University of Wisconsin–Madison

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Wisconsin Evaluation Collaborative invites researchers across UW–Madison to use its expertise

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By Karen Rivedal, Office of Research and Scholarship The Wisconsin Evaluation Collaborative (WEC) is building deeper connections with campus partners by providing evaluation expertise in support of research and program improvement. At the Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER), WEC partners with school districts, universities, state agencies, and community organizations to plan, implement, and support evaluation-related program …

How We Play: New Book From UW–Madison’s McDonald Reveals Roots of Modern Play

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By Karen Rivedal, Office of Research and Scholarship A new book by Peter McDonald, an assistant professor in the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction at UW–Madison, details how notions of play were transformed in the second half of the 20th century, dubbed the “era of designed play.” The book, “The Impossible Reversal: A …

UW–Madison’s Kaplan receives Humboldt Foundation award

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UW–Madison’s David Kaplan, Hilldale Professor and Richard L. Venezky WARF Professor of Educational Psychology, has received a Renewed Research Stay Award from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. The award recognizes Kaplan’s research contributions and collaborations with German colleagues since he first received a Humboldt Research Award in 2015. Kaplan will spend two months at the …

American Theatre features UW–Madison’s Espinosa and Latinx Actor-Training Laboratorio

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UW–Madison’s Micha Espinosa was recently featured in an American Theatre article highlighting the Latinx Theatre Commons Actor-Training Laboratorio, held March 27–30 on the UW–Madison campus. Espinosa, a professor in the School of Education’s Department of Theatre and Drama, is a longtime leader in the development of Latinx actor training methodologies. The story examines the Laboratorio …

School of Education faculty and staff participate in UW–Madison program on AI in higher education

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By Laurel White Several faculty and staff from the School of Education are part of a new campus program dedicated to exploring how to engage with and respond to the use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) in higher education.  Mark Dziedzic (Greater Madison Writing Project), Chris Kirchgasler (Department of Curriculum and Instruction), David Williamson Shaffer (Department of Educational Psychology), Peter van Kan (Department …

Three ICTR leaders inducted as Fellows of ACTS in inaugural cohort

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By Jennifer Smith, Institute for Clinical and Translational Research The Association for Clinical and Translational Science (ACTS), a nonprofit membership association of translational scientists from the nation’s leading academic medical centers, honored its Fellows at Translational Science 2026, a national conference being held in Milwaukee from April 20–23. Among the honorees are three senior leaders from …

SERP student-led paper wins Best Student Paper Award at AERA

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A paper led by a Summer Education Research Program (SERP) student and co-authored by a UW–Madison faculty member and three graduate students has received a Best Student Paper Award from the Learning Sciences Special Interest Group (SIG) at the American Educational Research Association’s (AERA) 2026 Annual Conference.  The paper’s lead author is Reina Yorba-Rico, a …

Parents’ excessive internet use may be lnked to depression in their teenagers

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By Victoria Vlisides, Center for Healthy Minds A 2022 New York Times Opinion piece asks, “Should More Teenagers Ditch Their Smartphones?” Smartphones are where we spend most of our time on the internet and plenty of studies have shown negative effects of screen time on kids. But what about how a teen’s well-being is affected by …

UW–Madison’s Unal recieves Early Childhood Champion Award

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Cigdem Unal received the Early Childhood Champion Award from the National Coalition for Campus Children’s Centers (N4C) at the 2026 national conference. Unal is the director of the Office of Child Care and Family Resources (OCCFR) housed in UW–Madison’s School of Education, and a dedicated advocate for children, families, and educators. For more than two decades she …

UW–Madison alumna shares coin-based art on CBS Sunday Morning

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UW–Madison alumna and Philadelphia-based artist Stacey Lee Webber was recently featured on CBS Sunday Morning, speaking about her work transforming spare change into valuable, coin-based art. For nearly two decades, Webber, who earned her MFA from the School of Education’s Art Department, has used reworked coins and bills into jewelry and sculptures made entirely of money. “I’ve …