Jerome A. Chazen, a philanthropist, fashion industry leader, arts enthusiast and advocate for education, died Sunday, February 6. He was 94. Chancellor Rebecca Blank remembers Chazen as someone who found great joy in introducing new audiences to the art world. “Jerry was deeply devoted to the arts and to education,” she says. “His commitment to …
An inspiring story about UW–Madison alumnus Edward Wortis appears in the Winter 2021 issue of On Wisconsin magazine. Wortis, who earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the Department of Theatre and Drama, has struggled through his lifetime with dysgraphia, a neurological disorder that impairs the ability to write. Despite this, he yearned to be an author. Under the …
The School of Education’s Mitchell Nathan is among the 26 UW–Madison faculty winners of the 2022-23 Vilas Associates Competition. The competition, from the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education, recognizes “new and ongoing research of the highest quality and significance.” Tenure-track assistant professors and tenured faculty within 20 years of their tenure date …
Learn about modern dance in this interview with Dance Department guest artist-in-residence Natalie Desch by UW–Madison’s Chris Walker. Walker is the director of the Division of the Arts and a professor in the School of Education’s Dance Department. Desch, an assistant professor at the University of Utah School of Dance and a former dancer with the Jose Limón Dance Company, will restage “Dances …
Work by UW–Madison’s Li Chiao-Ping will be featured at the 2022 SoloDuo Dance Festival, taking place Feb. 6-7 in New York City. Li is the Sally Banes Professor of Dance and a Vilas Research Professor with the School of Education’s Dance Department. Li’s work “here n o w here” will be presented as part of the festival’s …
The School of Education’s Rigoletto Lopez made a unique contribution to the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra’s (WCO) recent performance of the world premiere of Bill Banfield’s Symphony No. 8 on Jan. 28. Rigoletto, a recent UW–Madison graduate and communications specialist with the School of Education’s Office of Professional Learning and Community Education (PLACE), was asked to create …
The Winter 2021 issue of On Wisconsin magazine features a review of a book by UW–Madison alumna and current School of Education student Liz Hauck, exploring “the philosophical implications of dinner.” Hauck, who earned her master’s degree from UW–Madison in 2017, is currently a PhD candidate in educational policy studies and history. Titled “Home Made: …
Offering “a renewed vision for higher education policy making,” a new book that is co-edited by UW–Madison’s Nicholas Hillman with Gary Orfield of UCLA will be published in February by Harvard Education Press. Titled “Civil Rights and Federal Higher Education,” a publisher’s preview notes that the book “focuses on federal policy debates that have significant …
We are kicking off Black History Month with a tribute to Errol Hill that was written by Professor Baron Kelly of our Department of Theatre and Drama. A Thousand Thank-yous to Errol HillBy Professor Baron KellyUW–Madison Department of Theatre and Drama In 2001, during my last year of doctoral studies at UW–Madison, I had the …
Jerlando Jackson has been elected as a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), one of 13 scholars from UW–Madison who received fellowship status this year. Jackson is chair of the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, and concurrently holds the Rupple-Bascom Professorship of Education and the Vilas Distinguished Professorship …