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Wisconsin Science Festival to Tackle Representation in STEM

October 5, 2018 By Nicholas Garton

“The festival is an annual event but this year, in particular, what we’re interested in is the mini-symposium on broadening participation in STEM,” Laura Heisler, Director of Programming for the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation told Madison365. “It’s something that came up because we had research that showed women and people of color as underrepresented. So we wanted to broaden that study.”

ADVANCEGeo launches new online resource center to address sexual harassment in the geosciences

July 31, 2018 By Erika Marín-Spiotta

The National Science Foundation-funded ADVANCEGeo project has released a collection of online resources for the community on relevant research and tested strategies to respond to sexual harassment, bullying and discrimination in academia. These public resources can be used to: define and understand harassment, bullying, and discrimination; design codes of conduct, including for field research projects and courses; and identify best strategies for creating inclusive and equitable workplace climates. The online resource center is hosted by the Science Education and Research Center at Carleton College.

Stem cell summer camp inspiring early careers in science and technology

July 25, 2018 By Brian Mattmiller

Every summer since 2007, students from some of the smallest high schools in Wisconsin have descended on the Morgridge Institute for Research at the University of Wisconsin–Madison for some big-time scientific immersion.

The Morgridge Rural Summer Science Camp has allowed more than 500 high-academic achievers from across the state to spend a week learning from leaders in stem cell research, a field that UW–Madison helped make famous. The students arrive passionate and motivated in science, but the hope is this deep dive into real research will seal the deal for a future scientific career.

Light dots represent all participating schools since 2007; dark dots are those participating in 2018. Morgridge Institute for Research

Now, 12 years into the camp, organizers are finding it has been a difference-maker.

UW-Madison Campus-wide Teaching Assistant Awards Winners

February 7, 2018 By Author on Source

The University of Wisconsin–Madison employs over 2,000 teaching assistants across a wide variety of disciplines. The contributions of TAs in the classroom, lab, studio, and field are essential to the University’s education mission. In order to recognize excellence on the part of TAs across campus, each year the College of Letters & Science, with support […]

Meet Julia Nepper, who earned a UW-Madison Ph.D. at 23

January 18, 2018 By Pat Schneider

Julia Nepper’s favorite thing about science is a little surprising.

“It’s OK to be wrong. Until you acknowledge what you don’t know, you cannot progress,” said the North Carolina native who, at age 23, received her Ph.D. in biophysics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison last month.

That’s right; she’s a Ph.D. at 23.

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