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PhD student Burke receives dissertation fellowship to map a crafting movement

PhD student Danielle Burke has received a fellowship to help her create a digital map of craftspeople from the Handicraft Movement.

Graduate School announces 2026 Peer Mentor Award winners

The Graduate School has recognized six exceptional graduate student mentors in the Peer Mentor Awards.

Marianna Krumrine

Marianna studies how hip-hop and other types of music shape national identity and ideas of belonging in contemporary France.

Will French

Will's scholarship focuses on the school experiences of queer youth, trans youth, and youth of color.

Tanuj Kumar

Tanuj specializes in engineering the interaction between light and optical materials and devices.

Mireya Pimentel

Mireya’s research focuses on immunology in Down syndrome and CD18 expression.

Graduate School announces the inaugural winners of the Faculty Award for Excellence in Graduate Student Mentoring

The Graduate School is pleased to present six UW–Madison professors with the Faculty Award for Excellence in Graduate Student Mentoring.

31 UW–Madison students receive NSF GRFP awards

Of those offered NSF GRFP awards this year, 23 are currently UW–Madison graduate students.

Graduate students chosen to represent UW–Madison at science policy and advocacy workshop

Two UW–Madison graduate students have been selected by the Graduate School to take part in the Catalyzing Advocacy in Science and Engineering (CASE) workshop, held April 12–15 in Washington, D.C. The national program brings graduate students together with leaders in science policy and advocacy to explore how scientific research informs federal decision-making. Organized by a …

UW–Madison graduate programs ranked among the nation’s best by U.S. News

Nearly 20 programs ranked in their respective Top 10 lists, shining a light on the breadth and depth of the university’s graduate offerings.