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.
School News
UW–Madison receives WCCAA award for commitment to child care and families
May 27, 2026
The University of Wisconsin–Madison has received a Business/Corporation Award from the Wisconsin Child Care Administrators Association (WCCAA), recognizing the university’s sustained commitment to children, families, educators, and high-quality early childhood education.
Andrew Johnson named School of Education’s chief financial officer
May 26, 2026
Andrew Johnson has been named the UW–Madison School of Education’s next chief financial officer (CFO).
UW–Madison project joins with MMSD to meet pressing student needs
May 20, 2026
When the Madison Education Partnership (MEP) launched in 2016, its goal was simple but ambitious: bring together researchers and educators to address real problems facing Madison’s public schools to contribute to change locally and inform research nationally. Today, UW–Madison researchers and Madison Metropolitan School District (MMSD) teachers and administrators can point to a decade of doing just that, with changes in policy and practice to address some of the district’s most challenging issues.
New study shows STEM faculty sustain inclusive practices amid new DEI policies in higher education
May 19, 2026
As hundreds of colleges and universities scale back or eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs, a new study led by former UW–Madison researcher Selyna Pérez Beverly examines how some faculty and administrators across the country in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields continue finding evidence-backed ways to support underrepresented students.
BIOS Leadership and Coaching Symposium returns June 23 at Camp Randall Stadium
May 18, 2026
The fifth annual BIOS Leadership and Coaching Symposium will take place Tuesday, June 23, at Camp Randall Stadium, bringing together coaches and leaders from across Wisconsin and beyond for a day of learning, connection, and professional growth.
UW–Madison’s Fields earns Fulbright award for caregiving research in Denmark
May 18, 2026
UW–Madison’s Beth Fields, an associate professor of occupational therapy in the School of Education’s Department of Kinesiology, has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar award.
Six School of Education faculty, doctoral students awarded prestigious NAEd/Spencer fellowships
May 15, 2026
Six members of the School of Education community have been chosen as recipients of 2026 NAEd/Spencer Dissertation and Postdoctoral Fellowships, prestigious national fellowships that support promising education research by early-career scholars.
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.
More than administrative support: How the Office of Research & Scholarship strengthens faculty research
May 14, 2026
The charge of the Office of Research & Scholarship (ORS) is to equitably support the wide range of research and scholarship underway across the School of Education.