PEOPLE Program

PEOPLE seeks to increase enrollment and graduation of African American, American Indian, Asian American (especially Southeast Asian American), Latino/a, and disadvantaged students at UW-Madison. The Program identifies students with strong academic potential who have just completed 9th Grade. The Program currently serves students in Milwaukee, Madison, Beloit, and Racine; and is developing plans to expand to other Wisconsin communities.

The Neuroscience Training Program participates in the student’s first summer in the program. PEOPLE students complete a 3-week residential program on the UW-Madison campus that includes writing skills development; daytime workshops in the biological sciences, physical sciences, engineering, biomedical research and health sciences; and an evening curriculum in the fine and performance arts. It is the position of Neuroscience Training Program staff to help coordinate, as well as the NTP graduate students to teach, in the health sciences unit.