Isthmus Picks for April 22-25 includes readings by poets Alison Thumel and Aurora Shimshak; The Progressive hosts a conference examining founder Robert M. La Follette s third party presidential run a century ago.
Madison poet Alison Thumel writes about grieving in her new volume, Architect, winner of the 2024 Miller Williams Poetry Prize and just out from University of Arkansas Press.
The Levinthal Tutorials, a creative writing program that gives undergraduates the chance to be mentored by Stegner Fellows, takes place every winter quarter. Both Stegners and Levinthals find the program enriching.
Meet some of the notable UWâMadison graduates of spring 2021
The pandemic couldnât hold them back â theyâve won major national academic honors, appeared on network TV shows, helped classmates avoid COVID-19, improved the campus, and even won a Grammy.
Hereâs a look at just a few of the students who will be graduating from UWâMadison May 8. Consider them a small subset of the excellence of the Class of 2021.
Her campus legacy? The first South Asian a cappella singing group
Mahima Bhattar
As a freshman
, Mahima Bhattar noticed there was no a cappella singing team among the South Asian performing arts student organizations. She soon rectified that, founding Wisconsin Waale (
Monday, March 15, 12:00 pm EDT
Artist and consultant Tiffany Jana (
Subtle Acts of Exclusion: How to Understand, Identify, and Stop Microaggressions) discusses their work, a practical handbook that helps individuals and organizations recognize and prevent microaggressions so that all employees and members can feel a sense of belonging. In conversation with Kaki Dimock. Free, with registration.
Ethan Porter and John Mark Hansen:”The Consumer Citizen”
Monday, March 15, 6:00 pm EDT
Ethan Porter will discuss
The Consumer Citizen. He will be joined in conversation by John Mark Hansen. Presented in partnership with The Institute for Data, Democracy and Politics at George Washington University. Free, with registration.