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
ITP Seminar: The Causal Effects of Cultural Relevance
Thomas S. Dee, Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, Stanford Graduate School of Education
November 18, 2016, 12:00 - 1:30, Educational Sciences Room 259, 1025 West Johnson Street
WIES Lecture: School of Education Alumni Panel: Where Are They Now?
SoE Alumni, Eight graduates of UW–Madison's School of Education
November 16, 2016, 12:00 - 1:30, Wisconsin Idea Room, 159 Education Building, 1000 Bascom Mall
ITP Seminar: Using Multiple Discontinuities to Estimate Effects of Public Need-Based Aid for College
Drew Anderson, Postdoctoral Researcher, Center for Financial Security, UW–Madison
November 11, 2016, 12:00 - 1:30, Educational Sciences Room 259, 1025 West Johnson Street
ITP Translational Workshop: Research Practice Partnerships in Wisconsin
Panel with Eric Camburn, Peter Goff, Kurt Kiefer, Robert Mathieu, Beth Vaade, Representing ELPA, DPI, WCER and MMSD
November 4, 2016, 12:00 - 2:00, Wisconsin Idea Room, 159 Education Building, 1000 Bascom Mall
WIES Series: Retrieval-Based Learning: Active Retrieval Promotes Meaningful Learning
Jeffrey D. Karpicke, James V. Bradley Associate Professor, Department of Psychological Sciences, Purdue University
November 2, 2016, 12:30 - 1:30, Wisconsin Idea Room, 159 Education Building, 1000 Bascom Mall
Lunch and Learn: Practical Reflections upon and Responses to Homelessness
Peter Miller, Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis, UW-Madison
October 31, 2016, 12:00 - 1:00, Educational Sciences Room 259, 1025 West Johnson Street
ITP Seminar: Prompting Active Choice Among High Risk Borrowers
Benjamin Castleman, Assistant Professor of Education and Public Policy, University of Virginia
October 28, 2016, 12:00 - 1:30, Educational Sciences Room 259, 1025 West Johnson Street
ITP Seminar: Inequality before Birth: The Developmental Consequences of Environmental Toxicants
Claudia Persico, Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, UW–Madison
October 21, 2016, 12:00 - 1:30, Educational Sciences Room 259, 1025 West Johnson Street
Inequality and the Public University
Moderator: Jennifer Morton, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, City College of New York
October 20, 2016, 4:00 - 5:15 PM, Wisconsin Idea Room, 159 Education Building, 1000 Bascom Mall
WIES Series: Education Reform and Gender
Margaret Smith Crocco, Professor of Teacher Education, Michigan State University
October 19, 2016, 12:30 - 1:30, Wisconsin Idea Room, 159 Education Building, 1000 Bascom Mall
ITP Seminar: Child Care and the Development of Early Childhood Skills
Matt Wiswall, Associate Professor of Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison
October 14, 2016, 12:00 - 1:30, Educational Sciences Room 259, 1025 West Johnson Street
Delta Workshop: How to Address the Broader Impact in Your NSF Fellowship Application
October 7, 2016, 1:00 - 3:00, Ebling Auditorium, Microbial Sciences, 1550 Linden Drive
ITP Seminar: Evaluation of the Implementation and Impacts of Reading Recovery
Henry May, Director of the Center for Research in Education and Social Policy, University of Delaware
October 7, 2016, 12:00 - 1:30, Educational Sciences Room 259, 1025 West Johnson Street
WIES Series: Participatory Design as a Practice in Designing for Learning
Betsy DiSalvo, Assistant Professor, Georgia Tech
October 5, 2016, 12:30 - 1:30, Wisconsin Idea Room, 159 Education Building, 1000 Bascom Mall
Lunch & Learn Discussion of Space at WCER: The Final Frontier
Bob Mathieu, WCER Director
October 3, 2016, 12:00 - 1:00, Educational Sciences Room 259, 1025 West Johnson Street
