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History PhD candidate tells how immigrants from Mexico helped shape Wisconsin’s story

History PhD candidate Sergio González researches and writes about families like his own, immigrants from Mexico who have helped shape Wisconsin’s story since the early 20th century.

Writing camp offers support, workshops for dissertators

Writing a dissertation can feel like a mountain you have to climb to finish your PhD, and often, one that you’re climbing alone. But graduate students at UW–Madison can embrace that journey with a group of other dissertators at the Dissertation Writing Camp.

UW–Madison announces 2017 Teaching Assistant Award winners

Fifteen graduate students at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have been honored as recipients of the 2017 Campus-Wide Teaching Assistant (TA) Awards. To recognize the excellence of TAs across campus, the Graduate School supports the College of Letters & Science to administer awards each year for exceptional teaching by graduate students. UW–Madison employs more than 2,000 …

Resources regarding “PROSPER” Act proposal, reauthorizing HEA

This message provides information about the Promoting Real Opportunity, Success and Prosperity Through Education Reform (“PROSPER”) Act (H.R. 4508), a reauthorization of the Higher Education Act (HEA), the nation’s main law governing postsecondary education.

Graduate School wins grant to study PhD career outcomes

The University of Wisconsin–Madison Graduate School has been selected to take part in a $2 million multi-institutional grant, aimed at studying PhD career pathways. The Graduate School will be awarded $80,000 to collect data on doctoral alumni and current students, to be used for program improvement.

2017 Peer Mentor Award recipients announced

The Graduate School has announced the 2017 recipients of the Graduate Peer Mentor Awards.

UW–Madison inducts 2017 Bouchet Graduate Honor Society class of scholars

UW–Madison welcomed five scholars into its chapter of the Bouchet Graduate Honor Society.

2016 TA Award winners honored

The University of Wisconsin–Madison employs over 2,000 teaching assistants across a wide variety of disciplines. The contributions of TAs in the classroom, lab, studio and field are essential to the University’s education mission. In order to recognize excellence on the part of TAs across campus, each year the College of Letters & Science, with support …

A fresh take on the collaborative training grant: Preparing artists and scholars for the 21st Century

Collaborative training grants are typically associated with the biological sciences – but that may soon change. The University of Wisconsin–Madison Graduate School is using the training grant model to pilot an innovative fellowship program in the arts, humanities, and social sciences.

2016 Peer Mentor Awards announced

The Graduate School has announced the 2016 recipients of the Graduate Peer Mentor Awards.