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

WIES Lecture: The Softening of Stone: Collaborative Acts of Transformation

Anna Riley, Artist and Educator

September 26, 2018, 1:00 - 2:00, Wisconsin Idea Room (159) Education Building, 1000 Bascom Mall


Network Fellows Orientation

September 26, 2018, 10:00 - 11:30, School of Education, Room 159


Network Fellows Orientation

September 19, 2018, 1:00 - 2:30 pm, School of Education Building, Room 198


Network Fellows Meet & Greet

September 14, 2018, 5:30 - 7:30, Virginia F. Harrison Parlor, Lathrop Hall, 1050 University Avenue


Graduate School Degree Dash!

August 31, 2018, 8:00 , Library Mall, University of Wisconsin-Madison


2018 Welcome Back Bash for School of Education Faculty/Staff

August 30, 2018, 12:30 - 2:00, North Plaza, Education Building


WCER All-Staff Conference

August 28, 2018, 8:30 - 4:00, Educational Sciences Classroom Wing & Courtyard


Madison QE/ENA Workshop

Brendan Eagan

July 25, 2018, 8:30 - 4:00, Educational Sciences Rooms 253, 259 and 1369, 1025 West Johnson Street


Visiting Scholars: Robert and Elizabeth Bjork

Robert and Elizabeth Bjork, Department of Psychology, UCLA

June 21, 2018, 1:00 - 2:30, Educational Sciences Room 253, 1025 West Johnson Street


2018 MSAN Institute

April 26, 2018, 8:00 am - 4:30 pm, The Madison Concourse Hotel


Madison Education Partnership Annual Research Symposium

April 26, 2018, 4:00 - 7:30 pm, The Symphony Room at Gordon Dining and Event Center, 770 West Dayton Street


A Multidisciplinary Approach to Reducing the Prevalence and Burden of Youth Mental Health Problems

Keith Herman, Professor Educational, School & Counseling Psychology, University of Missouri

April 25, 2018, 12:30 - 1:30 pm, Wisconsin Idea Room (159) Education Building, 1000 Bascom Mall


Applying Different Methods of Cost-Benefit Analysis to Evaluation

Mark Fermanich, Senior Associate, APA Consulting

April 23, 2018, Noon - 1:30, Educational Sciences Room 259, 1025 West Johnson Street


The Increasing Underemployment and Decreasing Job Control for Highly Qualified Employees

D.W. Livingstone, Canada Research Chair in Lifelong Learning and Work, Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto

April 20, 2018, 10:00 - 11:00, Educational Sciences Room 259, 1025 West Johnson Street


ITP Lecture Featuring David Yeager

David Yeager, Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin

April 20, 2018, 12:00 - 1:30 pm, Educational Sciences Room 259, 1025 West Johnson Street