UW–Madison’s Thomas Owenby was recently named an Impact Academy fellow through the national nonprofit organization Deans for Impact (DFI). Owenby, who is the School of Education’s associate dean for teacher education, joins a cohort of leaders chosen for their commitment to improving educator preparation. Educator-preparation programs today face complex challenges as they recruit and prepare teachers who …
By Laurel White Two educational video games created at UW–Madison’s Field Day Lab have been chosen as finalists in the national 2024 Games for Change Awards. The awards recognize the best social impact games and extended reality experiences of the year from across the country, highlighting creativity, innovation, and powerful storytelling. Field Day Lab, which is located within the …
In May 2024, Made at the UW, a Wisconsin Alumni Association (WAA) event, brought visitors to the Art Lofts, home to several of the Art Department’s workshops, faculty and student studios, and gallery spaces. Groups toured the facility and spent time with five faculty members as they brought them into their workspaces. WAA shared an article about the event, spotlighting …
By Laurel White A group of education and political science scholars from across the country will gather at UW–Madison later this month to dig into how political polarization is impacting young people and civic education in K-12 schools. The research convening, funded by the American Educational Research Association and Gibb Fund for Democracy Education, will aim …
By Karen Rivedal, WCER Communications Top officials in Uruguay are working with UW–Madison researchers who are expert in pulling rich new patterns of meaning about culture and human behavior from big data to assess and improve the South American country’s pioneering educational-technology innovation center, known as Ceibal. The trailblazing Uruguayan agency was born as the implementer of …
UW–Madison student Skylar Simpson, an MFA candidate in the School of Education’s Art Department, is a finalist for the 2024 AXA Art Prize, one of the leading student art competitions in the United States. Simpson was also honored as a finalist in last year’s competition. Now in its seventh year, the AXA Art Prize has established a …
The School of Education’s Career Center launched a new job shadowing program in January for our undergraduate students majoring in Education Studies and Health Promotion and Health Equity. In all, 26 students took advantage of the opportunity to take part in a one-day experience that was designed to help them gain a better understanding of the jobs …
The School of Education’s Career Center launched a new job shadowing program in January for our undergraduate students majoring in Education Studies and Health Promotion and Health Equity. In all, 26 students took advantage of the opportunity to take part in a one-day experience that was designed to help them gain a better understanding of the jobs …
UW–Madison’s Michael W. Apple, the John Bascom Professor Emeritus of Curriculum and Instruction and Educational Policy Studies, delivered a keynote address, titled “Spatial Politics and the Realities of Inclusion and Exclusion,” at the Spatial Turn for Equitable, Inclusive Systems in Education interdisciplinary symposium on June 5. The symposium, which took place at Dublin City University …
Abby Sunde is one of 10 emerging craft artists nationwide who were selected for the Center for Craft’s prestigious Windgate-Lamar Fellowship for 2024. Sunde graduated with a BFA from the UW–Madison School of Education’s Art Department in May, concentrating on glass and drawing. “The materiality of glass — its liveness, and its ability to embed meaning in …