As the need for guidance regarding social media’s role in faculty recruitment becomes more pertinent to WISELI’s Searching for Excellence & Diversity workshops, we’ve made such a resource available on our website. The goal of …
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WISELI’s 2024 Press Release
WISELI would like to express sincere gratitude to Drs. Jennifer Sheridan and Amy Wendt for their invaluable service and dedication over the last two decades. Both have played a significant role in a number of WISELI initiatives including, but not limited to, the Study of Faculty WorkLife and the Vilas Life Cycle Grants …
Erika Marin-Spiotta awarded the 2023 Geoethics Medal
WISELI co-Director Prof. Erika Marin-Spiotta received the 2023 Geoethics Medal from the International Association for Promoting Geoethics. The Geoethics Medal honors scientists and scholars who have demonstrated exceptional commitment to ethical practices in geoscience research and/or practice, and/or in …
Amy Wendt awarded the 2024 EDGE in Tech Athena Award for Academic Leadership
WISELI co-Director Prof. Amy Wendt received an EDGE in Tech Athena Award in the Academic Leadership Category from the University of California and CITRIS and the Banatao Institute. Wendt was chosen from a highly competitive …
Erika Marin-Spiotta named inaugural director of the Wisconsin Sloan Center for Systemic Change
With support from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the University of Wisconsin–Madison will establish a new hub called the Wisconsin Sloan Center for Systemic Change, or WiSC2, to transform graduate education in science, technology, engineering, …
Shout-Outs: Associate Vice Chancellor for Research in the Physical Sciences Amy Wendt
Amy Wendt, professor of electrical and computer engineering and the associate vice chancellor for research in the physical sciences (AVC), has been awarded the 2024 WEPAN University Change Agent Award, for her work promoting DEI both through …
New Directions for WISELI
The past year has been a time of exciting reflection and change for WISELI, a research center supporting faculty diversity and inclusion, housed in the College of Engineering. New personnel, a new name, and plans …
Lawrence Summers on women in science
Like many organizations supporting women in STEM, WISELI responded to the remarks made by (then) Harvard President Lawrence Summers at a January 2005 NBER conference. Detailed press coverage is linked here; WISELI response is here.
Post in support of trans women
In response to the October 24, 2022 visit of Matt Walsh to the UW-Madison campus, WISELI posted the following message on our website: WISELI is dedicated to affirming respect, compassion, and acceptance for all, and …
Amy Wendt a Winner in “Cool Science Image Contest”
WISELI co-Director Dr. Amy Wendt is one of nine winners of the “Cool Science Image Contest” in 2022, with her entry of a quilt which is a visual illustration of Varignon’s Theorem, which proves that …