Diversity and Culture

During the six-week Summer Collegiate Experience (SCE) program, incoming students get a sneak peek into university life and gain confidence in knowing UW-Madison is where they belong.

Regina Fuller (Educational Policy Studies), Amy Jones (Sociology), and Josefina Flores Morales (Sociology) share a commitment to doing scholarship that impacts health and well-being for communities across the globe. In 2016, these UW–Madison graduate students became part of the inaugural, nationwide cohort of Health Policy Research Scholars supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

For three students from Jewish, Muslim and Christian backgrounds, a course on the historic city helped them identify common bonds that cross religious boundaries.

More female mathematicians teach, mentor and conduct research at UW-Madison than at any other time in the department's history. They’re not only helping to change the face of math here and now, but making it easier for the next generations of women to pursue the path.

Since 1966, the Center for Academic Excellence and its predecessor programs have provided guidance and opportunities to set students on paths to success. Alumni are invited back to celebrate on November 11.

Clementine Uwabera’s experience at UW was shaped by her participation in the Academic Advancement Program. Just a few years later, her sister Ada Umubera had a similar journey through the program’s new iteration, the Center for Academic Excellence.

An early director of a program to increase diversity on campus reflects on his work in the 1960s and ’70s.

A Multicultural Student Center award is just one accomplishment of this emerging leader.

A community course co-taught by a history professor and a UW alum unpacks the roots of racism.