University of Wisconsin–Madison

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UW–Madison’s Enright delivers presentations about forgiveness work at conferences overseas

Enright is a professor with the School of Education’s No. 1-ranked Department of Educational Psychology. He has pioneered the study of forgiveness in locations across the globe for more than three decades. On Jan. 9 Enright gave a keynote address titled, “Forgiveness among those in Prison: From Practice to research outcomes” to the forensics conference, …

WKOW spotlights video game that’s helping teachers generate excitement in the classroom

“Jo Wilder and the Capitol Case” was co-created by UW–Madison’s Field Day Lab and Wisconsin Public Television — and has already been used by 28,000 children since October. The Field Day Lab, directed by David Gagnon, is housed within the School of Education’s Wisconsin Center for Education Research. The video game, developed to commemorate the 100-year anniversary of Wisconsin’s …

Alum Simms publishes book highlighting history of Madison’s black pioneers

Muriel Simms is the editor of “Settlin’: Stories of Madison’s Early African American Families.” This collection of oral histories was published late last year by the Wisconsin Historical Society Press. Simms, 74, grew up in Madison, attending the city’s public schools and later UW–Madison, where she received three degrees — including two from the School of Education. …

Hess speaks with WPR for report on, ‘Why Are Fewer Wisconsin Students Studying To Become Teachers?’

Hess was recently named co-chair of a task force that’s designed to help identify how University of Wisconsin System institutions can better meet Wisconsin’s need for more teachers and school leaders. Hess is co-chairing this group with Deborah Kerr, president-elect of AASA, the national School Superintendents Association, and current superintendent of the Brown Deer School …

Mind and Life blog showcases mindfulness research of UW–Madison’s Goldberg

Goldberg is an assistant professor with the School of Education’s Department of Counseling Psychology, and he is an affiliate with the university’s Center for Healthy Minds. Mind & Life notes the exceptionalism of his work, saying few researchers undertake the challenge of analyzing impacts of mindfulness across the mental health field as a whole. Goldberg and …