Society & Culture
Students extend winning streak in fashion industry competition
UW–Madison students cleaned up in a prestigious national competition sponsored each year by the YMA Fashion Scholarship Fund — the fashion industry’s premier competition for gifted young designers, merchandisers, retailers and business majors.
New initiative to boost middle class in Dane County announces finalists
Three finalists were chosen to pitch their ideas in Phoenix on Jan. 29. Schmidt Futures has committed to further support the efforts of at least one team from each of the four partnering universities.
Bortin’s landmark in journalism saw Russia open up
UW–Madison alumna Meg Bortin went from being a non-journalism major to becoming a correspondent and editor at Reuters and the International Herald Tribune. In 1992, she helped found the first independent English language daily newspaper in Russia: The Moscow Times.
Society & Culture Events
January
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Institute for Research on Poverty Webinar - Michael R. Strain1:00 pm, Online - Register at: https://www.irp.wisc.edu/resource/whats-behind-slow-wage-growth/
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Come & Learn More About the Latin American, Caribbean & Iberian Studies Program10:30 am, 209 Ingraham Hall
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Revisioning Gender Regimes and Welfare States Past: the Male Breadwinner Model as Everyday Practice3:45 pm, 3401 Sterling Hall
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A lecture by Anna Muller, Assistant Professor and the Frank and Mary Padzieski Endowed Professor in Polish/Polish American/Eastern European Studies at the Department of Social Sciences at the University of Michigan-Dearborn4:00 pm, 206 Ingraham Hall
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Can Nuclear Power Help Solve Climate Change?4:15 pm, 1163 Mechanical Engineering Building
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