September 29, 2020
UW–Madison’s Lynda Barry is the recipient of the Reuben Award for Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year, which is chosen by a secret ballot of the members of the National Cartoonists Society.
School News
OEDI hosting Black Student Affinity Open Dialogue Discussion on Oct. 4
September 29, 2020
The School of Education's Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (OEDI) is hosting a Black Student Affinity Open Dialogue Discussion on Sunday, Oct. 4, from 1 to 2:30 p.m., via the Zoom online platform.
The Discussion Project releases application for January 2021 trainings
September 29, 2020
The Discussion Project Virtual is an online training that supports UW–Madison instructors in creating the conditions for equitable, inclusive, and engaging online discussions. It consists of five, two-hour synchronous sessions in Zoom, each preceded by an hour of asynchronous work. To participate in a January 2021 cohort, you must be teaching a spring 2021 course.
UW–Madison’s Cook helps plan inaugural Gulf War Illness conference
September 28, 2020
UW–Madison's Dane Cook, a professor with the School of Education's Department of Kinesiology, was one of two researchers on the planning committee for the inaugural Virtual Gulf War Illness State of the Science Conference, which took place in Aug. 2020 — coinciding with the 30th anniversary of Operation Desert Shield.
Moeller publishes article on ‘curricular erasure’ in Brazilian core curriculum
September 24, 2020
UW–Madison’s Kathryn Moeller has a new article in the journal Race, Ethnicity, and Education that is titled, "The politics of curricular erasure: debates on race, gender, and sexuality in the Brazilian ‘common core’ curriculum."
UW–Madison Dance Department presents the Alumni Festival live stream event
September 23, 2020
The School of Education's Dance Department presents the Alumni Festival, a live stream event Sept. 24-26 on YouTube. The event will feature performances and choreography from our recent UW–Madison graduates Julianna Hom (BFA, 2020), Megan Schimke (BFA, 2020), and Alice Svetic (BFA, 2020).
Good, Cheng recognized by AERA for excellence in education research
September 23, 2020
The American Educational Research Association (AERA) announced the winners of its 2020 awards for excellence in education research earlier this summer, and UW–Madison's Annalee Good and Huiping "Emily" Cheng were recognized with top honors. In addition, UW–Madison alumna Adrienne D. Dixon was recognized by AERA with a Scholars of Color Mid-Career Contribution Award.
Art alum Norby hired as The Met’s first Native American art curator
September 22, 2020
Patricia Marroquin Norby, an alumna of the School of Education’s Art Department, has been hired as the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York’s first, full-time Native American art curator. Norby earned her MFA from the Art Department in 2002.
UW–Madison’s Puntambekar contributes to $100 million NSF-funded artificial intelligence initiative
September 21, 2020
UW–Madison’s Sadhana Puntambekar will collaborate with national researchers on establishing one of five artificial intelligence (AI) institutes and education hubs. A $100 million initiative of the National Science Foundation, the centers are the single most significant federal investment to date in exploring how AI can benefit the United States’ quality of life, economy, and international competitiveness.
UW–Madison’s Furumoto performs in virtual performance of ‘Haiku’
September 21, 2020
UW–Madison’s David Furumoto is part of the cast of the virtual performance of the play "Haiku," by Judy Dove, which was presented by Goodly Frame Theatre as part of its Zoom Fest 2020, Series 2.