Graduate education at the University of Wisconsin–Madison
When she was young, Elise Marifian was already curious about poverty and the major discrepancies between what people have or don’t have. Over time, other experiences underscored that curiosity and homed in on what would eventually become the topic of her PhD dissertation: the effect of TV advertising on college enrollment decisions.
Chagai Weiss builds on existing theories in political science and psychology to study how people think about members of an ethnic group that is different than them.
Julia Martien found it overwhelming when she began to receive awards recognizing the contributions she's made to UW–Madison. She recently received the Jennifer L. Reed Bioenergy Science Award, which recognizes an early-career woman who has made significant contributions to the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center's research portfolio. And this month, she’ll be the flag bearer for the Graduate School at the Winter 2021 Commencement ceremony, where she will graduate with her PhD in microbiology.
Recent efforts by the UW–Madison Graduate School’s Office of Diversity, Inclusion, and Funding have bolstered outreach and connections to prospective students who have been historically underserved in graduate education, highlighting UW–Madison as a path they can take to further their education and careers.
The Delta Program in Research, Teaching and Learning has transitioned to a new administrative home within the Graduate School. The move improves alignment of activities supporting professional development for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows.
Minimum stipend amounts for graduate assistants at UW–Madison will increase by three to four percent for the next academic year. Changes to the minimum stipend rates for 2022-23 reflect a 4% increase for research assistants (RAs) and a 3% increase for teaching assistants (TAs), project assistants (PAs), and lecturer student assistants.
PhD student Alex Wang was named an outstanding graduate student in the Department of Energy Office of Science Graduate Student Research Program. Through the program he will have a chance to aid in the search for evidence of an extremely rare case where two Higgs boson particles appear at the same time, called di-Higgs production.
Two student-advisor pairs at UW–Madison have received Gilliam Fellowships for Advanced Study from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI). HHMI Gilliam Fellowships have a twofold mission: to support underrepresented PhD students to pursue scientific research and to foster more inclusive academic environments at institutions that are committed to advancing diversity and inclusion in the sciences.
New and returning students alike are invited to attend the Graduate School’s Welcome Week events, happening August 30 through September 3.
The Graduate School has published its Annual Report 2020-2021. The Graduate School, led by Dean William J. Karpus, enrolls approximately 20 percent of the student body at UW–Madison, over 9,300 master’s and doctoral students.