In 2020, there were over 30,000 Spanish-speaking English learners — or “emergent bilingual” — K-12 students in Wisconsin schools. However, less than 35 percent of these learners were enrolled in bilingual-bicultural programming. One reason for …
Year: 2022
Wolff Fellowship awarded to ‘exceptional’ graduate
Her adventure around the world started with a class about space. Claire James, the inaugural winner of the Wolff Fellowship, which provides substantial funds for post-graduation travel, pinpoints an early astronomy class as key to …
Spring 2022 grad: Guolong Liang inspired to pursue international ag development
Guolong Liang, who grew up in northwestern China, will be graduating with a master’s degree in horticulture in spring 2022. In this Q&A, Liang talks about making the decision to pursue horticulture, the benefits of …
Monica White awarded Carnegie Fellowship
Monica White — Nelson Institute Gaylord A. Nelson Distinguished Chair in Integrated Environmental Studies, and the founding director of the Office for Environmental Justice in the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies — has been awarded …
Li Chiao-Ping Dance presents ‘terza rima: Writings on the Body’ April 29-30
Li Chiao-Ping Dance (LCPD) proudly presents “terza rima; Writings on the Body” on April 29 and 30, in collaboration with the UW–Madison School of Education’s Dance Department and the Department of French and Italian. Li …
UW–Madison’s ultra-efficient carbon capture tech earns top 60 spot in global XPRIZE challenge
For a planet increasingly impacted by the effects of climate change, removing carbon from the atmosphere could be part of a much needed turn in the right direction. Innovators worldwide participating in the XPRIZE Carbon Removal …
UW–Madison’s Travers is selected as Fulbright US Scholar
UW–Madison’s Brittany Travers, an associate professor with the School of Education’s Department of Kinesiology, has been selected as a Fulbright U.S. Scholar for 2022-23. Travers will travel to the University of Málaga in Spain during …
U.N. Ambassador and La Follette student featured at commencement
The La Follette School will be well represented at spring commencement this May, starting with keynote speaker Linda Thomas-Greenfield, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. Thomas-Greenfield earned a master’s degree from the La Follette School’s …
Ho-Chunk graduate students elevate Native voices in their studies
Four Ho-Chunk graduate students at the University of Wisconsin–Madison are working to elevate the voices and experiences of Native American people, and to make academic and cultural spaces more accessible and beneficial to the Ho-Chunk …
WSB’s New Multicultural Center Builds Community
The Wisconsin School of Business has launched a new Multicultural Center—encompassing two spaces in Grainger Hall designed to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion throughout the school. The center is much more than physical spaces, however. …