Professor Samer Alatout’s project on the “Hydrologies of the Anthropocene: Social Flows and Engineered Watersheds in the Great Lakes Basin” was recently awarded a three-year grant (Jan 2018-Dec 2020) of $138,360 from the Mellon-funded, Humanities …
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Nina Elder Discusses Art, Sustainability, and Her Visit to the UW
The following is an interview with Nina Elder, who is an artist, adventurer, and arts administrator. Her work focuses on the changing culture and ecology of the American West and on fostering relationships between artists, scientists, …
2018 Call for Applications: Top-Up Fellowships for Recruiting Graduate Students
The Holtz Center announces its 2018 competition for top-up fellowships for admitted graduate students. The fellowships are designed to help recruit graduate students who plan to work on topics in science and technology studies, construed …
2018 Call for Proposals: Thematic Clusters in Science and Technology Studies
The Robert F. and Jean E. Holtz Center for Science and Technology Studies invites proposals to create thematic clusters to advance research, teaching, and outreach on interdisciplinary topics within science and technology studies, conceived broadly. …
Hu Shares Enjoyable STS Summer School Experience
Holtz Center STS Summer School Experience by Wanheng Hu The STS summer school at UW-Madison has been one of the most fruitful and enjoyable supplementary training programs that I ever had—great course, great people, and …
Meet SMAHRT: The Social Media and Adolescent Health Research Team
SMAHRT: The Social Media and Adolescent Health Research Team Our research team officially launched in 2008 here at UW Madison, and during our time we’ve been at two “UW”s: UW Madison and the University of …
Seats still available in Hist Sci 202: Making Modern Science
With increased demand for History of Science 202: Making Modern Science, new sections have been added to give first- and second-year students enrollment availability. Flyer Syllabus This course surveys the development of STEM fields from the Scientific …
There’s still time to apply for the 2018 Boren Graduate Fellowship!
There’s still time to apply for the 2018 Boren Graduate Fellowship! Campus deadline: January 8, 2018 | National deadline: January 30, 2018 Boren Fellowships (for graduate students) provide up to $30,000 to U.S. graduate …
UW-Madison Ethics Bowl Team Headed to Nationals in March
Written by: Sara Rabon, member of the UW-Madison Ethics Bowl Team The Holtz Center proudly sponsors the 2017 UW-Madison Ethics Bowl Team. On November 18th, UW-Madison Ethics Bowl received 3rd place at the Upper Midwest Regional …
Matthew Berland joins the Holtz Center to foster connections in a cross-disciplinary way
Matthew Berland joined the UW-Madison faculty in 2013 and is currently an Associate Professor of Digital Media in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction. Berland studies socio-technical processes, by-and-through, which people learn computational literacies. Using …