Events
WCER and its projects host dozens of lectures, panels discussions and other events throughout the year, including the Wisconsin Ideas in Education and Carl A. Grant series, and the annual UW-Madison Education Research Poster Fair.
Nearly all these events are free, and open to the campus community, as well as to other educators, community leaders and members of the interested public.
You can scroll event descriptions beginning with the most current on this page, get a larger view and subscribe to WCER’s Google calendar, visit the individual pages for each type of event or use the search.
Past Events
Online Workshop | SEER Series: Examining your Sphere of Influence in Higher Education Reform
June 23, 2025, 1–3 p.m. CT, Online only
Online Workshop | SEER Series: Building Interpersonal Resilience Through a Foundational, Skill-Building Framework
June 18, 2025, 11 a.m.—2 p.m. CT, Online only
AERA Research Virtual Course: Quantitative Tools for Qualitative Data Analysis: A Truly Equal Status Data Science Design for Transparency, Rigorosity and Storytelling
Manuel Gonzalez Canche, University of Pennsylvania, Instructor
June 17, 2025, Noon–4 p.m. CT, Online only
From Potential to Performance: Unlocking Leadership Flexibility
June 13, 2025, noon - 1 p.m., Online
MLRC Speaker Series | The Lived Experiences of International Dual Language Immersion Teachers Working in North Carolina
Nicolette Grant, President and CEO, Inspire Excellence Consulting, Charlotte, North Carolina
June 12, 2025, 1-2 p.m. CT on Zoom, Zoom only
CEE | The Social Costs of a College Education
Anthony Laden, Author, Associate Director of WCER's Center for Ethics & Education, Philosophy Professor at University of Illinois at Chicago
May 27, 2025, 3:15-4:30 p.m. CT, 259 Educational Sciences
Webinar | 2025 NSF CAREER Program Information
National Science Foundation program directors
May 19, 2025, 1–2:30 p.m. CT, Online only
Webinar | 2025 NSF CAREER Program Information
National Science Foundation program directors
May 14, 2025, 1–2:30 p.m. CT, Online only
FABBS-hosted Webinar: Responding to NSF Grant Terminations
Amanda Miller, others, Seventh Street Strategies, Council on Governmental Relations
May 9, 2025, 1–2 pm CT, Online only
ITP | Education, Teaching and Fertility: Stability and Change from 1980–2023
Nicholas Mark, Assistant Professor, Sociology, UW–Madison
May 2, 2025, 12:00–1:30 p.m. CT, 259 Educational Sciences
CRCT Guest Speaker | How to Support Children in Developing Sociocritical AI Literacies
Golnaz Arastoopour Irgens, IDEA Lab Director and Assistant Professor of Human-Centered Technologies, Vanderbilt University
April 30, 2025, 1:30–2:30 p.m. CT, 159 Education Building (Wisconsin Idea Room)
Webinar | Requesting Resources via the National AI Research Resource (NAIRR) Pilot
April 22, 2025, 3-4pm ET / 12p-1pm PT, Zoom only
ITP | Breaking the Bias Habit: Advancing Equity in Teacher-Student Interactions
Tory Ash, Doctoral Student, Department of Educational Psychology, UW-Madison
April 18, 2025, Noon-1:30 pm Central Time, 259 Educational Sciences
ITP | Learning About Development from Interventions
Drew Bailey, Senior Associate Dean of Academic Programs, University of California, Irvine
April 4, 2025, 12:00–1:30 p.m. CT, 259 Educational Sciences
MLRC Speaker Series | Examining Multilingual Learners’ Proficiency on Standardized Assessments: Trends and Disparities Across the WIDA Consortium
Narék Sahakyan, WIDA Researcher
April 3, 2025, 1-2 p.m. CT on Zoom, Zoom only
