Science with a Passion; Life and Death on a Remote Pacific Reef
A robust crowd of citizens, scientists, and climate-curious individuals were on hand to hear Dr. Kim Cobb deliver the keynote address at the 2018 Climate Change Symposium on Thursday, February 22, 2018. The annual event …
New exhibit pushes viewers to connect with an African tradition of honoring ancestors
As you enter the Ruth Davis Design Gallery in the School of Human Ecology, a lively beat of drums and singing hums in the background.