March 31, 2022
UW–Madison’s Kylie Gorney, a PhD student in the Department of Educational Psychology, was selected to receive the Harold Gulliksen Psychometric Research Fellowship from Educational Testing Service (ETS).
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‘Dream House’ exhibition by MFA student Katelyn St. John on view at Tandem Press
March 30, 2022
Tandem Press is hosting “Dream House,” a master of fine arts thesis exhibition by UW–Madison student Katelyn St. John, who is a Tandem Press project assistant. St. John’s work depicts her exploration of abandoned architecture. This exhibition features prints that delve into the visual representation of the space between experience and memory.
Inaugural Arts Crawl at UW–Madison starts March 31
March 30, 2022
The inaugural Arts Crawl will take place on the UW–Madison campus from Thursday, March 31 – Saturday, April 2. Arts Crawl highlights a collection of arts events held over several days in the arts departments and co-curricular arts units at UW–Madison, including the School of Education's Departments of Art, Dance, and Theatre and Drama.
UW–Madison School of Education again in top 5 of U.S. News rankings
March 29, 2022
UW–Madison is home to the fifth-ranked school of education in the nation — marking the ninth straight year it has been rated among the top five. UW–Madison’s School of Education is also the only one in the nation to have a top-10 ranking in all nine education specialty areas — including the No. 1 Educational Psychology program.
UW–Madison hosting Midwest Filipino American Summit April 2
March 28, 2022
The UW-Madison Filipinx American Student Organization (FASO) is playing a leading role in hosting the first post-pandemic Midwest Filipino American Summit (MFAS), which is being held on campus April 2, with more than 400 Filipinx students from seven states expected to attend. FASO’s eight executive board members are doing most of the planning for this year’s event — and three of these leaders are current undergraduate students with the School of Education.
UW–Madison’s Fico is awarded Alzheimer’s Association research fellowship
March 25, 2022
UW–Madison’s Brandon Fico has been awarded a three-year research fellowship from the Alzheimer’s Association for his project entitled, “Arterial Stiffness and Cerebral Hemodynamics Impact on Alzheimer’s Disease.” Fico is a postdoctoral fellow in the Bruno Balke Biodynamics Laboratory in the School of Education’s Department of Kinesiology.
Journal spotlights interdisciplinary approach to gender affirming voice training
March 24, 2022
UW–Madison’s Colleen Conroy, an assistant professor in the Department of Theatre and Drama, is a co-author of a new article published in Voice and Speech Review that is titled, “An Interdisciplinary Approach to Gender Affirming Voice Training.”
To bolster culturally responsive practices, UW–Madison’s Ashley White focuses on ‘Reaching back to reach forward’
March 23, 2022
The UW–Madison faculty member is the author of a paper that proposes a new framework for preparing future teachers to better connect with and educate the nation’s increasingly diverse student population.
The Southern Graphics Council International printmaking conference in photos
March 22, 2022
Last week over 500 artists from around the world — including from Canada, Poland, Denmark, the United Kingdom, Mexico, Italy, and New Zealand — descended on UW–Madison for the Southern Graphics Council International (SGCI) conference, “Our Shared Future,” hosted by the School of Education’s Art Department. Here is just a small taste of what we caught on camera.
Hess to speak on ‘finding common ground’ in civics education
March 21, 2022
UW–Madison School of Education Dean Diana Hess will serve as a panelist at the “Finding Common Ground for Civic Education in Turbulent Times” mini-conference on March 24, hosted by the Center for Educational Equity at Teachers College at Columbia University.