Student smiling with a cow pattern bucket hat at Match Day 2024
Education
March 18, 2024

Bovine-themed Match Day 2024 showcases medical student success

With a strong sense of Badger pride, medical students celebrated Match Day at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health on Friday, March 15. Match Day is the day medical students nationwide learn where they were matched for clinical residency training programs for most specialties.

Ka'Derricka Davis celebrating starting medical school with a bouquet of flowers
Education
August 28, 2023

New medical students’ passion for service evident at 2023 White Coat Ceremony

As incoming medical students described their motivation to pursue studies at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health, a common theme arose: the desire to make an impact and give back to their communities. This passion was on full display as the newest Doctor of Medicine (MD) cohort began their journey into the medical profession at the White Coat Investiture Ceremony on Friday, Aug. 25, 2023.

2023 student speaker Nasser Lubega smiling onstage at MD graduation
Education
May 16, 2023

2023 graduates embrace the challenge of advancing health and health equity

Members of the UW School of Medicine and Public Health’s class of 2023 followed a myriad of paths to the university to pursue their degrees under one unifying vision: to advance health and health equity. Poised for their next career steps in clinical care, public health, genetic counseling and research, the school’s recent graduates have shown their commitment to remarkable service, outstanding education and innovative research.

Match Day 2023 sign
Education
March 22, 2023

Match Day 2023 brings excitement

Excitement, nerves and anticipation often accompany travel plans — so the student-selected theme of “Where to Next?” was the perfect complement to Match Day at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health on Friday, March 17, the day medical students nationwide learned where they were matched for clinical residency training programs.

Nia Foster and fellow first-year students at the white coat ceremony
Education
August 29, 2022

2022 White Coat Ceremony highlights diverse paths to medical school

With hearts and eyes set on the school’s vision of healthy people and healthy communities, incoming medical students at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health began their medical school journey at the White Coat Investiture Ceremony on Friday, Aug. 26, 2022.

A student excitedly receives their hood at graduation
Education
May 17, 2022

Hope and determination underscore graduation ceremonies

Members of the UW School of Medicine and Public Health class of 2022 have demonstrated their commitment to a critical mission: improve health for all. This goal has inspired a range of accomplishments such as responding to the COVID-19 pandemic through rapid viral sequencing and bioinformatics analysis, creating ways to increase cultural competency in the field of physical therapy, and challenging ableism in medicine.

Sofia Haile embraces her family at the ceremony after she announces that she matched into family medicine at the University of Minnesota Medical School.
Education
March 21, 2022

Match Day 2022 brings excitement as medical students learn residency placements

On Friday, March 18, the Health Sciences Learning Center was abuzz with energy as soon-to-graduate UW School of Medicine and Public Health medical students learned where they were matched for clinical residency training programs.

warm welcome
Honors & Awards
August 23, 2021

Incoming medical students receive warm welcome to medical profession

Wearing matching Bucky Badger masks and exchanging elbow bumps, incoming medical students at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health donned their first white coats at a ceremony on Friday, Aug. 20, 2021.

Sarah Rothschild
Honors & Awards
August 5, 2021

Sarah Rothschild named executive director of the Wisconsin Medical Alumni Association

Sarah Rothschild will join the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health on Oct. 18, 2021 as the executive director of its Wisconsin Medical Alumni Association (WMAA).

Medical student Sarah Styer celebrating a residency match
Education
March 19, 2021

Match Day 2021 brings news of next chapter for UW medical students

In a day filled with excitement for the future, UW School of Medicine and Public Health medical students in the class of 2021 were matched into their clinical residency training programs on Friday, March 19.

A masked student picking up their new white coat
Education
August 21, 2020

New medical students welcomed to UW in virtual White Coat Ceremony

Physicians must be resilient and adaptable. These qualities were on full display as the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health welcomed incoming medical students in a virtual White Coat Ceremony on Friday, Aug. 21.

Certificate of achievement
Honors & Awards
May 1, 2020

Class of 2020 honors, awards and scholarships

The University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health extends a hearty congratulations to a special class of 2020 MD graduates. Although the final months of school were disrupted by the worst pandemic of the century, we salute and celebrate all the class’ accomplishments. We particularly celebrate members of the class of 2020 who received honors, awards and scholarships.