Hundreds of students participate in the spirited Hindu tradition of throwing colored powder during Rang de Madison, a Holi festival of color hosted by the Madison Hindu Students Association, outside of Dejope Residence Hall on Saturday. The event, which celebrates the arrival of spring and victory of good over evil, was held in collaboration with UW–Madison’s India Students Association and Indian Graduate Students Association.
UW–Madison Researchers Contribute to NAS Report on Undergraduate Research Experiences
Eric Grodksy and Janet Branchaw served on a NAS Committee charged with studying undergraduate research experiences. A National Academies of Sciences committee whose members include Janet Branchaw and Eric Grodsky, both on faculty at the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Education and principal investigators at its Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER), released a study examining […]
Recognising mentoring in science: A lifetime’s achievement
Dr Overbaugh was presented with the award in Seattle on 1 December by Sir Philip Campbell, Editor-in-Chief of Nature. These annual awards are hosted by Nature to champion the importance of mentoring and inspiring early-career scientists. You can read the full announcement here. Balancing being a strong mentor and achieving the more standard measures of success in science – publications, […]
The More You Energize Your Coworkers, the Better Everyone Performs
How much energy do you have at work? Do you feel invigorated and engaged or down and disengaged? Either way, the reason might be your coworkers: They are infecting you with their energy, positive or negative. We “catch” energy through our interactions with people – something called “relational energy”— and it affects our performance at work. […]
5 Underrated Conversational Skills of Highly Successful People
Andrew Thomas is a co-founder of SkyBell Video Doorbell, a smart-home-security company that is making homes and neighborhoods safer with a video doorbell that lets users answer their door from a smartphone. SkyBell has raised millions in funding to date, was named a 2014 CES Innovations Award Nominee, and works with Amazon, Best Buy, Nest, Comcast, and […]
