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Emily Azad
Harmony in Black
On Wednesday, October 11, Black composers Bill Banfield and Patrice Rushen, along with Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra CEO Joe Loehnis and other staff members, visited our Odyssey class and engaged in conversation with the Class of …
Odyssey visits the American Players Theater!
Thanks to American Players Theatre (APT), American Family Insurance, and other donors for sponsoring a trip for Odyssey students and their families to see “Romeo & Juliet” on Saturday, September 30th, at 2 PM. Students …
Odyssey is hiring!
Odyssey is looking to expand its team as we continue to grow, and we’d love your help in spreading the word! Below are the current open positions along with some additional details. If you have …
UW Odyssey Project Class of 2021
Despite battling COVID, deaths of loved ones, homelessness, domestic abuse, parenting stress, lost wages, and physical and mental health challenges, the UW-Madison Odyssey Class of 2021 beat the odds. Thirty-five students graduated in a virtual …
The UW-Odyssey Project shines a light on George Floyd’s death
“We linked the George Floyd killing to centuries of racial injustice,” explained Auerbach. The program studied Frederick Douglass, Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, Langston Hughes and others. “We link today to what we’re reading from …
Education Behind and Beyond Bars
Inside Higher Ed, May 18 2021
Madison Writing Assistance Celebration of Writing 2021: Sharing Stories, Writing for Change
With the Story Exchange, we wanted to create a virtual space where folks could share short stories about their relationship with writing, in the hope that these stories would inspire others to recognize their labor …
“This class has been heroic and inspiring in their resilience.”
The heartache and the hardship for this class has been overwhelming, but so has the perseverance and the courage, -UW Odyssey Project Director Emily Auerbach tells Madison365. The University of Wisconsin-Madison Odyssey Project, now in …