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STS Minor, Stepha Velednitsky, receives TA award for Exceptional Service
Stepha Velednitsky (UW-Madison Department of Geography) is one of fifteen UW-Madison graduate students to receive a 2019 teaching assistant award. Stepha’s award is for Exceptional Service. Stepha’s research focus is on Israel/Palestine, post-Soviet migration & …
Holtz Center Annual Meeting & Reception, slated for Feb 13
Holtz Center members should please consider joining us for the Holtz Center’s annual meeting and reception. Personal invitations will be sent to membership in late-January. Thursday, February 13, 4-6 pm Steenbock’s on Orchard, 330 North …
Research Intern Opportunity at Google, due Jan 15
The Ethical AI team at Google is looking for a research intern based in their San Francisco office. The ideal candidate should be interested in the histories of machine learning datasets. They should have experience …
Gaeta publishes STS article on targeted advertising & disabilities
Holtz Center graduate student affiliate, Amy Gaeta, recently published a science and technology studies-related article on targeted advertising online and on social media. Amy’s article, “Do Algorithms Know Your Body Better Than You?“, reviews online …
Holtz Center brings midwestern hospitality to 4S 2019
More than 20 sessions at this year’s meeting of the Society for the Social Studies of Science (4S) featured the work of faculty, staff and students from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The four day event …
Funding Opportunities for Graduate Students
All spring graduate student awards have been combined into a single application process for spring. You may still apply for more than one award. Please indicate all of your choices on the Graduate Student Awards Cover Sheet and …
$24,000 Awarded to Six Students interested in STS through Top-Up Fellowships
The Robert F. and Jean E. Holtz Center for Science & Technology Studies offers a program of top-up fellowships for continuing graduate students with research interests in the field of science and technology studies (STS), …
Ten Graduate Students Receive Travel Grants for Winter/Spring 2017-18
Ten graduate students were selected to receive travel funds for the winter/spring 2017-18 award cycle. The Holtz Center reviews proposals from graduate students each spring and fall. Students are eligible for up to $1,000 for …