Past Events

ITP Lecture: Understanding Fractions: A Case Study in Educational Neuroscience

Edward Hubbard, Assistant Professor, UW–Madison Education Psychology

September 29, 2017, 12:00 - 1:30 pm, Educational Sciences Room 259, 1025 West Johnson Street


#LowerEd: Why a Critical View of the “Skills Gap” Is Essential in Today’s Higher Education Landscape

Dr. Tressie McMillan Cottom, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Virginia Commonwealth University

September 29, 2017, 10:00 am - 1:30 pm, Wisconsin Idea Room (159) Education Building, 1000 Bascom Mall


Carl. A. Grant Scholars Lecture Featuring Karida Brown

Karida Brown, Assistant Professor of Sociology, UCLA

September 25, 2017, 3:30 - 5:00 pm, Education Building, 1000 Bascom Mall


ITP Seminar: An Introduction to Quantitative Ethnography

David Williamson Shaffer, Professor, UW–Madison Education Psychology

September 22, 2017, 12:00 - 1:30 pm, Educational Sciences Room 259, 1025 West Johnson Street


WIES Lecture: Learners’ Construction of Fraction Values

Richard Prather, Assistant Professor, Human Development and Quantitative Methodology

September 20, 2017, 12:30 - 1:30 pm, Educational Sciences Room 259, 1025 West Johnson Street


ITP Lecture: Understanding, Measuring, and Assessing the Development of Interpersonal Skills in 4K

Kristin Shutts, Associate Professor, Psychology, UW-Madison

September 15, 2017, 12:00 - 1:30 pm, Educational Sciences Room 259, 1025 West Johnson Street


Inaugural Event for the Center for Research on College-Workforce Transitions

Jim Morgan and Dr. Linda Nilson, Director of New Ventures for MRA and Internationally Recognized Expert in Teaching and Learning

May 22, 2017, 11:30 am - 1:30 pm, Wisconsin Idea Room (159) Education Building, 1000 Bascom Mall


Teacher Speakout!

Nine public school teachers from seven rural districts around Wisconsin, Barneveld, La Farge, Markesan, Mauston, Mercer, Phillips and River Valley School Districts

May 15, 2017, 10:00 am - 12:30 pm, Wisconsin Idea Room (159), 1000 Bascom Mall


Neuroscience Well-Being and Learning Meet-Up

University Researchers, Community Colleagues

May 8, 2017, 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm, Virginia Harrison Parlor, Lathrop Hall, 1050 University Avenue


2017 MSAN Institute on Equity-Focused Leadership & Cultural Competence

April 27, 2017, 8:00 am - 4:30 pm (Thursday); 8:00 am - 2:00 pm (Friday), The Madison Concourse Hotel


Technical Services Expo

April 24, 2017, 9:00 am - 11:00 am, Second Floor, Educational Sciences, 1025 West Johnson Street


Wisconsin Ideas in Education Lecture Series Featuring Carol Hahn

Carol Hahn, The Charles Howard Candler Professor of Educational Studies, Emory College

April 19, 2017, 12:30 - 1:30 pm, Wisconsin Idea Room (159) Education Building, 1000 Bascom Mall


WIES Lecture: ‘Up in Arms’ for a Degree: On the Dialectics of Freedom & Control in H.S. Final Exams

Annalisa Sannino, University Lecturer, Center for Research on Activity, Development and Learning, University of Helsinki

April 12, 2017, 12:30 - 1:30 pm, Wisconsin Idea Room (159) Education Building, 1000 Bascom Mall


Harry Brighouse: Morality and Justice in Higher Education

Harry Brighouse, Director, Center for Ethics and Education

April 10, 2017, Noon - 1:00 pm, 198 Education Building, 1000 Bascom Mall


Carl A. Grant Scholars Lecture Featuring Stafford Hood

Stafford Hood, Professor of Curriculum & Instruction and Educational Psychology, Univeristy of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

April 6, 2017, Noon - 1 pm, Educational Sciences Room 259, 1025 West Johnson Street