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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 …
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 …
A champion for women physician-scientists, Dr. Molly Carnes retires
WISELI’s founding co-Director, the incomparable Dr. Molly Carnes, has announced her retirement.
Threats, Abuse, Retaliation: UW-Madison Confronts Persistent Problem of Academic Bullying
UW-Madison has made strides in stemming bullying.
WISELI mourns diversity champions
Sadly, in the past month, WISELI has lost two of the original members of our Leadership Team. Dr. Lillian Tong died on January 16th, 2022. While at UW-Madison, Lil worked with the Center for Biology …
NIH recognizes WISELI with award for “Enhancing Faculty Gender Diversity”
WISELI is one of ten institutions receiving the NIH Prize for Enhancing Faculty Gender Diversity in Biomedical and Behavioral Sciences. The prize recognizes institutions that have acted to effect systemic change in gender diversity and …
Amy Wendt named AVC for Research in the Physical Sciences
Amy Wendt, professor of electrical and computer engineering, has joined the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education as a divisional associate vice chancellor for research. Wendt had been serving as the …
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A special panel discussion and screening of ‘Stranger at the Gate’ @ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm Marquee Cinema, Union South Find more information here
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Apr04
Equity Issues around Disability and Aging @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Zoom Webinar Register here
In this webinar, we will hear from Lauren Bishop about her research on aging adults with autism, Judy Goldberg Dey about diversity in caregiving needs and networks, and Gina Green-Harris about her work with the Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Institute and the importance …
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Apr26
IDS Seminar: Chris Rider on "Equity Analytics" @ 10:30 am - 11:45 am Wisconsin School of Business, Grainger Hall, Room 2510 Find event here
Equity Analytics: A Framework for Identifying and Addressing Disparity-Generating Mechanisms This talk elaborates on the “Equity Challenge” of organizational leadership: how to achieve a widely valued objective (i.e., equity) that is rooted in individual notions …
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Jun18
Women and Leadership Symposium @ 8:30 am - 3:30 pm Union South Find more details and register for event here
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