A closer look at how and why college advising works — at scale

March 20, 2026

A recent working paper co-authored by UW–Madison School of Education Assistant Professor Taylor Odle and PhD student Isabel McMullen offers some of the strongest evidence to date on when and why college advising programs for high school students are successful at scale.

Over the Moon(shine)

March 18, 2026

Campus and community artists came together for an evening of music and performance art during Moonshine 2026, hosted by UW–Madison’s Dance Department.

A suitcase full of basketballs and a bigger research question

March 16, 2026

Estevan Molina, a PhD student in the Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis program and a School of Education Graduate Research Scholar, researches the intersections of education and sports. This September, he traveled to Senegal to better understand the academic, cultural, and structural systems that shape how players move from countries like Senegal to U.S. colleges.

Art in Focus: Q&A with MFA candidate Kalil Mitchell

March 13, 2026

Kalil Mitchell creates luminous, abstract paintings that explore the interplay among light, space, and perception. Her final thesis exhibition, “Bright Obscurities,” will be on view at UW–Madison's Art Lofts Gallery from March 24–28.