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.
CEE | How Should Education Researchers Use Their Values? With Harry Brighouse and Courtney Bell
Center for Ethics & Education Director Harry Brighouse, WCER Director Courtney Bell
December 2, 2025, 4–5:30 p.m. , 159 Education Building (Wisconsin Idea Room)
What is the WCER SimLab? | Using Simulation to Transform Professional Learning in Education and Beyond
Rob Hubal, Director of the WCER SimLab
December 9, 2025, 10:30-11:30 a.m., WI Idea Room (159 Education Building) or via Zoom
WEC Research Methods Community of Practice: Collaborative Exploration of Key Methodologies
Wisconsin Evaluation Collaborative (WEC)
December 10, 2025, 10:00-11:00 a.m. CT, Online only
ICTR | How We Talk with Research Participants Series: The Art of Communication; Session 5: Panel Discussion: Conversations That Build Connections
UW Institute for Clinical & Translational Research
December 16, 2025, Noon-1:30 pm CT, Online Zoom
Past Events
ITP CAG | Teachers Talk: How School Personnel ‘Find Out’ About Parental System Involvement
Anna Haskins, Andrew V. Tackes Associate Professor, University of Notre Dame
November 21, 2025, Noon-1:30 pm CT, 259 Educational Sciences
WCER Project & Community Learning Series | Developing an AI-Driven Data Tool for a Research Inquiry
Rich Halverson, Caleb Probst and Mark Miller, CALL/ECL Team
November 20, 2025, 11 a.m.–noon, Room 259 Ed Sci or join online via Zoom
ICTR | How We Talk with Research Participants Series: The Art of Communication; Session 4: Adapted Methods Motivational Interviewing Approach
UW Institute for Clinical & Translational Research
November 18, 2025, Noon-1 pm CT, Online Zoom
ICTR | How We Talk with Research Participants Series: The Art of Communication; Session 3: Meaningful Engagement Using a Participant-Centered Communication Approach
UW Institute for Clinical & Translational Research
October 30, 2025, Noon-1 pm CT, Online Zoom
Field Day Lab | Wisconsin GameWorks Incubator Fall Reception/New Game Launch
Remarks from development team and partners
October 24, 2025, 4:30-6 p.m. CT, Educational Sciences Building, 1025 W. Johnson St., 13th floor lounge
ITP | Inequality in the Competition for Access to High-Achieving Schools Across Metropolitan Area Housing Markets
Peter Rich, Associate Professor of Sociology, UW-Madison
October 24, 2025, 12:00–1:30 p.m. CT, 259 Educational Sciences
ICTR | How We Talk with Research Participants Series: The Art of Communication; Session 2: Speak Clearly with Plain Language
UW Institute for Clinical & Translational Research
October 16, 2025, Noon-1 pm CT, Online Zoom
NSF proposal prep
October 13, 2025, 9 a.m.–12 p.m. CT, 21 N Park Street, Room 5041 (computer lab)
ITP | The Intersections of Measurement, Practice, and Research on Teaching Quality: Tradeoffs to Consider
Courtney Bell, WCER Director & Professor of Learning Sciences
October 3, 2025, 12:00–1:30 p.m. CT, 259 Educational Sciences
CEE | Dialogue Across Divides
Aaron Yarmel, Associate Director of the Center for Ethics and Human Values at Ohio State University
October 2, 2025, 2:30-3:45 p.m. CT, Wisconsin Idea Room, Education Building, 1000 Bascom Mall
DOD | Funding 101 Workshop
Lewis-Burke Associates/UW–Madison faculty panel
September 30, 2025, 1:30–3:30 p.m. CT, Discovery Building, 330 N. Orchard St, Orchard View Room (2nd Floor)
