By Victoria Vlisides, Center for Healthy Minds A 2022 New York Times Opinion piece asks, “Should More Teenagers Ditch Their Smartphones?” Smartphones are where we spend most of our time on the internet and plenty of studies have shown negative effects of screen time on kids. But what about how a teen’s well-being is affected by …
Cigdem Unal received the Early Childhood Champion Award from the National Coalition for Campus Children’s Centers (N4C) at the 2026 national conference. Unal is the director of the Office of Child Care and Family Resources (OCCFR) housed in UW–Madison’s School of Education, and a dedicated advocate for children, families, and educators. For more than two decades she …
UW–Madison’s Li Chiao-Ping has been named a 2026 Fellow of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters. Li is the Sally Banes Professor of Dance and a Vilas Research Professor in the School of Education’s Dance Department. She also directs the Dance Department’s new MFA program and is the artistic director of Li Chiao-Ping Dance. …
By Laura Red Eagle, Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery Long before science caught up, Vincent Van Gogh sensed a connection between melancholy and microbes. In a letter dated April 30, 1889, he described his mysterious bouts of anxiety and exhaustion: “At times I have fits of anxiety without cause, or a feeling of emptiness and fatigue …
School of Education faculty member Shamya Karumbaiah will share her research on artificial intelligence in education at the Wisconsin Alumni Association’s UW Now event in New York City on Tuesday, April 28. Karumbaiah, an assistant professor in the Department of Educational Psychology, will join several UW–Madison speakers to highlight how the university is addressing some of today’s …
By Laurel White A professor emeritus in the School of Education was elected this week to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, a national honorary society and research center. Michael W. Apple, the John Bascom Professor Emeritus of Curriculum and Instruction and Educational Policy Studies, was one of five UW–Madison faculty members elected to the prestigious institution …
By Karen Rivedal, Office of Research and Scholarship UW–Madison entomology professor Claudio Gratton had wanted to make an educational video game about insects for years. He believed a game would be an incredible way to engage young learners with the important research he does on insect diversity, but he needed a like-minded partner with the …
By Karen Rivedal, Office of Research & Scholarship A new article by Erica O. Turner, associate professor in the Department of Educational Policy Studies at UW–Madison, offers a timely rethinking of what educational justice for all should look like in today’s multiracial democracy. Co-authored with Alexandra Freidus of the University of Connecticut, the essay, published online …
Thirty-two graduate students across the UW–Madison campus have been selected as recipients of the 2025–26 Campus-Wide Teaching Assistant Awards, recognizing their excellence in teaching. Among this year’s honorees are four graduate students from the School of Education. Advanced Achievement in Teaching Award The Advanced Achievement in Teaching Award recognizes teaching assistants with significant instructional experience who …
UW–Madison’s Thomas S. Popkewitz, a professor in the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction, has received a Fulbright Specialist Program award. The award, granted by the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board, supports short-term international exchanges that promote collaboration and knowledge sharing between U.S. scholars and institutions abroad. Popkewitz …