University of Wisconsin–Madison
IDS Affiliate Shamya Karumbaiah is one of 15 UW–Madison faculty and campus members who was recently named a 2024-2025 Morgridge Fellow by the Morgridge Institute for Public Service. The fellows were selected through a juried process to participate in the year-long learning community designed to further institutionalize and support Community-Engaged Scholarship. Karumbaiah is an assistant …
The Institute for Diversity Science sponsored a workshop on Antiracist Resources and Actions in Academia that took place on February 9th at the 2024 Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference. The session offered tools and strategies that individuals in academia can use to improve racial equity in their communities and academic groups. The presentation …
On January 12, IDS Chair Angela Byars-Winston participated in a panel with Rev. Dr. Marcus Allen, and Mr. Confidence Kpegeol about the difficulties still faced by African Americans in health care today and the important role African American churches play in promoting health and healthcare coverage for their communities. The panel was part of an …
November 21, 2023, by Tommy Jaime By using advanced epigenetic aging techniques and new data from older adults, a team of researchers found that being deprived of a nurturing childhood environment is associated with accelerated biological aging at older ages. Led by Lauren Schmitz, a professor in the La Follette School of Public Affairs at the …
On October 19th, IDS Chair Angela Byars-Winston presented to Congressional staffers at a briefing for the Graduate Research and Development Caucus. Byars-Winston was among several presenters including the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), and several graduate students from across the country. The briefing served to support the role of graduate students in the federal research …
IDS Affiliate Lori Lopez of the Communication Arts and Asian American Studies Departments will give a lecture on “Studying Asian Americans and Media in Wisconsin” for the Wisconsin Idea Lecture Series on Tuesday, October 17 from 6:00–7:15 pm. The talk will take place in 2340 George L. Mosse Humanities Building at 455 N Park St, …
On October 24th, Badger Talks hosted IDS Executive Director Markus Brauer for an online public talk on “The Latest Research Around Creating Inclusive Environments.” Click below to watch the recording.
Institute for Diversity Science Chair Angela Byars-Winston, along with Rev. Alex Gee, will co-chair a study group at UW–Madison to develop recommendations to improve the experiences of Black students, faculty, and staff on the campus. The study group, formed at the direction of Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin, began meeting in late August. Over the 2023 fall …
IDS affiliate Mosi Ifatunji was recently awarded a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Diversity Supplement grant to study disparities in the health and mortality of native- and foreign-born Blacks in the United States. Ifatunji, an assistant professor in African American Studies and Sociology, explains that, while Blacks in the United States are often treated …
A recent article in the UW–Madison School of Medicine and Public Health Quarterly profiles the BEAM (Building Equitable Access to Mentorship Program, co-led by IDS Chair Angela Byars-Winston. The program, which is in its fourth year, is a unique, evidence-based mentoring program that matches trained faculty mentors with Phase 1 medical students from groups historically …