The grants program was established in the 1980s to help minority students overcome barriers to receiving a bachelor’s degree. The University of Wisconsin System has a similar grant program for students that provides a maximum of $3,000 a year for those defined as minority students.
September 29, 2022
Higher Education/System
Campus life
Sifting and Reckoning exposes decades of racism and bigotry on campus
UW–Madison’s ambitious Public History Project exhibition at the Chazen highlights those who fought back.
Grant Allocation Committee discusses event, travel grants
The ASM Grant Allocation Committee held its third meeting Thursday in the Student Activity Center to discuss grants for Art for Change, the Wisconsin Law Review and the American Medical Association Interim Meeting.
Q&A: Kasey Keeler talks ‘Mapping Dejope,’ making Indigenous histories accessible
Meet the professor behind a new digital map marking indigenous history across campus and Madison.
UW–Madison’s UniverCity Year program finalist for national community engagement award
The university was selected as the winner of the regional W.K. Kellogg Award for its commitment to bettering underserved communities.
Community
Multiple off-campus Madison apartments announce price increases
Hub, James among locations to raise prices, sparking anxiety from students already grappling with recent price hikes.
Health
UW Health weighs in on promising Alzheimer’s drug
The director of the Alzheimer’s Institute at UW’s School of Medicine and Public Health said this is an exciting step toward finding a cure.
Athletics
A long moratorium is ending for Wisconsin players and staff regarding The Shoe Box
UW athletic director Chris McIntosh said Wednesday that the department’s disassociation with the establishments owned by Steve Schmitt as a result of NCAA punishments handed down in 2001 is ending.
How Wisconsin football players decide what uniforms the team will wear
The team’s captains — quarterback Graham Mertz, defensive lineman Keeanu Benton and linebacker Nick Herbig — are the de facto jury each week on the color combinations for that Saturday’s game.