University of Wisconsin–Madison

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Field Day’s media literacy game featured in story from Wisconsin Public Radio, PBS Wisconsin

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By Karen Rivedal, WCER Communications A story by “Wisconsin Life” contributor Christina Lieffring titled, “Choose your own journalism adventure: Teaching media literacy with ‘Headlines and High Water’,” on April 9 puts readers, viewers, and listeners ringside while students in a class at Marshfield High School play the online educational game from WCER’s Field Day. Produced by Wisconsin Public Radio and PBS …

Multiple media outlets, and White House, utilize expertise of UW–Madison’s Hillman

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Multiple media outlets — and the White House — have utilized the expertise of UW–Madison’s Nicholas Hillman in recent reports about the unveiling of President Joe Biden’s new plan to provide student debt relief. Hillman has also been called on by media to speak about the impact of the botched roll-out of the new Free Application …

Donors deliver $11 million in new funding to back Wisconsin educators

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By Todd Finkelmeyer Thanks to the generosity of its alumni and friends, the UW–Madison School of Education on Thursday night announced an $11 million investment to support Wisconsin educators. These funds will extend the innovative UW–Madison School of Education Wisconsin Teacher Pledge program; invest in the Early Career Teaching Institute; and bolster the vital work …

New York Times previews exhibition featuring art by UW–Madison alumna

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The work of UW–Madison alumna Rita Benissan was spotlighted in the New York Times recently in their article previewing the Gallery 57 exhibition, “Constellations, Part 1: Figures on Earth & Beyond.” “Constellations, Part 1,” which opened March 14 in the Ghana-based Gallery 57’s London outpost, “brings together emerging and established artists from within the gallery’s …

Project led by UW–Madison’s Goldberg aims to increase scientific understanding of alternative health treatments

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By Laurel White As complementary and integrative health treatments like mindfulness, acupuncture, and chiropractic care continue to grow in popularity, a new project led by a School of Education faculty member aims to increase understanding of how well those treatments work.  The project, recently funded by a $3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, …

Embark on a time-traveling journey across centuries in University Theatre’s ‘Orlando’

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By Kari Dickinson Based on Virginia Woolf’s feminist classic, University Theatre’s newest production, “Orlando” — which opens this Thursday — will take the audience on a journey across the world and through centuries in a profound, moving, and sometimes funny story about one person’s search for love and artistic fulfillment.  The show runs April 18-28 in …

UW–Madison graduate students win award to pursue artistic research in Europe

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UW–Madison’s Tandem Press has awarded graduate students David Love and Emilee Taxman the Gabriele S. Haberland Graduate Student Printmaking Award for Travel to Europe. In 2019, UW–Madison Professor Emeritus Willy Haeberli established two annual travel awards of $4,000 each in honor of his late wife, Gabriele Haberland. Haberland believed in the power of travel to expand a student’s worldview and …

UW–Madison student nationally honored as Major of the Year in physical education

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The Society of Health and Physical Educators (SHAPE America) honored UW–Madison student Paige Peloquin as a Major of the Year during the organization’s 138th National Convention and Expo, March 12-16 in Cleveland, Ohio. The award celebrates outstanding undergraduate students in the health, physical education, recreation, and dance professions who are nominated by a faculty advisor …

UW–Madison professor challenges binary thinking on skills in a world with AI

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UW–Madison’s Matthew Hora discussed the importance of different types of skills on Wisconsin Public Radio’s “Central Time” recently, in a segment that is titled, “Soft skills in a world with AI.” Hora is an associate professor of adult and higher education with the Division of Continuing Studies and with the School of Education’s Department of …