June 6, 2024
Marcelle Haddix has been chosen as the next dean of the School of Education. Haddix, who has held numerous leadership positions in her 16 years at Syracuse University, will begin on Aug. 11.
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UW–Madison graduate student awarded Marquette fellowship to advance Milwaukee-based research
June 6, 2024
UW–Madison graduate student CJ Greer, a PhD candidate in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, has been awarded the Arnold L. Mitchem Dissertation Fellowship by Marquette University.
Five UW–Madison students awarded NAEd/Spencer Foundation Dissertation Fellowships
June 4, 2024
Five UW–Madison graduate students from the School of Education's Department of Educational Policy Studies have received dissertation fellowships from the National Academy of Education (NAEd) and Spencer Foundation.
Study from UW–Madison’s Padilla shows ketogenic diet could combat age-related neuromuscular dysfunction
May 31, 2024
A ketogenic diet could help combat age-related motor dysfunction, according to a new study by a UW–Madison researcher.
DelaRosa’s ‘Teaching the Invisible Race’ receives two honors
May 31, 2024
A book by UW–Madison’s Tony DelaRosa was named a Silver Medal winner in the Independent Publisher Book Awards’ category of Education — Commentary/Theory. The work was also named a Next Generation Indie Book Awards finalist in the BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and/or persons of color) category.
UW–Madison alum is new provost of Madison College
May 30, 2024
UW–Madison alumna Beth Giles-Klinkner, who earned a PhD from the School of Education's Department of Curriculum and Instruction in 2006, has been named the new provost of Madison College.
UW–Madison School of Education joins forces with school districts, DWD to cultivate aspiring school leaders
May 29, 2024
To help identify and nurture future school leaders, the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Education is partnering with three Wisconsin school districts to launch the District Leadership Preparation Pipeline (DLPP) program.
UW–Madison alum is named 2025 Wisconsin Teacher of the Year
May 28, 2024
UW–Madison alumnus Brian Counselman, a science teacher at Malcolm Shabazz City High School, is one of five educators from across the state who have been named 2025 Wisconsin Teachers of the Year.
MFA grad awarded Fulbright Fellowship for work in Poland
May 23, 2024
UW–Madison alumna Devon Stackonis, who earlier this month graduated with an MFA in printmaking from the School of Education’s Art Department, has been awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to pursue research in Wrocław, Poland.
Geha named next director of UW–Madison’s Tandem Press
May 23, 2024
Katie Geha, a writer, curator, and art historian, will be the next director of Tandem Press. Geha is currently director and chief curator of the galleries at the University of Georgia’s Lamar Dodd School of Art, including its gallery space in downtown Athens, Georgia, The Athenaeum. She will begin her new position on Aug. 5.