Funding for this research competition, provided by the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education, is available because of impressive efforts of UW–Madison faculty and staff in filing successful patents through the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF). UW–Madison’s Helen Lee, an assistant professor of glassworking with the School of Education’s Art Department and head …
Nachman, a Ph.D. student with the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, will serve as the graduate student representative on the board for the next two years. He also is currently a student vice president for UW–Madison’s Phi Kappa Phi chapter. Phi Kappa Phi promotes itself as the “nation’s oldest and …
The students are taking part in LEAP Forward — a six-week paid internship hosted by UW–Madison and MMSD’s Personalized Pathways, a program that exposes high schoolers to careers and curriculum in the health sciences. With seven different internship sites on campus, LEAP offers students hands-on medical experience and explores a variety of career options in …
The Isthmus utilizes the expertise of UW–Madison’s Kathleen Horning in helping to put this hot-button topic in perspective. Horning directs the School of Education’s Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC), which is a non-circulating examination, study and research library for those interested in children’s and young adult literature. The Isthmus reports that in June, the American Library …
Social Media Use What’s the right age for a child to have a smart phone? What rules work best for parents and schools to guide young people to safe and healthy use of social media? When a child goes off to college, should parents still be Facebook friends or Instagram followers? Bradford Brown, chair of …
Ladson-Billings was a faculty member with the School of Education from 1991 until her retirement earlier this year. Prior to her retirement in January, Ladson-Billings held the Kellner Family Distinguished Chair in Urban Education and was a professor with the departments of Curriculum and Instruction, Educational Policy Studies, and Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis. She …
Beth Vaade, a program evaluation specialist with the Madison School District and co-director of the Madison Education Partnership (MEP), said the hope is to forge a bond with families so when kids go from four-year-old kindergarten to five-year-old classes “on that first day, they’re feeling like this is a safe place, this is a place …
And several of those being recognized have current close ties to UW–Madison’s School of Education. “This year’s M List recognizes innovation and creativity in the arts, and as such enchants us, challenges us and inspires us,” says Madison Magazine and WISC-TV Editorial Director Neil Heinen. People and organizations within the School of Education being recognized …
The award provides $30,000 in funding and will support Goldberg’s research proposal, “Why do some therapists get better outcomes? Correlates of therapist effects in naturalistic psychotherapy.” Goldberg received his Ph.D. from the Department of Counseling Psychology in 2017 and is an incoming faculty member with the department. He was honored Aug. 10 at the annual …
By Clare Becker, Wisconsin School of Business Last summer, Wisconsin School of Business artist-in-residence Angela Richardson (MFA ’15) made an unexpected discovery. In the sea of storage in Grainger Hall’s basement, she uncovered some buried treasure: it was the original color sketch for Ancient Commerce, a mosaic done by artist, art historian, and UW–Madison professor James Watrous. …