WIDA receives $2.6 million to develop professional learning for rural educators of multilingual learners

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WIDA, an educational services organization within the UW–Madison School of Education, received $2.6 million from the U.S. Department of Education to launch Rural Educators Self-Reflecting and Practicing Equity-Centered Teaching with English Learners (Project RESPECT), a program that will help rural K-8 teachers provide effective and equitable literacy instruction for multilingual learners. “Demographic trends tell us …

Peña takes position as education policy analyst with Latino Policy Forum

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Vanessa Peña, a doctoral candidate and alumna of the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis (ELPA), has started a position as an education policy analyst with the Latino Policy Forum. Peña, who previously earned a master’s degree from ELPA, has a background in K-12 and higher education policy. Read full article.

Grad student Tebbe finds inspiration at U.N. climate conference

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La Follette School graduate student Nova Tebbe calls herself a climate newcomer. Yet, in early November, she joined 300 people who walked out of the United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (or COP26) to protest the lack of significant commitment to combat climate change. That last Friday in Scotland, Tebbe was inspired by …

Environmental Performance Boosts Market Value, But a Firm’s Collective Reputation May Sink It

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As it turns out, maybe you should give a darn about your bad reputation—at least if you’re a major corporation. A study on corporate sustainability by Ann Terlaak of the Wisconsin School of Business suggests that while environmental performance matters, so does whether its organizational structures are perceived to be unethical. Terlaak, an associate professor …

UW–Madison’s Nathan to deliver presentation for teachers in Santiago, Chile

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UW–Madison’s Mitch Nathan has been invited to deliver a presentation at an event for teachers in Santiago, Chile, focused on “Enseñando con el Cerebro en Mente / Teaching with the Brain in Mind.” Nathan is a Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor with the School of Education’s Department of Educational Psychology, and an affiliate with the departments …

Senior Lydia Nyachieo named Marshall Scholar, one of country’s top undergraduate honors

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Lydia Nyachieo’s interest in global affairs expanded in bits and pieces growing up. At UW–Madison, it became her academic passion. “I’m especially interested in — and puzzled by — the incomprehensible imbalances of wealth and power,” says Nyachieo, a senior majoring in international studies and philosophy, with certificates in African studies and French. “How is …

Pandemic brought life lessons for Jai Khanna, winter commencement student speaker

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Graduating senior Jai Khanna is still tweaking the speech he’ll give Sunday as the student speaker for UW–Madison’s winter commencement. But he knows one message he wants to impart: Live life in the moment. It was a lesson the international student says he was forced to learn during the pandemic. When COVID-19 struck in March …

Researchers from around the world visit the School to research antimicrobial resistance, cancer diagnostics and therapeutics, and pharmacy history

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The University of Wisconsin–Madison is world-renowned for its research enterprise, ranking consistently among the top universities in the nation and around the globe, and the UW–Madison School of Pharmacy is an integral contributor. Professors, graduate students, and postdoctoral scholars from around the world visit the School of Pharmacy each year to study alongside our faculty, …

The Creation of becoming–Feral

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Explore the complex relationships between humans and other-animals through becoming–Feral, a collection of poetry, visual art, essays, and more—all focused on understanding the shifting categories of ‘feral’ and ‘domestic’ within a landscape that is being altered by global transformations of climate and capitalism. Co-edited by Nelson Institute and School of Education doctoral candidate Alexandra Lakind, …

Lochner Atkinson elected chair for NAFSA Education Abroad Knowledge Community

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The International Division at the University of Wisconsin–Madison is pleased to announce that Susan Lochner Atkinson of International Academic Programs has been elected as the chair for NAFSA’s Education Abroad Knowledge Community by the members of NAFSA: Association of International Educators for a term to begin January 1, 2022. “Education Abroad is a dynamic and …