Graduate Education

A Pacific Science Center exhibit features the work—and snacks—of grad students in the Department of Chemistry. 

Composer Marcin Pączkowski uses sensor technology to alter music through specific movements.

Kiana Scott, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Communication, writes that investing in the human capital of our state is a prudent economic decision and smart social policy.

An excavation of an ancient city in Honduras has yielded a trove of remarkable stone artifacts. Two UW anthropology students are part of the team.

Why do people give to the College of Arts and Sciences? Three donors share their stories.

Department of Astronomy faculty discuss the value of gender diversity among students and faculty.

A new Asia-Pacific Military Fellowship in the Jackson School provides immersion in the history and culture of Asian countries.

For 20 years, UW students have participated in field research on a tropical island that's home to more than a thousand monkeys.

The Dance Program celebrates several milestones with a festival featuring performances, panel discussions, master classes, and more.

Four students who earned graduate degrees this year have been named A&S Graduate Medalists for 2015.

A new video looks back on the outstanding work of our students, faculty, and alumni in 2015.

Native graduate students can face many challenges while completing their degrees. Stephanie Fryberg, professor of American Indian studies at the UW, is quoted.

The 80-million-year-old fossil is a partial left femur bone of a theropod dinosaur and is on display at the Burke Museum. 

UW Biology graduate Caroline Solomon, now a faculty member Gallaudet University, inspires a new generation of biologists and students who are deaf or hard of hearing.

In this examination of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's re-creation of his political identity, a paper co-written by Hannah Walker, a doctoral candidate at the UW, is quoted.