New UW–Madison study shows people who fail to quit smoking should immediately try again January 29, 2024 By Laurel White People who immediately try again to quit smoking after a failed attempt are more successful than people who take time before another try, according to a new UW–Madison study. The multi-year study, published this week in Addiction, …
Thirteen faculty members have been chosen to receive this year’s Distinguished Teaching Awards, an honor given out since 1953 to recognize some of the university’s finest educators. Among this year’s honorees, two are faculty members in the School of Education: Emily Machado, an assistant professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, is receiving the …
On Wisconsin spotlighted the work of UW–Madison faculty member Helen Lee in the Winter 2023 issue of the award-winning alumni magazine. The article, headlined “Blowpipe Prose,” explores how Lee’s work merges glass, language, and graphic design. “One thing that has brought me great pleasure is finding shared vocabulary between glass and design thinking,” says Lee, …
By Laurel White Two faculty members from the UW–Madison School of Education will help lead the new Wisconsin Sloan Center for Systemic Change, or WiSC², an initiative aimed at removing barriers and improving equity in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) doctoral programs across the country. The project launched earlier this month as part of a $2.5 …
By Laurel White The ways elementary and high school administrators disrupt or enable bullying of transgender and gender-expansive students in their schools show up in very distinct ways, according to a new UW–Madison study. The study, published in the most recent issue of the nation’s top educational leadership journal, Educational Administration Quarterly, shows four distinct ways …
By Laurel White Kevin Lawrence Henry Jr., an assistant professor in the UW–Madison School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, recently received a national honor for early career scholars from the University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA). Henry received the Jack A. Culbertson Award at the UCEA’s annual conference in Minneapolis in November. The UCEA …
UW–Madison’s Douglas Rosenberg, a professor in the School of Education’s Art Department, wrote the forward for the forthcoming book, “Dance, Technology, and Social Justice: Individual and Collective Emancipation Through Embodied Techniques,” by Kaustavi Sarkar. The book is scheduled to be published on April 24 by McFarland, a leading independent publisher of academic and general-interest nonfiction books. …
UW–Madison graduate student Sky Duke, a PhD student in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Policy Studies, has been selected to participate in the 2024 NCES Data Institute. The institute, focused on “Using Federal Datasets to Support Research on Postsecondary Education,” provides an intensive introduction to National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) datasets and research …
Abby Sunde, an undergraduate student pursuing a BFA in the School of Education’s Art Department, was highlighted in a recent Division of Arts video, titled “Arts for Everyone, Everywhere: Melting biology with glass at the UW–Madison Glass Lab.” Sunde’s focus is glass and drawing, and she has returned to school to blend earlier pursuits in …
John Baldacchino, an art education professor in the School of Education’s Art Department, is the author of a new paper that explores his experience writing about philosophy in Maltese. “I am pleased by this paper,” Baldacchino says, “as for me it’s a first where I invite my English-speaking readers to engage with my native Maltese …