By University of Wisconsin–La Crosse UW–La Crosse (UWL) has dedicated its Center for the Arts to the late Truman Lowe, a UWL (and UW–Madison) alumnus who drew international acclaim during his five-decade career and inspired thousands of aspiring artists as a professor at UW–Madison. The Truman T. Lowe Center for the Arts was dedicated Oct. 3, …
Four individuals with ties to the UW–Madison School of Education were named in Madison 365’s list of Wisconsin’s most influential Latino leaders for 2022. They are among 11 members of the UW–Madison community who were honored on this annual list. A nonprofit online news publication, Madison365 has recognized Wisconsin’s most influential Black and Latino leaders every year since its …
UW–Madison’s Tim O’Neill, a 3-D technician in the School of Education’s Art Department, has an exhibit of new work at the Abel Contemporary Gallery in Stoughton, Wisconsin, through Nov. 6. O’Neill is an accomplished studio artist working in both wood and metal. His most recent body of work, “Halls Creek Lodge,” looks to Castor canadensis, the North American Beaver, …
A number of legal decisions have shown the First Amendment rights of teachers in K-12 classrooms are “strictly limited,” according to a School of Education professor and education law expert. Suzanne Eckes, the Susan S. Engeleiter Chair in Education Law, Policy, and Practice in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, …
By Laurel White Moves to remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic may have mitigated some mental health challenges for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and gender-expansive (LGBTQ+) students, according to a new study from UW–Madison researchers. According to the study, which analyzed survey data from more than 40,000 middle and high school students before and during the …
Media reports about attempts to pass educational gag orders and ban books with “divisive concepts” are now surprisingly common — with such efforts likely to continue into 2023 and beyond. UW–Madison’s Ashley White and Kimber Wilkerson are taking part in a panel discussion about this important topic on Tuesday, Oct. 25, at 12 p.m. (CST). …
UW–Madison alumna Jo Ann Oravec is the author of a new book that explores how robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) can enhance human lives, but also their unsettling “dark sides.” Oravec earned her master’s and PhD in educational administration from the School of Education, and holds degrees from UW–Madison’s La Follette School of Public Affairs …
Tandem Press announces its annual Friday Jazz Series featuring students from the UW–Madison Mead Witter School of Music’s Jazz Studies Program, led by Johannes Wallmann, the John and Carolyn Peterson Chair in Jazz Studies, along with Emma Dayhuff, Chad McCullough, Nick Moran, and Les Thimmig. The 2022-2023 series, beginning on Oct. 21, includes three concerts during …
UW–Madison PhD students Joseph Romero-Reyes and Josh Wallace were both recently selected to be part of the Project MALES Graduate Scholars Program. Romero-Reyes and Wallace are two of just four scholars from across the country to be selected this fall for the program, which is designed to support the academic and career advancement of emerging scholars …
The Daily Cardinal sat down with UW–Madison’s Mitchell Nathan recently for a conversation about his research, effective teaching, and study techniques. Nathan, a Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor in the School of Education’s top-ranked Department of Educational Psychology, studies students and how they learn. He also studies how teachers structure learning experiences for students. “A unique quality …