$500,000 award will fund pioneering, mobile intervention for depression

October 23, 2020

The School of Education’s Simon Goldberg, along with his colleagues at UW–Madison’s Center for Healthy Minds, have received a $500,000 award from the Hope for Depression Research Foundation to develop a highly scalable, mobile health intervention to support treatment for depression.

Art Department faculty and staff featured in Chazen’s virtual gallery talks

October 21, 2020

Several faculty and staff with the School of Education’s Art Department have been among the speakers in the Chazen Museum of Art’s virtual gallery talk series. The Chazen is hosting the lectures live and then archiving them on the museum's Facebook page under the title, “Our Kind of Happy Hour.”

Madison Education Partnership accepting proposals for 2020-21

October 18, 2020

The Madison Education Partnership (MEP), a research-practice partnership between the School of Education's Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER) and the Madison Metropolitan School District (MMSD), has posted its latest request for proposals for sponsored work funding for 2020-21.

Art Department hosting free public lectures on Wednesdays this fall

October 17, 2020

The UW–Madison School of Education’s Art Department is hosting a weekly series of free public lectures by some of the nation’s most prominent artists, critics, and gallery and museum directors. Lectures in the Fall 2020 Visiting Artist Colloquium Series take place every Wednesday during the academic year, from 5 to 6:15 p.m., online via Blackboard Collaborate.

Jennings to speak Oct. 23 as part of Indigenous Speakers’ Series

October 16, 2020

The School of Education’s Department of Educational Policy Studies is hosting Sasanehsah Jennings for a talk as part of its Indigenous Speakers’ Series. The talk, which is titled “Education as a Tool of Colonization: Reflections of the Native Student Experience in Higher Education,” will take place on Friday, Oct. 23, from 12 to 1 p.m., via Zoom.

UW–Madison to host Byrd-McPhee as the fall 2020 Division of the Arts interdisciplinary artist

October 16, 2020

The UW–Madison Division of the Arts welcomes Michele Byrd-McPhee as the fall 2020 interdisciplinary artist. Michele Byrd-McPhee is a dancer, choreographer, teacher, producer, curator, and director of Ladies of Hip-Hop. The Fall 2020 Interdisciplinary Arts Residency Program is presented by the UW–Madison Division of the Arts and hosted by the School of Education's Dance Department with Assistant Professor Duane Lee Holland, Jr. as lead faculty.

Fill the Hill (virtually) Oct. 21-23 and support the School of Education

October 15, 2020

Join us for a three-day digital fundraising spree beginning at 11 a.m. Central on Wednesday, Oct. 21 through 6 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 23. Every flamingo on the (virtual) hill represents a gift someone makes to UW–Madison during this period. Thanks to matching gifts made available by generous donors, your support of UW–Madison during Fill the Hill 2020 can go twice as far. In the School of Education, every gift to our Impact 2030 fund will be matched, dollar-for-dollar, thanks to the Impact 2030 Morgridge Match.