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  • Hip-hop arts festival Passing the Mic brings words to life Nov. 5, 2012 The Passing the Mic: 8th Annual Intergenerational Hip-Hop Arts Festival will bring words to life as a program within the Wisconsin Book Festival.
  • UW Curry mural tells forgotten emancipation story Nov. 1, 2012 With a sweep of his pen, Abraham Lincoln changed the lives of 4 million black Americans when he signed the Emancipation Proclamation that led to the 13th Amendment outlawing slavery in the U.S. But a striking, often-overlooked campus mural by John Steuart Curry tells a part of the story that's often forgotten.
  • Campus event to explore ‘Islamophobia in America’ Oct. 17, 2012 In hopes of fostering peaceful dialogue and a greater understanding of American Muslims, three UW–Madison organizations will host a series of lectures, performances and discussion called “Understanding Islamophobia in America.”
  • Harvard scholar Lani Guinier to headline UW–Madison Diversity Forum Oct. 9, 2012 Harvard Law Professor Lani Guinier, the university's first tenured Jewish African-American law professor who is among the nation's top scholars in the areas of access to higher education, race conscious policy and civil rights law, will give the keynote address at this Friday's (Oct. 12) daylong annual UW-Madison Diversity Forum.
  • UW-Madison welcomes largest freshman class Oct. 9, 2012 With official enrollment numbers in, UW-Madison’s entering class of new students is a talented group, with the largest new freshman class ever (6,279 students) and the largest number of new freshmen from Wisconsin since 2005 (3,515 students).
  • Odyssey Project marks 10 years in a celebration Thursday, Oct. 4 Oct. 3, 2012 UW-Madison's Odyssey Project, which provides people facing economic barriers with a chance to start college, marks its 10th anniversary on Thursday, Oct. 4 in a celebration at the Chazen Museum of Art from 5-7 p.m.
  • Activist, writer Clare to speak at UW-Madison Oct. 2, 2012 Eli Clare, acclaimed activist and author of the award-winning "Exile and Pride: Disability, Queerness, and Liberation," will visit UW-Madison as a Brittingham Visiting Scholar for the week of Oct. 8-12.
  • Getting Real III explores hip-hop pedagogy, performance and culture Sept. 20, 2012 The University of Wisconsin-Madison Office of Multicultural Arts Initiatives (OMAI) has partnered with several New York-based educational institutions to offer a dual-location hip-hop education lecture series via videoconferencing through Dec. 10.
  • Greene named to UC San Diego diversity post Sept. 18, 2012 Linda S. Greene, Evjue Bascom Professor of Law at University of Wisconsin-Madison, will become the University of California at San Diego’s first vice chancellor for equity, diversity and inclusion (VC-EDI), a position created by the University of California Board of Regents and filled after a nationwide search.
  • UW-Madison announces First Wave/MC Lyte Scholarship presented by Hip Hop Sisters Network Sept. 6, 2012 A full-tuition First Wave scholarship at the University of Wisconsin-Madison was named today for the legendary pioneer for women in hip-hop, MC Lyte.
  • Four honored as UW-Madison’s 2012 Outstanding Women of Color Sept. 4, 2012 Four women deeply rooted in the community through social justice work, service, research and community building have been named recipients of UW-Madison’s Outstanding Women of Color Awards.
  • PEOPLE students celebrate completing pre-college program Aug. 2, 2012 One of the most successful long-term diversity pipelines to higher education in the nation, the University of Wisconsin-Madison's PEOPLE program, will again increase the number of college-ready students applying to the state's flagship campus.
  • PEOPLE detectives get to the bottom of mock crime July 27, 2012 UW-Madison Provost Paul M. DeLuca Jr. says he’s willing to do almost anything to help students learn.
  • With help from Milwaukee company, two engineers graduate with a head start July 13, 2012 Two University if Wisconsin-Madison engineering graduates had a head start on promising careers even as they crossed the stage in the May commencement ceremony. Now they will join the ranks of engineers at Rockwell Automation.
  • First Wave students take part in Britain's Cultural Olympiad July 10, 2012 Before the torch enters the stadium for the 2012 summer Olympics, UW-Madison's First Wave Touring Ensemble this week joined thousands of young people celebrating the Cultural Olympiad in London.
  • UW-Madison diversity office honored for outstanding community leadership July 10, 2012 The Office of the Vice Provost for Diversity and Climate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, headed by Damon A. Williams, vice provost and chief diversity officer, has been honored by the 100 Black Men of Madison as the 2012 Outstanding Education Facilitator for outstanding leadership in the Madison community.
  • Institute provides engagement tools for working with youth July 6, 2012 If you are an educator or community leader looking seeking ways to capture, keep and encourage your students' focus on learning through spoken word, art, music and movement, there is still time to register for "Hip-Hop in the Heartland," this year's Educator and Community Leader Training Institute.
  • Interfaith, community service challenge lays groundwork for religious dialogue May 25, 2012 The University of Wisconsin-Madison's participation in a White House initiative to foster interfaith dialogue and service has built a solid foundation for an ongoing discussion on campus, organizers say.
  • Fraternity chapter receives two-year suspension May 24, 2012 UW-Madison’s Delta Upsilon fraternity chapter has been suspended for two years in the wake of violations of Student Organization Conduct policies.
  • Two honored with McDowell Alumni Achievement Awards May 7, 2012 The University of Wisconsin-Madison's Multicultural Student Center will name John Francis and Kabzuag Vaj as the 2012 honorees of the McDowell Alumni Achievement Award at this year's Multicultural Leadership Awards and Graduation Celebration.