Graduate education at the University of Wisconsin–Madison
To improve the quality and clarity of our shared priorities in graduate education, the Graduate School started a collaborative process in 2022 to develop a strategic plan for graduate education at UW–Madison. The process engaged the graduate education community and Graduate School staff through focus groups and surveys, and the resulting vision, mission, values, priorities, and initiatives for 2023-2028 follow.
The Graduate School has published its 2022-23 Annual Report detailing the organization’s accomplishments and highlighted initiatives from the past year.
PhD student Ryan Martinez and Assistant Professor Jake Brunkard have received the prestigious Gilliam Fellowship from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI).
Each fall, the Graduate School offers a lineup of events during the week or so before classes begin to welcome and help acclimate new graduate students to campus and to welcome back current graduate students.
The UW–Madison Graduate School has selected four project teams to receive funding through the Partnership Program in Graduate Excellence to bolster partnerships with Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs). The program, now in its second year, seeks to create long-term and mutually beneficial relationships between UW–Madison and MSIs in areas such as research collaboration, faculty professional development, and student and faculty exchange programs.
British Vogue’s May 2023 issue prominently features stars with disabilities, centering its focus on accessibility in fashion and media. In publishing the issue, its editors asked, “We all engage with fashion, but does fashion engage with all of us?” While that introduction frames the conversation around fashion and access as a new – and overdue – one for the magazine, Natalie Wright will tell you there is a much longer history of fashion designed by and for people with disabilities.
Growing up in southwestern Wisconsin, Aly Pfaff always knew she wanted to attend UW–Madison for its strong academics and research opportunities. Now nearing commencement, when Pfaff will graduate with a master’s degree in Epidemiology, she has achieved that goal and gone above and beyond. “I really wanted research opportunities and a great academic opportunity as well,” Pfaff said, “and I've really enjoyed my time here.”
Highlights include the School of Education ranking third; the School of Veterinary Medicine, seventh (three-way tie); the Wisconsin School of Business full-time MBA, 40th; and computer science, 12th.
The Graduate School has recognized three exceptional graduate student mentors in the Peer Mentor Awards.
Of those offered awards, 47 are currently UW–Madison graduate students and an additional five are current UW–Madison undergraduates. Another 19 UW–Madison students were recognized with honorable mentions from NSF.