A new exhibition from UW–Madison’s Yeohyun Ahn, “Evolving Graphic Design,” will be on view from May 24 – June 24 in the Art Lofts and Backspace Gallery (111 N Frances Street) at UW–Madison. Ahn is an assistant professor in the School of Education’s Art Department. She is the founding director of the project Evolving Graphic Design, which …
Diana Hess, dean of the School of Education and the Karen A. Falk Distinguished Chair of Education, will become UW–Madison’s interim provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs on June 1. That’s when Provost John Karl Scholz assumes the interim chancellor position. Hess will return to her dean role when Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin formally assumes …
Percival Matthews will be the UW–Madison School of Education’s next associate dean for equity, diversity, and inclusion, Dean Diana Hess announced following a recently completed search. Matthews has served as interim associate dean since Aug. 1, 2021, and will begin his new role on June 1. “We are thrilled that Professor Matthews has agreed to take …
Thirty-two UW–Madison faculty members, including four from the School of Education, were recently awarded fellowships from the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education (OVCRGE) for 2022-23. The awardees span the four divisions on campus: arts and humanities, physical sciences, social sciences, and biological sciences. “These awards provide an opportunity for campus to recognize …
Tessa Michaelson Schmidt was recently named the next director of the Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC), a library of UW–Madison’s School of Education. Schmidt will start in this role July 25, and will provide leadership and vision for the CCBC and its team of librarians, which are known for: promoting increased diversity of children’s and …
UW–Madison’s Beth Fields, an assistant professor with the School of Education’s Department of Kinesiology, was recently awarded an American Occupational Therapy Foundation Early-Career Research Excellence Award. Fields conducts health services and implementation research with a focus on geriatric and caregiving outcomes. She is the principal investigator of an R03 Small Research Grant and Clinical Research …
A project with ties to the UW–Madison School of Education is one of seven that have been awarded 2022-23 Wisconsin Idea Fellowships. Now in its 24th year, Wisconsin Idea Fellowships are awarded annually to UW–Madison undergraduate projects working to address issues identified by local or global communities. Fellowships are awarded to semester- or year-long projects …
Mary Alice “Buff” Brennan, a longtime UW–Madison faculty member who dedicated her career to supporting and encouraging dance students, died on April 8, 2022. Brennan was a professor emerita in the School of Education’s Dance Department, where she was on the faculty from 1967 until her retirement in 2002. Through her years at UW–Madison she …
Badger Talks LIVE is showcasing the UW–Madison Dance Department in a series in live, virtual events throughout the month of May. On Tuesday, May 10, Badger Talks LIVE featured a conversation with Peggy Choy, an associate professor of dance and Asian American studies at UW–Madison. The recorded event is available via the Badger Talks YouTube …
UW–Madison alumnus Mike González received a 2022 Herb Kohl Educational Foundation Principal Leadership Award. González, who earned his master’s degree from the School of Education’s Department of Educational Policy Studies in 2006, is principal of Bessie Allen Middle School in the School District of North Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. The purpose of the Herb Kohl Principal Leadership program is …