University of Wisconsin–Madison
UW–Madison’s Tandem Press has awarded graduate students David Love and Emilee Taxman the Gabriele S. Haberland Graduate Student Printmaking Award for Travel to Europe. In 2019, UW–Madison Professor Emeritus Willy Haeberli established two annual travel awards of $4,000 each in honor of his late wife, Gabriele Haberland. Haberland believed in the power of travel to expand a student’s worldview and …
Max Koenig, from Baraboo, will follow his May 2024 graduation with a year-long exploration of the influence of African culture, history and music in communities that were impacted by slavery. His travels will take him to Caribbean nations, Colombia and Brazil. Read the full story.
PhD Student Seungmi Cho, MSW ‘07, BSW ’06 received a 2023-2024 Capstone Teaching Award for her outstanding teaching record at UW–Madison. This campus-wide TA Award speaks to Seungmi’s contribution to students and the learning environment on campus. She has taught number of courses for the school in her time, including Advanced Macro Practice (Lecturer), Human Behavior and the Environment (TA), Homelessness: …
J-School senior Audrey Thibert recently received an Overseas Press Club Foundation Scholar Award for her dedication to international reporting. This award is given to young journalists to gain experience in overseas reporting and will provide funding to allow her to pursue an international reporting project in the coming months. “I think going into international reporting can be …
Four University of Wisconsin–Madison students are among 2,100 undergraduates from more than 500 colleges and universities across the U.S. awarded the prestigious Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship for study abroad during the summer of 2023. The Gilman Scholarship awards up to $5,000 to apply toward study abroad program costs. The program aims to diversify the population …
UW–Madison international and area studies centers will receive $3.9 million in federal Title VI grants for the 2022–2023 academic year under the National Resource Centers (NRC) and Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships programs, administered by the U.S. Department of Education. UW–Madison NRCs were awarded $1.8 million, and $2.1 million has been designated for …
Lydia Nyachieo’s interest in global affairs expanded in bits and pieces growing up. At UW–Madison, it became her academic passion. “I’m especially interested in — and puzzled by — the incomprehensible imbalances of wealth and power,” says Nyachieo, a senior majoring in international studies and philosophy, with certificates in African studies and French. “How is …
Nelson Institute Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment (SAGE) and Department of Forest & Wildlife Ecology assistant professor, Zuzana Buřivalová is the 2021 recipient of the Nature Award for Driving Global Impact (DGI). This award, which includes a $30,000 prize, recognizes Buřivalová‘s efforts to further biodiversity protection in tropical forests. “We are proud of …
Six UW–Madison alumni were recognized by Madison365 last week as being among the “Most Influential Latino Leaders” list for 2021. A nonprofit online news publication, Madison365 has published annual power lists recognizing Wisconsin leaders from different racial and ethnic groups since 2015. The purpose of the lists is to “highlight the beauty of the diversity …
Books by UW–Madison’s Erica Turner and Anjalé Welton have been recognized by the American Educational Studies Association (AESA) as Critics’ Choice Book Award winners. Turner, an associate professor with the School of Education’s Department of Educational Policy Studies, is the author of the 2020 book, “Suddenly Diverse: How School Districts Manage Race and Inequality.” Welton, …