University of Wisconsin–Madison

Tag: learning

Standing up to Socrates: Philosophy major invites more women to the table

When Macy Salzberger joined the Socratic Society, an undergraduate club for University of Wisconsin-Madison students interested in discussing philosophy, she was hoping to find like-minded friends eager to engage with her on complex topics: contemporary ethics, the nature of consciousness, and more. What she found, instead, was a fierce style of argument—and hardly any women.

UW-Madison launches national Agricultural Innovation Prize

As the world’s population continues to increase, so does the need for sustainable and secure food systems. A new student contest run by the University of Wisconsin-Madison advances the idea that long-term solutions in agriculture cannot draw on innovations from only one discipline.