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December 14, 2021

Research

Hostile Workplaces Drive Minorities from the Geosciences

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Eos

“I don’t think that many academics and scientific fields acknowledge that retention is also an important factor in increasing diversity in STEM,” said Emily Diaz-Vallejo, a doctoral student in geography at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and lead author of a poster on the findings, which she will present on 14 December during AGU’s Fall Meeting 2021. “If this is not fixed, then diversity in the geosciences may still continue to be what it is.”

Campus life

Marshall Scholars For 2022 Selected

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Forbes

Lydia Nyachieo, a University of Wisconsin student, serves as an editor and staff writer for The Wisconsin International Review. She won UW’s Newman Family Scholarship, given to the most promising undergraduates studying global affairs

UW senior Lydia Nyachieo name Marshall Scholar for graduate study in the UK

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Madison365

adison East alumni and UW-Madison senior Lydia Nyachieo is the winner of a prestigious Marshall Scholarship, which gives high achieving U.S. students the opportunity to study at the graduate level at any university in the United Kingdom. The UW announced on Monday that she is among the 41 winners selected from nearly 1,000 applicants from public and private colleges and universities across the United States.