The UW–Madison Office of Cybersecurity and UW–Madison Graduate School are aware of a phone scam that is active on campus. The phone call “spoofs” the Graduate School phone number, which means that it appears to …
Announcements
UW–Madison minimum graduate assistant stipends will increase, consistent with multi-year commitment to stipend growth
Minimum annualized stipends for 50% graduate student teaching, research, and project assistantship appointments will be $35,636 for 2025-26, up from the current minimum of $32,396. This is part of a four-year stipend forecasting plan announced …
Five PhD students inducted into Bouchet Graduate Honor Society in its 15th year at UW–Madison
The Graduate School at the University of Wisconsin–Madison welcomed five outstanding scholars into the university’s chapter of the Edward Alexander Bouchet Graduate Honor Society this academic year: Virginia Downing, PhD student in Educational Policy Studies …
Graduate School publishes 2023-2024 Annual Report
The Graduate School Annual Report 2023-2024 is now available, offering an overview of the Graduate School’s initiatives and accomplishments over the past year.
UW-Madison’s Graduate School moves to Office of the Provost
After a transition spanning several months, the Graduate School will move administrative homes on July 1, 2024, from a component of the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research to reporting to the Office of the Provost.
Beth Meyerand named Graduate School associate dean
The Graduate School will welcome Beth Meyerand, Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor in the Departments of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, to the role of associate dean later this month.
Four years of graduate assistantship minimum stipend increases planned
UW–Madison has committed to increasing minimum graduate student teaching, research, and project assistantship stipends for the next four years in a stipend forecasting plan sent last week to schools, colleges, departments, and graduate programs. Rather than setting minimum rates year-to-year, the new approach gives students, principal investigators, departments, programs, schools, and colleges the ability to budget for minimum salary increases several years into the future.
UW–Madison increases minimum graduate assistant stipends by 14 percent for 2024-2025
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).
Carlson named Associate Dean of the Graduate School
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.
Graduate School publishes 2022-23 Annual Report, introduces five-year strategic plan
The Graduate School has published its 2022-23 Annual Report detailing the organization’s accomplishments and highlighted initiatives from the past year.