UW–Madison alumnus Roberto Torres Mata recently became the UW–Parkside College of Arts and Humanities’ first selection for their artist-in-residence program. Mata is a printmaker who specializes in papermaking, installations, and sculpture inspired by Indigenous cultures in the Americas. He earned his MA and MFA from the School of Education’s Art Department. Mata’s solo exhibition will …
The Department of Theatre and Drama’s Robin Fisher is the winner of this year’s Elizabeth S. Pringle Award. This award for UW–Madison university staff with office support titles is awarded on an annual basis by University Staff Shared Governance. It is made possible by a generous grant from Joel Margolis, an emeritus faculty member at …
Mindi Thompson and Matthew Hora, co-directors of the Center for Research on College-Workforce Transitions (CCWT) at UW–Madison, have received an $838,959 grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to advance a number of projects aimed at bolstering the field of higher education’s understanding of students’ college-to-career transitions. Thompson is a professor in the School …
Mark your calendars for Saturday, Dec. 17, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. as the School of Education’s Art Department once again hosts its annual Holiday Art Sale at the Art Lofts building (111 N. Frances St.). This event is free and open to the public, and will feature original pieces of artwork such as …
Three books by UW–Madison’s Thomas Popkewitz have recently bolstered their international reach and were translated and published in Chinese. They are: Popkewitz, a professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, studies the political and cultural politics of education knowledge and its comparative reason. Overall, Popkewitz has edited or authored about 40 books that have …
UW–Madison alumna Paula Dáil, who earned her PhD from the School of Education in 1983 in continuing and vocational education, has received both a Literary Titan Gold Award and a silver medal in the Reader’s Choice Book Awards for her new novel, “Fearless.” “Fearless” follows Maggie Corrigan as she joins the convent rather than get …
UW–Madison students who are taking the course, Education Policy 202: Careers in Education, will be showcasing their work during a poster fair in the Morgridge Commons of the Education Building on Wednesday, Dec. 14. This is a final project for the students, who will be practicing their newfound academic poster presentation skills discussing their major …
Work by several artists with ties to the UW–Madison Art Department is featured in an exhibition titled, “Through a Glass, Darkly,” at the Delaware Contemporary art space in Wilmington. The exhibition, which runs through Dec. 31, includes new and recent works by artists working with glass and glass-related materials and processes. A description notes that these …
The UW–Madison Dance Department presents the annual Kloepper Concert, a performance of new student work, in the Margaret H’Doubler Performance Space in Lathrop Hall on Dec. 3-4. The concert will feature the work of student choreographers Jessica Billings, Chloe Druckrey, Zoe Huntsberger, Sarah Langdon, Trinity Manzke, Abbi Stickels, Lucie Sullivan, Erin Walsh, and Clare Weigert. …
UW–Madison’s Rachelle Winkle-Wagner, along with 12 other scholars, is an incoming member of the Review of Higher Education (RHE) editorial board. Winkle-Wagner is a professor in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis. Her research centers on widespread educational inequality, and aims to uncover and provide solutions by focusing on how …