March 7, 2022
Chase Ochrach, a PhD candidate in the Department of Counseling Psychology, is a recipient of a UW–Madison Campus-Wide Teaching Assistant (TA) Award for 2021. She received the Excellence in Community-based Learning Teaching Award — a new award this year — which recognizes TAs who have demonstrated outstanding instruction using a community-based learning approach.
March 4, 2022
The 8th biennial Conney Conference on Jewish Arts at UW–Madison, from March 27-30, will address themes of interdisciplinarity, diversity, and intersectionality in the changing landscape of the Jewish Arts. All events are free and open to the public.
March 4, 2022
UW–Madison’s Field Day Lab has launched a new learning game in which learners use critical thinking and historical inquiry skills to recover stories about shipwrecks inspired by real Great Lakes history.
March 2, 2022
The paper being recognized by the Journal of Research in Science Teaching (JRST) is titled, “Supporting middle school students’ science talk: A comparison of physical and virtual labs.” This award is given to three papers published in JRST in the past year deemed to have the most significant impact for science educators and practitioners.
March 1, 2022
The university on Tuesday announced the extension of the UW–Madison School of Education Wisconsin Teacher Pledge, which pays the equivalent of in-state tuition and fees, testing, and licensing costs for all teacher education students. In return, graduates “pledge” to teach for three or four years at a pre-kindergarten through 12th grade school in Wisconsin.
March 1, 2022
The highly anticipated “Blu³eprint” by UW–Madison’s Faisal Abdu'Allah was unveiled last week on Tuesday, Feb. 22, and now stands in front of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art (MMOCA) on State Street in Madison.
February 28, 2022
Focusing on a tumultuous era in our history, the UW–Madison Department of Theatre and Drama’s upcoming production of “A Piece of My Heart” presents a potent message on the human cost of war and the scars that still remain. The play will run March 3-11 in Vilas Hall's Gilbert V. Helmsley Theatre.
February 28, 2022
Mindi Thompson, a professor with the School of Education’s Department of Counseling Psychology, recently assumed a leadership position with the Center for Research on College-Workforce Transitions (CCWT) as co-director.
February 25, 2022
The Arts + Literature Laboratory is hosting UW–Madison’s Li Chiao Ping for a screening and conversation about her “Women Dancing" Project, on Monday, Feb. 28, at 7 p.m. Li is a Vilas Research Professor with the School of Education’s Dance Department.
February 24, 2022
Travis Wright, an associate professor with the School of Education's Department of Counseling Psychology and a nationally recognized expert in school-based support for children and families undergoing trauma, has been named faculty director of UW–Madison's Morgridge Center for Public Service.