Wisconsin Institute for Science Education and Community Engagement
Peer Leaders are undergraduate students who support their peers in WISCIENCE programs and courses while learning valuable leadership skills. Find out more about Tanner! Pronouns: He/him Major: Biology Peer Leader for: STEM Immersion Hometown: Maplewood, MN What is your favorite place on campus? By the lake on the terrace of Memorial Union What extracurricular activities …
Peer Leaders are undergraduate students who support their peers in WISCIENCE programs and courses while learning valuable leadership skills. Find out more about Lexi! Pronouns: She/her Major: Molecular and Cell Biology Peer Leader for: Service with Youth in STEM (INTEGSCI 240) Hometown: Wausau, WI If you could choose anyone for a mentor, who would it …
"What I enjoy most about facilitating ARMP is working with colleagues to have the “ah-ha” moments about best practices for mentoring. The “colleague consulting” is my favorite part."
"I have loved being part of the program, getting to run my own independent experiments, and working with my mentors and PI to determine next steps and protocols for the project."
"I am constantly thinking about good communication with students and faculty, and I am always looking for ways to help members of our program connect with one another to form a strong and supportive community."
As the supervisor of elementary programs at Madison School and Community Recreation (MSCR), Eileen Otis regularly collaborates with the community-based learning course Service with Youth in STEM (INTEGSCI 240).
This summer gave me an unfiltered look at lab and graduate-student life. Working in Dr. Aussie Suzuki’s lab, I celebrated experiments that worked and learned from the ones that didn’t, alongside [my mentors], whose support made the experience deeply meaningful.
Drew Harris came to UW–Madison to participate in the Cellular and Molecular Biology of Stress Summer Research Program organized by WISCIENCE. During this 10-week program, Drew was placed in the Majumder Lab, where she worked on an independent research project in collaboration with her mentor, Namita Shroff, and PI, Erica Majumder. During her time at …
"Because my cohort was happening in 2020, I learned valuable skills about teaching and engaging students in an online synchronous course that I never would have learned otherwise."
On March 11, 2026, the rotunda of the Wisconsin State Capitol was transformed into a hub celebrating student research. Surrounded by the grandeur of the building’s marble columns and soaring dome, undergraduates from all 13 Universities of Wisconsin presented their research to a bustling crowd of legislators, university employees and alumni, and members of the …