Welcome, Graduate Students!

A newly designed banner with a graphic of mascot Bucky Badger's face hangs between the columns of Bascom Hall at the University of Wisconsin-Madison during autumn on Oct. 27, 2014. In the foreground is the Abraham Lincoln statue and pedestrians walking across Bascom Hill.
Photo by Jeff Miller/UW-Madison

It was wonderful to meet many of you at the New Graduate Student Welcome Resource Fair last week! We enjoyed starting to learn about your exciting areas of research and we hope to be a resource for you while you grow as a researcher during your time at UW.

For your reference, we’ve listed all of the events we shared at our table during the fair below. If you have any questions about the events or our services, please feel free to reach out to us!


Holz Series in Research Data Management

Each talk will be held on a Wednesday from noon-1pm in Memorial Library 126. We invite you to bring your lunch!

September 7 The Center for High Throughput Computing: Supporting UW-Madison’s Data-Intensive Research

Lauren Michael & Christina Koch, Center for High Throughput Computing | UW-Madison

October 12Starting Your Own Computational Study Group

Sarah Stevens, Department of Bacteriology | UW-Madison

November 16Confidentiality and Geographic Data in Health Research

Matt Moehr, Survey of the Health of Wisconsin | UW-Madison


Digital Scholarship Series for Graduate Students + Early Career Researchers

Workshops are held from 4-5PM in the Steenbock Library BioCommons.

September 20 – Project Management + Productivity Tools

October 11 – Research Data Management

November 22 – Federal Funding Requirements for Data and Publications

December 13 – Collaboration Platforms + Repositories


UW Open Meetup

UW Open Meetup is a community to share information, interests, and energy around “openness” and the academy. From open data and open access to open education. Join us on the third Thursday of every month from noon-1:30 PM in Room 159 of the Education Building. Next meeting is Thursday, September 15th.


Digital Humanities Research Network (DHRN)

DHRN  is a group that aims to create a centralized digital humanities community on the UW-Madison campus. It meets twice a month, once as an informal lunch hour social and once as a more formal meeting.

DHRN Social – Tuesdays, noon-1PM.
Sunset Lounge, Memorial Union.
September 13, October 4, November 2, and December 6.

DHRN Meetings – Wednesdays, 3 – 5PM.
Memorial Library 460.
September 28, October 19, November 16, and December 14.