Tag Diversity

Artist in residence explores black cultural identity

February 6, 2013

Faisal Abdu’Allah, an internationally acclaimed British artist whose iconographic images of power, race, masculinity, violence, and faith challenge the values and ideologies society attaches to those images, is the The Arts Institute and the Department of Art History’s Spring 2013 Interdisciplinary Artist in Residence.

Members of the 2013 Ad Hoc Diversity Planning Committee (AHDPC)

February 5, 2013

Members of the 2013 Ad Hoc Diversity Planning Committee (AHDPC)

Ad hoc committee to lead the way for campus diversity plan

February 5, 2013

As UW–Madison looks toward the next decade, a new committee will help the campus community envision a comprehensive plan to address issues of diversity.

UW to recognize and welcome faculty of color

January 15, 2013

The tradition of welcoming new UW–Madison faculty of color and honoring all faculty of color will continue with a campus reception on Tuesday, Jan. 22.

Campus-youth partnership to share artistic skills in recording studio

December 14, 2012

A partnership between the University of Wisconsin–Madison and Madison-area youth will help young people explore and develop their creative talents in a cutting-edge sound recording studio.

Five graduate students of color to be inducted into Bouchet Society

December 10, 2012

Five University of Wisconsin–Madison graduate students of color - Patrick Brown, Sharee Light, Gregory Mosby, Chidi Obasi and Myeshia Price - will be inducted into the UW–Madison chapter of the Edward A. Bouchet Graduate Honor Society in a ceremony during its annual conference March 1, 2013. They will also be inducted into the national Bouchet Society at its conference, hosted by Yale University, April 19-20, 2013.

Documentary celebrates Odyssey Project’s 10-year journey

December 3, 2012

On its 10th anniversary, the University of Wisconsin–Madison's Odyssey Project has much to celebrate. Journeys from homelessness to graduate school, or incarceration to meaningful employment, are two of more than 250 success stories.

Two students to receive groundbreaking hip-hop scholarship

November 28, 2012

The Hip Hop Sisters Network announced Miona Short of Chicago and Hiwot Adilow of Philadelphia as the first recipients of the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s First Wave/MC Lyte Scholarship.

Talk examines American Indian agriculture and food systems

November 20, 2012

American Indian tribes have plenty of challenges when it comes to food and food systems, says Dan Cornelius, ranging from environmental threats to traditional crops to the difficulties of getting fresh food to remote tribal communities.

Indian Graduate Students’ Association hosts Diwali Night 2012

November 6, 2012

The Indian Graduate Students' Association (IGSA) at UW–Madison will celebrate Diwali, the Indian Festival of Lights, by hosting Diwali Night 2012 on Sunday, Nov. 11 at the Overture Center at 7 p.m. This event is free and open to the public.

Hip-hop arts festival Passing the Mic brings words to life

November 5, 2012

The Passing the Mic: 8th Annual Intergenerational Hip-Hop Arts Festival will bring words to life as a program within the Wisconsin Book Festival.

UW Curry mural tells forgotten emancipation story

November 1, 2012

With a sweep of his pen, Abraham Lincoln changed the lives of 4 million black Americans when he signed the Emancipation Proclamation that led to the 13th Amendment outlawing slavery in the U.S. But a striking, often-overlooked campus mural by John Steuart Curry tells a part of the story that's often forgotten.

Campus event to explore ‘Islamophobia in America’

October 17, 2012

In hopes of fostering peaceful dialogue and a greater understanding of American Muslims, three UW–Madison organizations will host a series of lectures, performances and discussion called “Understanding Islamophobia in America.”

Harvard scholar Lani Guinier to headline UW–Madison Diversity Forum

October 9, 2012

Harvard Law Professor Lani Guinier, the university's first tenured Jewish African-American law professor who is among the nation's top scholars in the areas of access to higher education, race conscious policy and civil rights law, will give the keynote address at this Friday's (Oct. 12) daylong annual UW–Madison Diversity Forum.

Odyssey Project marks 10 years in a celebration Thursday, Oct. 4

October 3, 2012

UW-Madison's Odyssey Project, which provides people facing economic barriers with a chance to start college, marks its 10th anniversary on Thursday, Oct. 4 in a celebration at the Chazen Museum of Art from 5-7 p.m.

Activist, writer Clare to speak at UW–Madison

October 2, 2012

Eli Clare, acclaimed activist and author of the award-winning "Exile and Pride: Disability, Queerness, and Liberation," will visit UW–Madison as a Brittingham Visiting Scholar for the week of Oct. 8-12.

Getting Real III explores hip-hop pedagogy, performance and culture

September 20, 2012

The University of Wisconsin–Madison Office of Multicultural Arts Initiatives (OMAI) has partnered with several New York-based educational institutions to offer a dual-location hip-hop education lecture series via videoconferencing through Dec. 10.

Greene named to UC San Diego diversity post

September 18, 2012

Linda S. Greene, Evjue Bascom Professor of Law at University of Wisconsin–Madison, will become the University of California at San Diego’s first vice chancellor for equity, diversity and inclusion (VC-EDI), a position created by the University of California Board of Regents and filled after a nationwide search.

UW-Madison announces First Wave/MC Lyte Scholarship presented by Hip Hop Sisters Network

September 6, 2012

A full-tuition First Wave scholarship at the University of Wisconsin–Madison was named today for the legendary pioneer for women in hip-hop, MC Lyte.

Four honored as UW–Madison’s 2012 Outstanding Women of Color

September 4, 2012

Four women deeply rooted in the community through social justice work, service, research and community building have been named recipients of UW–Madison’s Outstanding Women of Color Awards.