Seven students from Lincoln Elementary School in Madison performed at the annual State of Education Address at the Wisconsin State Capitol as part of UW Dance Exchange, a collaborative program that pairs UW–Madison students with local teaching artists to bring free dance instruction into public schools. Each September, the state superintendent of public instruction delivers …
Office of Research & Scholarship Communications For researchers, few emails carry quite the same emotional weight as a journal’s decision on a manuscript. And when the verdict is “revise and resubmit,” the accompanying reviewer comments can provoke everything from relief to frustration and self-doubt. A new commentary by the UW–Madison School of Education’s Xueli Wang …
“Repainting the Narrative,” an art exhibition by Jerry Jordan, academic and multicultural advisor in the UW–Madison School of Education, is currently on view in the School of Education Gallery through Oct. 31. An opening reception will be held Friday, Oct. 16, from 5–7 p.m. In a description of the exhibition, Jordan writes: “These selected paintings …
By Kari Dickinson When University Theatre’s production of Michael Rohd’s “The Compass” opens this week, every performance may have a different ending. That’s because in this interactive courtroom drama, the audience doesn’t just watch the trial unfold. They become the jury. The story centers on a young girl who uses a predictive app called “The …
A Washington Post obituary highlights the remarkable life and career of UW–Madison alumna Mary Tsingou Menzel, who died recently at age 97. The obituary recounts how Menzel was among the many women who joined the Los Alamos laboratory in New Mexico during the early years of the Cold War. Hired to perform mathematical calculations by …
The University of Wisconsin–Madison Dance Department, Omari Carter, and Bradford Chin present “Interconnected: A Dance Festival of Bodies, Technology, and Shared Space,” a two-day pop-up festival taking place on Friday, Oct. 16, and Saturday, Oct. 17, inside the historic Lathrop Hall (1050 University Ave.). Curated to highlight the creative research of Assistant Professors Omari Carter …
By Kari Dickinson When Professor Emerit Laurie Beth Clark retired this past spring after more than four decades on the faculty of UW–Madison’s Art Department, she didn’t want to celebrate her own accomplishments. Instead, she wanted to recognize the hundreds of students she mentored throughout her career. That decision launched her on a months-long effort …
UW–Madison’s Erica Halverson has been named to the Executive Committee of the Alliance in the Arts for Research Universities (a2ru). Halverson, the Gibb Faculty Professor of Curriculum and Instruction, chair of the Department of Theatre and Drama, and special advisor to the dean on arts and innovation in the School of Education, has dedicated her …
By Amellia Fowler UW–Madison’s Jerry Jordan, an academic and multicultural advisor in the School of Education, recently completed a portrait of Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson for Dane County Circuit Court Judge Everett Mitchell. A recent Capital Times article, “Why a Dane County judge displays a Supreme Court justice portrait,” explores the story behind …
Three members of the UW–Madison School of Education community are among 16 extraordinary Wisconsinites receiving a 2026 Fellows Award from the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters. The award, which honors outstanding accomplishment and a lifelong commitment to intellectual discourse and public service, is the Academy’s highest honor. Emily Arthur, a professor in the School …