Stories indexed under: School of Human Ecology

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• Large, culturally significant textile collection unpacked June 6, 2013 Yes, all kinds of works of art are being unpacked as part of the more than 13,000-piece Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection. The collection had been housed off campus for four years while work was being completed on the new Nancy Nicholas Hall in the School of Human Ecology Building.
• Personal finance author gets us talking about money June 4, 2013 As the author of "Pound Foolish: Exposing the Dark Side of the Personal Finance Industry" Helaine Olen has strong views about money management.
• New book examines young people’s overlooked views on politics May 7, 2013 They’re too young to vote but not too young to care. That’s part of the message in “Teenage Citizens: The Political Theories of the Young,” a new book by Constance Flanagan.
• Students seek opportunity, employers looking to hire Jan. 29, 2013 UW-Madison Career Services units will host the Spring Career and Internship Fair on Monday Feb. 4, which will bring more than 180 organizations to campus.
• Christens wins national early career award Dec. 13, 2012 Brian D. Christens, assistant professor of human ecology in the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies and associate faculty director for research at the Center for Nonprofits, has received the 2012 Michele Alexander Early Career Award for scholarship and service.
• UW-Madison partners in $5 million grant to study philanthropy Dec. 10, 2012 The Science of Philanthropy Initiative (SPI), a collaboration of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the University of Chicago and Georgia State University, has received a $5 million grant that will be used to explore the motives of philanthropy and lead to new development strategies.
• New Nancy Nicholas Hall opens Sept. 27, 2012 After more than a decade of planning, the new Nancy Nicholas Hall greeted School of Human Ecology students as the fall semester began in the 200,000-square-foot space.
• New UW-Madison School of Human Ecology dean named July 10, 2012 Soyeon Shim, a professor and director at the University of Arizona in Tucson, has been selected as the new dean of the School of Human Ecology (SoHE) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
• Center for Integrative Design’s new name reflects broadened activities June 19, 2012 The renamed Center for Integrative Design in the School of Human Ecology will support a focus on design as both a practice and a discipline.
• Finalists announced for dean of School of Human Ecology May 17, 2012 The University of Wisconsin-Madison has selected three finalists in its search for dean of the School of Human Ecology.
• UW Design Gallery opens virtual space May 2, 2012 "Design 2012: First Annual Student Virtual Exhibition" will be shown from 1-1:30 p.m. Friday, May 4, before "Escape," the Textile and Apparel Student Association runway fashion show, and again at 8 p.m. after the show, at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Union South, Varsity Hall, 1308 W. Dayton St.
• “Calm After the Storm” event this Sunday April 26, 2012 A temporary housing shelter will be on display from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, April 29, at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Arts as part of a special project by students from the University of Wisconsin-Madison's School of Human Ecology.
• Flanagan receives 2012 Tisch Research Prize March 27, 2012 Constance Flanagan, UW-Madison professor in the School of Human Ecology, accepted the 2012 Tisch Research Prize at the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service at Tufts University this week.
• UW-Madison explores creation of College of the Arts Feb. 16, 2012 For the first time in several decades, the University of Wisconsin-Madison is considering the addition of a new college, the College of the Arts.
• Spring semester alive with arts events Feb. 3, 2012 The spring semester will be bursting with arts events across the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus during the university's Year of the Wisconsin Idea.
• Center for Nonprofits has new faculty director, associate director for research Feb. 2, 2012 Two new appointments to the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Center for Nonprofits were announced this week by School of Human Ecology Dean Robin A. Douthitt.
• UW-Madison career fair uses smart-phone technology Jan. 27, 2012 UW-Madison Career Services units will use technology to benefit students and employers during the Spring Career and Internship Fair on Tuesday, Jan. 31 from 4:30-8 p.m. at the Kohl Center.
• Interior design program ranked among top 10 nationally Jan. 20, 2012 The undergraduate interior design program at the UW-Madison School of Human Ecology has been ranked 10th out of 200 similar U.S. programs by Design Intelligence, a bi-monthly report published by the Design Futures Council.
• Students in four design classes collaborate on adaptive reuse of historic school Dec. 13, 2011 An open house at the historic White School in Spring Green will showcase the work of University of Wisconsin-Madison interior design students assigned to adapt the building for use as apartments and a studio.
• CAVE of wonders: Exhibit pushes the boundaries of art, collaboration Dec. 9, 2011 In the year since the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery opened at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, its resident researchers have gotten comfortable in their innovative new spaces.