Graduate students take the stage at the Three Minute Thesis competition
Eleven graduate students will compete for cash prizes and a people’s choice award at UW–Madison’s Three Minute Thesis final competition on February 16.
Graduate education at the University of Wisconsin–Madison
Eleven graduate students will compete for cash prizes and a people’s choice award at UW–Madison’s Three Minute Thesis final competition on February 16.
PhD candidate, Art History Claire’s dissertation explores depictions of pregnancy, reproductive anatomy, and childbirth in devotional art from the late Middle Ages. She analyzes what those depictions say about perceptions of the human body, reproductive health, and their connections to philosophy and religion.
Ha Nguyen came to Madison from Vietnam in 2012. He got a job working in materials science and engineering where he used plasma to make materials. However, he didn’t feel like he understood plasma. His curiosity drove him to study plasma physics and brought him to UW–Madison, where he will graduate with a PhD in electrical and computer engineering this month.
The Graduate School invites graduate students to attend Winter Welcome Back events, happening January 16 through 22, 2024. Registration in advance is required; click on the title of each event to register. Cocoa & BuJo (Bullet Journaling) Tuesday, Jan 16 | 2 – 3:30 pm Memorial Union (TITU) Have a project you are working on? …
Five outstanding scholars are joining the UW–Madison chapter of the national Edward Alexander Bouchet Graduate Honor Society this academic year.
Minimum stipend amounts for graduate student teaching, research, and project assistants will increase by 14% for the 2024-2025 academic year. Over the past 10 years, campus investments in graduate assistant stipends have resulted in a 79% increase in the minimum stipend for teaching assistants (TAs), a 52% increase in the minimum stipend for annual research assistants (RAs), and a 76% increase in the minimum stipend for annual project assistants (PAs).
The Graduate School hosted the GRADx program in late September, in partnership with the Big Ten Academic Alliance and the Associated Colleges of the Midwest.
Graduate students in life science fields across the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus can now get a taste of life after graduation by participating in UW’s Graduate School Industry Internship Program. The participants, who have all reached dissertator status, gain professional experience, grow their professional networks, and develop new skills. With wide-ranging internship options, students are able to explore their interests in a new context.
Marcia (Marcy) J. Carlson, Sewell-Bascom Professor of Sociology at UW–Madison, has been appointed associate dean of the Graduate School. She has served as associate dean in an interim capacity since October 2022.
PhD student Ryan Martinez and Assistant Professor Jake Brunkard have received the prestigious Gilliam Fellowship from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI). Brunkard’s Genetics lab investigates how plant cells monitor their nutrient availability. Within that area, Martinez studies a family of plants native to Australia that grows particularly well in areas with fewer available nutrients.