Coumbe Gitter, who got her degree in biochemistry with an environmental science minor, graduated in good company outside of her own family tree — Saturday’s ceremony was the largest commencement in UW-Madison history, with 7,826 degrees conferred, according to UW-Madison Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin.
Wilke, for instance, is the principal investigator for a breast cancer vaccine trial she’s running with colleagues from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in Madison. The team is testing whether people who have received treatment for triple-negative breast cancer — a particularly aggressive form of the disease — respond to a DNA-based vaccine that could boost their immune systems and prevent reoccurrence.
To identify the U.S. metro areas with the highest excessive drinking rates, 24/7 Tempo reviewed data on the percentage of adults 18 and older who reported binge or heavy drinking within a 30-day period across all metro areas in the country from the 2023 County Health Rankings & Roadmaps, a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute joint program.
During a fireside chat on the UW-Madison campus in March, a leader in the National Science Foundation’s newest and most hands-on program gave a tip of the hat to what he was seeing in his quick tour of Wisconsin.
L.A. Times columnist: Back in 2015, Wisconsin’s Republican Gov. Scott Walker tried to burnish his culture warrior cred in advance of a bid for the presidency by targeting UW-Madison and other University of Wisconsin System campuses.
Walker cut the state university’s budget. His hand-picked UW Board of Regents gutted tenure protections for its faculty.
“A lot of graduates earlier, everyone was coming here before they went off to the Kohl Center or their other graduation locations,” Jadon Sommer, Front of House Manager and Events Coordinator for the Nitty Gritty said. “We do have a lot of people coming in after. We have probably around 100 people in the books at least coming in for reservations.”
It was a bittersweet day as University of Wisconsin-Madison graduates said farewell to the school many of them spent the past four years attending, sharing future plans after commencement. “Travelling, saving money, breathing, finding a hobby,” said Yunee Lo, who plans to take a gap year post graduation.
According to UW, Mercy earned a bachelor’s in social work 19 years after beginning classes at UW-Madison. She said she was unable to complete her freshman year at UW in 2004 because of a lack of financial aid. She returned in 2020, winning one of the most prestigious undergraduate awards on campus. Saturday, she said she considers her daughters equal partners in her achievements.
Former U.S. Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. delivered the keynote address at the ceremony. Holder was named by the Time Magazine in 2014 as one of their 100 Most Influential People. “The Senior Class Office was drawn to Attorney General Holder’s leadership and legacy,” says Liam McLean, senior class president. “Attorney General Holder is a trailblazer whose drive for excellence and humanity as a public servant aligns perfectly with our values as a university to shape a better world than the one we found.”
A total of 8,625 individuals received their degrees, according to the university. The ceremony was also the largest commencement in university history. There were 7,826 degrees conferred to bachelor’s, master’s and law degree candidates on Saturday.
Former U.S. Attorney General, student speakers encourage graduates to fight for social change, justice
That’s OK, because Madison’s economy isn’t dominated by state government and UW-Madison the way it used to be. Technology companies such as Epic Systems and Exact Sciences employ thousands of young professionals, many of whom live Downtown.
Player-coach relationships often last well beyond the years spent working alongside one another.
Tyrell Haberkorn, a University of Wisconsin Thai studies scholar, said there is a chance street protests could be trigged again if Move Forward meets the same fate as its predecessor.
Rosemary worked at the University of Wisconsin as assistant to the vice chancellor for 25 years retiring in 1985.
Guil retired Professor Emeritus after 42 with the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Wisconsin. His academic accomplishments during his time contributed greatly to the field. In 1971, he was the first to identify and describe ophthalmological conditions that were later observed during the AIDS epidemic. His research and clinical practice focused mainly in the areas of diabetic and hypertensive retinopathies.
Mary initially worked for the UW Hospital Cardiovascular Research Department, and was instrumental in assisting with some of the early successes of Dr. Charles Crumpton. Using her excellent typing skills, Mary typed hundreds of doctoral theses for graduate students over the years. She advanced her career as the hospital grew, eventually retiring in 1991 as an administrator with the UW Hospital Department of Medicine.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate has made his gift with other languages and accents a selling point in his career in Hollywood as a film and television actor. He says on his Instagram page that he specializes in “foreigners, villains and crazy people.” He’s played a German engineer on “Better Call Saul,” a French war hero on “TURN: Washington’s Spies” and a Norwegian candy smuggler on Netflix’s “Grace & Frankie.”
