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: …
The work of a UW–Madison research team including the School of Education’s Brittany Travers has been featured in the news recently. Travers is an associate professor of occupational therapy in the School of Education’s Department of Kinesiology, and a lead researcher for UW–Madison’s Waisman Center. She is part of a team that has been researching using …
The Madison Museum of Contemporary Art (MMOCA) has been selected for a significant grant award from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts that will support DARK MATTER, a fall 2022 exhibition of work by UW–Madison’s Faisal Abdu’Allah. Abdu’Allah, an internationally acclaimed artist and professor with the School of Education’s Art Department, is the Chazen Family Distinguished Chair …
The work of UW–Madison’s Simon Goldberg is examined in a report from the health-oriented news website STAT that’s headlined, “What types of mental health apps actually work? A sweeping new analysis finds the data is sparse.” Goldberg is an assistant professor with the School of Education’s Department of Counseling Psychology, and an affiliate faculty member with UW–Madison’s Center for …
UW–Madison’s Baron Kelly was featured on Wisconsin Public Radio’s University of the Air in an episode that is titled, “Back Stage to Center Stage: The Groundbreaking Ira Aldrige.” Kelly is a professor in the School of Education’s Department of Theatre and Drama, and also holds a concurrent appointment with the Odyssey Project in the Division of Continuing Studies. …
UW–Madison’s Walter Stern is the author of an opinion piece that was published in The Hill, headlined “A truly ‘patriotic education’ requires critical analysis of U.S. history.” Stern is an assistant professor and historian with the School of Education’s Department of Educational Policy Studies. He is also the author of “Race and Education in New Orleans: …
The School of Education’s Elton Crim is among 14 members of the greater UW–Madison community who were honored by Madison365 in its list of Wisconsin’s 48 most influential Black leaders for 2021. Crim is a clinical professor of higher education in the School’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, and a member of the Madison …
UW–Madison’s Gloria Ladson-Billings is ranked No. 2 in the annual Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings that are designed to spotlight top education scholars across the nation “who move ideas from academic journals into the national conversation.” In addition to Ladson-Billings, two other scholars with UW–Madison are also ranked: Adam Gamoran is No. 107 and Jerlando Jackson No. 174. …
Former UW System President Kevin Reilly is the author of an essay in Inside Higher Ed that is titled, “Dogs and My Academic Life.” Reilly holds an appointment as Regent Professor with the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis. He also is a senior fellow at the Association of Governing Boards of …