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Land Acknowledgement

 

The University of Wisconsin-Madison occupies Ho-Chunk Land, a place their nation has called Teejop (Day-JOPE) since time immemorial. In an 1832 treaty, the Ho-Chunk were forced to cede this territory. Decades of ethnic cleansing followed when both the federal and state government repeatedly, but unsuccessfully, sought to forcibly remove the Ho-Chunk from Wisconsin.

This history of colonization informs our shared future of collaboration and innovation. Today, UW-Madison respects the inherent sovereignty of the Ho-Chunk Nation, along with the eleven other First Nations of Wisconsin.

Please take a moment to consider the many legacies of violence, displacement, migration and settlement that bring us together here today. And please join us in uncovering such truths every day.

The Great Seal of the Ho-Chunk Nation.

You can begin to learn more about the Ho-Chunk Nation here.

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Announcements

WIRC recipient of pilot Research Core Revitalization Program grant

We recently received a grant during the inaugural cycle of UW-Madison’s pilot Research Core Revitalization Program (RCRP). This grant will facilitate transformative changes to WIRC infrastructure by allowing us to replace all of our substandard cabinets with modern, pest-proof, archival natural history cabinets. We will also add sorely needed additional new cabinets, insect drawers, and …

WIRC awarded 2020 Instructional Laboratory Modernization (ILM) grant

An Instructional Laboratory Modernization (ILM) grant was recently awarded to the WIRC. This grant, administered through the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) at UW-Madison, will allow us to enhance our role as an undergraduate teaching laboratory by providing the resources to improve our physical space in Russell Laboratories and to acquire additional microscopes and …