Chasing Hollywood dreams
For communication arts students Ali Walton and Ryan Holtz, a life-changing summer internship is capped with a star-studded celebration.
New center focuses on the Wisconsin economy
Economics professor Noah Williams intends for the center to examine economic issues affecting the state and make its research accessible to policymakers and the business community.
Reprogramming history
As a new assistant professor of history of technology, Marie Hicks helps puts women back into their rightful place as leaders in the development of the computing industry.
Sami Schalk joins the Department of Gender and Women’s Studies
Assistant Professor Sami Schalk's research focuses on disability, race and gender in contemporary American literature and culture.
Political Newsmaker
Katherine Cramer, a political science professor and director of the Morgridge Center for Public Service, spent five years popping into small Wisconsin towns to chat with citizens. What she discovered was a growing sense of bitterness. Her book, The Politics of Resentment: Rural Consciousness in Wisconsin and the Rise of Scott Walker, explores that feeling of being overlooked that many media have since cited as one reason behind the rise of Donald Trump to the presidency.
Where words meet water
As an assistant professor of composition and rhetoric in the Department of English, as well as a faculty affiliate with the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, Caroline Gottschalk Druschke researches the human aspects of natural resource management and teaches classes that bridge communication and environmental concerns.
Scandinavian Studies gains expert on contemporary Scandinavian literature
With experience teaching at the University of Helsinki and state universities in Los Angeles, Austin and the Twin Cities, Claus Elholm Andersen joins the Department of German, Nordic and Slavic as a new assistant professor of Danish.
The School of Journalism and Mass Communication welcomes Chris Cascio
Assistant professor Chris Cascio studies the neurocognitive mechanisms associated with social influence and health messages delivered through mass media.
Exhibiting inclusivity
Art history alum Marcela Guerrero champions Latinx artists and advocates for accessibility in her curatorial role at the Whitney.
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