UW–Madison’s Dane B. Cook, a professor in the School of Education’s Department of Kinesiology, has been selected to receive a 2025 Mary Frances Early College of Education Alumni Award from the University of Georgia. Cook will be recognized with the Lifetime Achievement Researcher Award, which honors a graduate of the college who has demonstrated success …
By Allie Armstrong, UW–Madison Division of the Arts Bandsaws, bar clamps, and chisels for a grade! Not many students get the chance to use these devices in a lab. But in UW–Madison’s woodworking courses, you sharpen skills on tools like these to excel at this unique and useful artform. Senior Katrina Koppa is one of these …
The UW–Madison School of Education is celebrating extraordinary achievement at the 2025 Council for the Study of Community Colleges (CSCC) annual conference, where one faculty member and three outstanding doctoral scholars received top honors. Xueli Wang, the Barbara and Glenn Thompson Endowed Professor in Educational Leadership, was awarded the prestigious Senior Scholar Award — CSCC’s highest …
Over the last few months we have been offering a glimpse into the creative process of the Art Department’s graduating master of fine arts candidates, who are presenting their final thesis exhibitions throughout the spring semester. These exhibitions represent the culmination of years of dedicated study and artistic exploration, showcasing our students’ diverse talents and …
UW–Madison’s Michael W. Apple, the John Bascom Professor Emeritus of Curriculum and Instruction and Educational Policy Studies, has been recognized again for his impact on education and social justice worldwide. Following a keynote address on March 8 at the University of Crete titled, “Can Education Change Society?” Apple was presented with the Award of Honor …
Over the last few months we have been offering a glimpse into the creative process of the Art Department’s graduating master of fine arts candidates, who are presenting their final thesis exhibitions throughout the spring semester. These exhibitions represent the culmination of years of dedicated study and artistic exploration, showcasing our students’ diverse talents and …
The UW–Madison Art Department will host its inaugural Spring Spectacular on Friday, April 25, with events taking place from 12 to 7 p.m. in both the Humanities Building (455 N. Park St., sixth and seventh floors) and the Art Lofts (111 N. Frances St.). This spring open house will include open studios, a Foundation Showcase, …
UW–Madison is home to the top-ranked school of education in the nation for a second consecutive year, according to the 2025 U.S. News & World Report Best Education Graduate Schools rankings published on Tuesday. The UW–Madison School of Education is solely at the top of this year’s U.S. News education school rankings, after tying for No. 1 …
UW–Madison alumna Nicole Soulier, who earned her PhD from the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis (ELPA) in 2024, is receiving the 2025 Dissertation of the Year Award from the Council for the Study of Community Colleges (CSCC). Soulier is a member of the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe …
Katie Eklund, a professor in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Psychology, is among the UW–Madison faculty members chosen this year to receive Distinguished Teaching Awards, an honor given out since 1953 to recognize some of the university’s finest educators. A ceremony will take place at 5 p.m. April 15 in the Great Hall of …