Two faculty members from the UW–Madison School of Education have been selected for the 2026-27 cohort of Morgridge Fellows. The program, run through the Morgridge Center for Public Service, brings together faculty, staff, and graduate students who are selected through a juried process for a year-long learning community focused on advancing community-engaged scholarship. Led by …
By Laurel White The UW–Madison School of Education recently celebrated its newest endowed chair position: the Patricia Busk Department Chair in Educational Psychology. Funded by longtime School of Education supporters Patricia and Michael Busk, the new endowed chair will provide sustained support to the School of Education’s No. 1-ranked Department of Educational Psychology. The inaugural …
By Amellia Fowler Julie Underwood and Julie Mead, professors emerita in the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Education, have been inducted into the inaugural Education Law Hall of Fame, recognizing their extraordinary and lasting contributions to the field of education law through scholarship, legal practice, policy, leadership, and service. Mead served for many years on …
By Amellia Fowler UW–Madison’s Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC) has once again been nominated for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, recognized as the world’s largest honor for children’s and young adult literature. The CCBC was first nominated in 2024. This prestigious, international award is given annually to a person or organization, and comes with a …
By Karen Rivedal Young people have valuable expertise about what supports their mental health in schools, according to a new study from Kate Somerville of UW–Madison’s School Mental Health Collaborative (SMHC). But a companion study, also by Somerville, suggests that even when educators and community members support those ideas in principle, friction with current school, …
By Laurel White A new pilot program led by University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers aims to improve training for caregivers and the healthcare providers who support them. The Badger Caregiving Clinic pilot will bring together UW–Madison students, faculty, and staff from several healthcare disciplines to provide much-needed hands-on, proactive support to caregivers. According to the National …
UW–Madison’s Colleen Conroy, an assistant professor in the School of Education’s Department of Theatre and Drama, was recently inducted as an Académica Correspondiente (corresponding member) of Spain’s Academia Xacobea, an organization dedicated to the promotion and development of research and study of the Camino de Santiago (Way of St. James). Conroy received the honor in …
Office of Research & Scholarship Communications UW–Madison education researcher Michal Avera Samuel has been honored by Columbus Jewish News (CJN) as a difference maker for her work supporting Black-Jewish diversity and community, in part as coordinator of the Shalom Curriculum Project, based in the School of Education’s Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER). Samuel, a …
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 …
Two UW–Madison art students are featured in a special student-focused installment of the Division of the Arts’ “Why Wisconsin?” series, sharing what drew them to UW–Madison. In the feature, Corey Willik, a third-year Master of Fine Arts student in woodworking, and Bree Elisabeth Scholl, a sophomore majoring in art with certificates in entrepreneurship and textiles …