May 28, 2026
UW–Madison’s Mitchell Nathan was recently featured on “The Science of Creativity” podcast, hosted by Keith Sawyer, to discuss embodied cognition — the idea that learning is grounded in the body, in movement, and in the physical world.
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UW–Madison doctoral student Jeong wins first place in national eBoard competition
May 15, 2026
UW–Madison’s Tai Sun Jeong, a PhD student in the Quantitative Methods area in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Psychology, won first place in the 2026 Graduate Student eBoard Competition hosted by the Graduate Student Issues Committee at the National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME) Annual Meeting.
Five School of Education faculty honored with Vilas professorships and awards
May 11, 2026
Five faculty from the School of Education have been honored with this year’s Vilas professorships and awards. The awards recognize outstanding research, teaching, and service.
Three from School of Education honored with 2026 awards for mentoring undergraduates
May 7, 2026
Three members of the UW–Madison School of Education community have received 2026 Awards for Mentoring Undergraduates in Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activities.
Three School of Education students recognized as spring 2026 ‘notable grads’
May 5, 2026
Three School of Education students — Anna Bitonti, Molly Gerrish, and Heaven Williams — were recently recognized as spring 2026 “notable grads” by UW–Madison’s Office of Strategic Communication.
UW–Madison’s Kaplan receives Humboldt Foundation award
April 30, 2026
UW–Madison’s David Kaplan, Hilldale Professor and Richard L. Venezky WARF Professor of Educational Psychology, has received a Renewed Research Stay Award from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.
School of Education faculty and staff participate in UW–Madison program on AI in higher education
April 29, 2026
Several faculty and staff from the School of Education are part of a new campus program dedicated to exploring how to engage with and respond to the use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) in higher education.
Karumbaiah brings research on AI in education to New York
April 23, 2026
School of Education faculty member Shamya Karumbaiah will share her research on artificial intelligence in education at the Wisconsin Alumni Association’s UW Now event in New York City on Tuesday, April 28.
School of Education graduate students recognized with 2025–26 Teaching Assistant Awards
April 21, 2026
Thirty-two graduate students have been selected as recipients of the 2025–26 Campus-Wide Teaching Assistant Awards, recognizing their excellence in teaching. Among this year’s honorees are four graduate students from the School of Education.
Building research leaders: A new model for empowering undergraduates to strengthen research teams
April 20, 2026
At the Center for Research on Complex Thinking (CRCT) in UW–Madison's School of Education, undergraduates routinely perform at a graduate-student level and help train faculty and researchers from around the world.