What’s Next for Spring 2022 Wisconsin International Scholar Graduates

The International Division is happy to congratulate the graduating 2021–2022 Wisconsin International Scholars and eagerly awaits their plans and goals for the future. Many look forward to volunteering, graduate school, receiving prestigious scholarships, and working in their respective fields. The Wisconsin International Scholars Program is an undergraduate honors enrichment program that students enroll in before …

Declare, o muse

The man on stage closes his eyes and begins to strum his silver guitar, swaying slightly with the melody, as he gently sings about pain, grief, and loss: All of them were bone All of them were blood All of them were flesh That somebody loved Joe Goodkin (BA, Classics ’99) is singing ‘Somebody Loved,” …

‘Perseverance, Determination, Scholarship, Leadership:’ WSB’s First BEL Scholars Graduate

For Business Badger Katie Haghighi (BBA ’22), the pace won’t slow after Saturday. Once the marketing and international business major has diploma in hand, she’s committing her energy and efforts to the startup she founded: Regener8, a platform that tackles the global textile waste crisis by connecting fashion designers with consumers. Come late summer, she’ll …

IRIS Centers host “Teaching About Ukraine” Webinar

The Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia (CREECA), in partnership with European Studies, and the Institute for Regional and International Studies National Resource Center (IRIS NRC), hosted “Teaching About Ukraine: Webinar for K-12 Educators,” Tuesday, May 10. The event featured UW–Madison political science, secondary education and sociology professors and covered key points in …

Message from the dean: Reflections on the spring 2022 semester

The spring 2022 semester is one that many of us will remember for quite some time. In addition to a growing sense of normalcy on campus, there have been many successes that we can celebrate as we say farewell to the academic year. First, I want to offer my congratulations to the Class of 2022! …

Global problem, local solution

Jenna Greene calls her contribution to Earth RepAIR, the UW–Madison team participating in the XPRIZE Carbon Removal competition—a $100 million global challenge funded by Elon Musk and the Musk Foundation—“a narrow piece of the puzzle.” But all puzzle pieces are essential to the whole. Greene, who graduates from the La Follette School of Public Affairs …

Towards Africa-Centered AI

African studies and computer science may seem like two fields that have few ties. But senior and King-Morgridge Scholar Sheriff Issaka is blending the two through AI4Afrika—a wide-reaching project to bring African voices, narratives, and perspectives to artificial intelligence research and implementation. Even before attending UW–Madison, Issaka always had a strong interest in computer science. …

Bharat Biotech co-founder receives honorary degree

Often, diseases that emerge in the developing world are overlooked by researchers, with little effort going toward the development of new drugs to treat or prevent. Some of these diseases, SARS, H1N1, and Zika have captured global attention, though many others persist with little mention nor attention. However, these diseases can have a profound impact …

Analyzing an ‘Erie’ algae similarity with Kenya’s Kisumu Bay

When spring comes around, freeing Lake Mendota in Madison, Wisconsin, from its annual deep freeze, Paul Block and his students study the season’s climate conditions to predict what summer has in store for the lake. Max Beal, a civil and environmental engineering PhD student at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, is part of that group. Now …

Madison 365 highlights ‘Esperanza’ bilingual psychological services certificate program

A new bilingual psychological services certificate program in the School of Education’s Department of Counseling Psychology was spotlighted by Madison 365 in an article that is headlined, “Centro Hispano’s Esperanza program brings holistic framework to mental health.” The program, entitled Esperanza, or “hope,” is funded the Wisconsin Partnership Program and was developed in collaboration with …