School of Nursing Receives Insight Into Diversity 2021 Health Professions Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award

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The University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Nursing has been selected as a 2021 Health Professions Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award recipient by INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the oldest and largest diversity-focused publication in higher education. Officially announced on October 15, the annual Health Professions HEED Award is a national honor recognizing U.S. health …

UW–Madison’s Kelly to be featured as a panelist in international webinar on Dec. 15

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UW–Madison’s Baron Kelly is a panelist in the international webinar, “The S Word: Stanislavsky and Gender,” co-hosted by the Stanislavsky Research Centre at the University of Leeds, and the School of Performing Arts, University of Malta. Kelly is a professor in the Department of Theatre and Drama, and also holds a concurrent appointment with the …

Author of ‘Go Big Read’ selection visits campus

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Yaa Gyasi, author of the 2021-22 “Go Big Read” novel “Transcendent Kingdom,” spoke to faculty and students from the African Studies Program at Mark H. Ingraham Hall on Thursday, and met with First-Year Interest Group and Honors Program students at the Pyle Center. Read the full article.

UW–Madison’s Feinstein to participate in Nov. 8 seminar on climate change education

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UW–Madison’s Noah Weeth Feinstein is participating in an international seminar, “Climate Change Education: Reflecting on COP26,” on Monday, Nov. 8. Feinstein is an associate professor in the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction. The seminar, which is part of a series hosted by the Academic Network for Global Education and Learning (ANGEL) aims to …

Artwork by UW–Madison student Verma will appear at conference in Italy

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Artwork by UW–Madison student Anjika Verma has been selected to appear at the 24th Generative Art International Conference in Italy Dec. 15-17. Verma is a senior pursuing a BFA in graphic design in the School of Education’s Art Department. The generative art and design work she submitted is an interactive sound installation originally created for …

Anna Gade was featured speaker at the Hamad bin Khalifa Symposium on Islamic Art

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Nelson Institute associate dean for research and education and Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor Anna Gade, was a featured speaker at the virtual symposium Environment and Ecology in Islamic Art and Culture. This event is being hosted by the Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts in Qatar and the Qatar Foundation, November 8-15, 2021. Gade, …

The Ubuntu approach to research

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As a first-generation college student in a new country, there were so many unknowns with respect to culture, conduct, academics, interests, foods, accents and more. However, these pale in comparison to navigating a colossal college machinery of more than 45,000 students to find an understanding of myself and the world. I identified early on that …

UW Alum Aaron Williams to deliver keynote speech at International Education Week

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Growing up in the 1950s in a segregated neighborhood on Chicago’s southside, UW alumnus Aaron Williams, MBA ’73 was influenced early on to consider possibilities beyond his working-class neighborhood and even the borders of the U.S. However, even the imagination of a young boy could not have dreamed up the path he would travel, ultimately …

Abdu’Allah’s ‘I Wanna Kill Sam’ on display at Tate Britain

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Works by UW–Madison’s Faisal Abdu’Allah are included in Tate Britain’s new display, “Sixty Years: The Unfinished Conversation.” Abdu’Allah, an internationally acclaimed artist and professor with the School of Education’s Art Department, is the Chazen Family Distinguished Chair in Art and the associate dean of the arts in the School of Education. “Sixty Years,” which opened …

Tyler Lark’s research garners attention with national publications and conferences

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Nelson Institute Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment (SAGE) scientist Tyler Lark is sharing his research into grassland ecosystems through a variety of publications and presentations. Lark, who leads research on U.S. agricultural land-use change and its impacts on our nation’s land and water resources, has spent a great deal of time studying grassland loss …