Seven students from Lincoln Elementary School in Madison performed at the annual State of Education Address at the Wisconsin State Capitol as part of UW Dance Exchange, a collaborative program that pairs UW–Madison students with local teaching artists to bring free dance instruction into public schools. Each September, the state superintendent of public instruction delivers …
Two UW–Madison art students are featured in a special student-focused installment of the Division of the Arts’ “Why Wisconsin?” series, sharing what drew them to UW–Madison. In the feature, Corey Willik, a third-year Master of Fine Arts student in woodworking, and Bree Elisabeth Scholl, a sophomore majoring in art with certificates in entrepreneurship and textiles …
Work by UW–Madison’s John Baldacchino is featured in an exhibition at the Transmission Gallery in Glasgow, Scotland, one of the country’s longest-standing artist-run galleries. Established in 1983, Transmission is known for supporting contemporary artists through workshops, events, residencies, and collaborations. Baldacchino is a professor in the School of Education’s Art Department and an affiliate of …
Office of Research & Scholarship Communications Close to 200 high school students and their advisors will gather in Warrensville Heights, Ohio, near Cleveland, on Nov. 4–7 for the 27th annual MSAN Student Conference to strengthen leadership skills and research-related abilities under this year’s conference theme, chosen by students, “Changing the Narrative: Today’s Students, Tomorrow’s Leaders.” …
By Amellia Fowler UW–Madison’s Steven Hilyard, a professor of digital arts in the School of Education’s Art Department, was honored with three awards at the 2026 Jane Austen Film Festival in Bath, England, including Best of Festival for his experimental film, “Катюша (Katyusha).” “Катюша (Katyusha),” is a three-channel video piece based on material collected at …
Andy Garbacz, a professor in the School Psychology Program in the Department of Educational Psychology, has been appointed deputy director of the Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s School of Education, effective Sept. 23, 2026. In this role, Garbacz joins the center’s leadership team and will help advance WCER’s mission …
Office of Research & Scholarship Communications For researchers, few emails carry quite the same emotional weight as a journal’s decision on a manuscript. And when the verdict is “revise and resubmit,” the accompanying reviewer comments can provoke everything from relief to frustration and self-doubt. A new commentary by the UW–Madison School of Education’s Xueli Wang …
By Hannah Haynes Every fall, the WIDA Annual Conference brings together educators from across the country around one goal: serving multilingual learners as well as we possibly can. It’s a conference by teachers, for teachers with dozens of sessions led by the practitioners doing the work every day. This year, that work happened in …
Four graduate students from the UW–Madison School of Education participated in this year’s Morgridge Entrepreneurial Bootcamp. Launched 19 years ago by John Morgridge and campus partners, the Morgridge Entrepreneurial Bootcamp is an intensive, week-long program that brings together graduate students across disciplines to explore the intersection of innovation, technology, and business. Through case studies, lectures, …
“Repainting the Narrative,” an art exhibition by Jerry Jordan, academic and multicultural advisor in the UW–Madison School of Education, is currently on view in the School of Education Gallery through Oct. 31. An opening reception will be held Friday, Oct. 16, from 5–7 p.m. In a description of the exhibition, Jordan writes: “These selected paintings …