Stories indexed under: School of Education

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  • Wisconsin teen poetry slam team selected, members get ready to go national March 5, 2010 The six top-scoring competitors from last week's Wisconsin Youth Poetry Slam Team finals are gearing up to compete at the Brave New Voices spoken-word international competition in Los Angeles in July.
  • Obama nominates UW-Madison professor to National Board for Education Sciences March 4, 2010 President Barack Obama has announced that he will nominate Adam Gamoran as a member of the National Board for Education Sciences at the U.S. Department of Education.
  • ‘Almost Spring’ student dance concert set at UW-Madison Feb. 22, 2010 This week's University of Wisconsin-Madison Dance Program's student concert, "Almost Spring," is a showcase of creative original works by student choreographers.
  • Seminars will make teachers climate-change ambassadors Feb. 1, 2010 The Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will join the Madison Metropolitan School District in a three-year project to prepare science teachers to be climate-literacy ambassadors in their schools and communities.
  • Assistive Technology Expo showcases possibilities for people with disabilities Nov. 2, 2009 Monica KamalRossa emphasizes the importance of assistive technologies for persons with disabilities by asking a question: "How many of you can live without your shoes every day, every season - yes, even in winter?"
  • Faculty choreographers collaborate with campus colleagues in concert Oct. 27, 2009 The "thinking dancer," a concept long embraced by the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Dance Program, takes on new meaning in the program's Fall Faculty Concert, SPLASH!, at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 21, at the Wisconsin Union Theater, 800 Langdon St.
  • Digital revolution is happening outside the classroom Oct. 6, 2009 The way we learn is changing, but schools are having trouble keeping up. While technology dominates daily life and work, it still plays a limited role in public schools filled with students who are increasingly learning outside the classroom with help from cell phones, computers and video games, says Rich Halverson, a professor of educational leadership and policy analysis and co-author of the new book “Rethinking Education in the Age of Technology.”
  • Video game learning Federal grants power research on computer games and learning Sept. 29, 2009 A research team at the University of Wisconsin-Madison recently won $4.5 million in federal grants to study computer games and learning.
  • UW-Madison welcomes new faculty Sept. 9, 2009 Alongside the slew of incoming freshmen, another group of new Badgers is making a debut at the University of Wisconsin-Madison this fall.
  • UW-Madison hosts campuswide series on future of hip hop in academia Sept. 8, 2009 The University of Wisconsin-Madison will host a semester-long fall lecture series based on the scholarship and art of hip hop.
  • PEOPLE honors high school graduates, welcomes new freshmen July 29, 2009 The University of Wisconsin-Madison will celebrate its eighth year of an important pipeline for student diversity from noon-2 p.m. on Friday, July 31, at the Alliant Energy Center, 1919 Alliant Energy Center Way.
  • Stricker marks PGA funding to expand UW-Madison golf instruction July 8, 2009 Professional golfer Steve Stricker is giving a boost to student golf instruction at the University of Wisconsin-Madison by designating the university to receive $45,000 through the 2008 Ryder Cup Outreach Program.
  • Self-study course assists those planning for retirement June 24, 2009 As Judy Ettinger puzzled over her retirement options a few years ago, her 30-plus years of experience in career counseling and career development proved to be invaluable.
  • Community engagement moves World Dance Alliance Assembly May 26, 2009 Madison, Wis., will become the world's dance hot spot May 28-31 when the University of Wisconsin-Madison Dance Program hosts the World Dance Alliance-Americas (WDAA) General Assembly.
  • Professor elected to National Academy of Education May 21, 2009 Kenneth Zeichner, the Hoefs-Bascom Professor of Teacher Education in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction and associate dean of the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Education, has been elected to the prestigious National Academy of Education (NAEd).
  • Weeklong celebration marks opening of UW-Madison's Art Lofts facility April 28, 2009 The tower of bright red steel girders signals that the former university warehouse at the edge of campus has been transformed. Facing the Kohl Center across Frances Street, the tower marks the main entrance to the Art Lofts, the new state-of-the-art facility for the University of Wisconsin-Madison Art Department.
  • Dancers Dance Program: ‘Small, but mighty’ March 11, 2009 There’s no telling where a dancer may land. Rahm Emmanuel, President Obama’s point man, turned down a scholarship to the Joffrey Ballet School. Maya Angelou, poet, writer, journalist and activist, began her career on stage as a dancer.
  • UW-Madison develops career-information systems for Singapore Feb. 23, 2009 The Singapore Ministry of Education has awarded a four-year $3.5 million contract to the Center on Education and Work (CEW) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's School of Education for localizing CEW's WISCareers and CareerLocker online career-information systems for use in Singapore schools.
  • UW-Madison graduate programs fare well in annual U.S. News rankings April 2, 2008 A number of graduate programs and specialties at UW-Madison scored high marks in the 2009 "Best Graduate Schools" edition of U.S. News and World Report.
  • Art Department mourns loss of faculty member March 12, 2008 On Tuesday afternoon, March 11, Art Department staff learned that a beloved member of the department, Professor Gelsy Verna, passed away. This was very unexpected, and the cause of her death is currently unknown. Her young daughter Clara is being well cared for.