“Here, You Need to Listen” The UW’s Center for Interfaith Dialogue teaches students to get along despite their differences.

By Dean Robbins – Photo by Bryce Richter – ON WISCONSIN magazine –

UW–Madison launched the Center for Interfaith Dialogue last year — and not a minute too soon, given the onset of the Israel–Hamas war. Though it had been in the works for a while, the center opened just as the university urgently needed a place where students from different religious backgrounds could get to know one another and engage in civil dialogue. Interim director Ulrich Rosenhagen envisioned a program in which undergraduates serve as “interfaith fellows,” educating themselves about religious traditions while fostering a spirit of understanding in the UW community. He wants them to graduate with the skills to live amicably with fellow citizens, even amid disagreements.

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