January 12, 2023
UW–Madison alumnus Dale Chihuly earned his MFA from the School of Education’s Art Department in 1967 as a student in the recently created Glass Lab. Since then, he has been featured in museums, founded the renowned Pilchuck Glass School, decorated buildings across the world, and had a museum dedicated to his work.
January 6, 2023
Madison365’s 2022 list of “Wisconsin’s 52 Most Influential Black Leaders” highlights a faculty member and three alumni from the School of Education.
December 27, 2022
The Wisconsin Alumni Association published a Q&A with School of Education alumna Patricia Marroquin Norby, the first full-time curator of Native American art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
December 20, 2022
A story from the Wisconsin Alumni Association spotlights the work of UW–Madison Professor Tom Jones, an instructor of photography in the School of Education’s Art Department and an Art Department alumnus (BFA, 1988).
December 14, 2022
UW—Madison alumnus Roberto Torres Mata recently became the UW–Parkside College of Arts and Humanities’ first selection for their artist-in-residence program.
December 7, 2022
UW–Madison alumna Paula Dáil, who earned her PhD from the School of Education in 1983 in continuing and vocational education, has received both a Literary Titan Gold Award and a silver medal in the Reader’s Choice Book Awards for her new novel, “Fearless.”
December 6, 2022
Work by several artists with ties to the UW–Madison Art Department is featured in an exhibition titled, “Through a Glass, Darkly,” at the Delaware Contemporary art space in Wilmington.
November 30, 2022
The work of UW–Madison alumna Melanie Swandby and a fellow teacher to address the issue of gun violence in their community was recently spotlighted in The Guardian.
November 29, 2022
UW–Madison alumna Ulla Connor, who earned her PhD in curriculum and instruction from the School of Education in 1978, received an honorary doctorate of philosophy from Åbo Akademi University in Finland in May 2022.
November 28, 2022
UW–Madison alumni J. Leigh Garcia and Ericka Walker have been honored with 2023 awards from the Southern Graphics Council International (SGCI) for excellence in printmaking.