December 3, 2021
Former Badgers football standout and current Miami Dolphins linebacker Vince Biegel wore a special set of cleats during Sunday’s game that spotlighted — and eventually will help raise funds for — UW–Madison’s Adapted Fitness program.
November 26, 2021
UW–Madison alumnus David O’Connor has received a prestigious national honor for his work to change the landscape for Native American students in Wisconsin and across the Midwest. On Oct. 15, O’Connor accepted the National Indian Education Association’s Educator of the Year award at the organization’s 52nd Annual Convention and Trade Show in Omaha, Nebraska.
November 19, 2021
UW–Madison alumnus Dominic Ledesma is the recipient of the Joseph C. Beckham Award for dissertation of the year from the Education Law Association. He earned his PhD from the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis in 2021.
November 18, 2021
UW–Madison alumna Mary Pfeiffer was named Wisconsin Superintendent of the Year by the Wisconsin Association of School District Administrators (WASDA) on Monday, Nov. 8. Pfeiffer currently is the superintendent of the Neenah Joint School District. She earned two degrees from the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis — a master’s in 1999 and a PhD in 2006.
November 5, 2021
UW–Madison alumnus Roberto Torres Mata is one of the organizers of the 2021 Día de los Muertos Community Altar Project on display at the Overture Center for the Arts through Sunday, Nov. 14.
October 29, 2021
A number of artists with connections to the UW–Madison Art Department, housed in the School of Education, are part of an exhibition exploring 60 years of Wisconsin glass art at the Museum of Wisconsin Art in West Bend, Wisconsin. The exhibition, titled “The Studio Glass Movement: The Hyde Collection,” coincides with the International Year of Glass (2022) and MOWA’s 60th anniversary (2021).
October 13, 2021
The work of UW–Madison alumna Gail Bach was featured in the global public art exhibit, CowParade NYC 2021, from Aug. through Sep. 2021. Bach earned her bachelor’s degree from the School of Education’s Art Department in 1980.
October 6, 2021
The Culturally Responsive Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (CRPBIS) research center at UW–Madison has published a study in the leading journal Race, Ethnicity, and Education, titled “Transformative agency for justice: Addressing racialization of school discipline with the Indigenous Learning Laboratory.”
September 28, 2021
An inaugural research brief from WCER Principal Investigator Xueli Wang’s NSF-funded study of change and innovation in technical education finds institutions in the Wisconsin Technical College System (WTCS) moved rapidly in response to the pandemic, revamping services and instructional practices to holistically serve students and meet their critical needs.
September 27, 2021
Research by a study team including UW–Madison’s Dorothy Farrar Edwards was featured in a recent Daily Mail article that is headlined, “Stroke victims recover best if rehab starts 2-3 MONTHS after the event.”