Blog by student Meg McMahon, x’17 In 1997, letters posted 1939 Prague were discovered in Milwaukee. They were written by a young Jewish couple hoping to escape German occupation with the help of an American relative living …
School News
News about research, awards, and other noteworthy updates from the School of Human Ecology
Grad Student Vigna: The Power of Self-Compassion
Abra Vigna, PhD Human Development & Family Studies As a researcher of LGBTQ+ youth with both her Master’s and Ph.D. in Human Development and Family Studies from the School of Human Ecology, Abra Vigna has …
Grad Student L’Esperance: Exploring Financial Decision-Making
Household Finance and Well-being In our modern world, life can be a series of big and small financial decisions. So how do individuals make these day-to-day decisions that can impact the rest of their lives? …
2016 Distinguished Alumni Winner: Elizabeth Schar
It has been said that human ecologists have been quietly and humbly changing the world for centuries. Because of Elizabeth Holloway Schar’s (BS ’75 Family and Consumer Journalism) many and varied contributions that continue to …
Stacy Igel Receives 2016 Wisconsin Idea Alumni Award
SoHE is proud to announce Stacy Igel (BS ’99 Retail) as the 2016 recipient of the Wisconsin Idea Alumni award. Change by Design From the moment Stacy Igel stepped onto the UW-Madison campus she knew …
Kari Temkin Awarded 2016 Early Career Alumni Award
Badger Kari Temkin (BS ‘09, Double Major: Community & Nonprofit Leadership and Women’s Studies) has been awarded the School of Human Ecology 2016 Early Career Alumni Award. Kari’s experiences as an undergrad at the UW-Madison …
New Hockey Coach Sets Goal at SoHE
On July 13, Granato read to children in the SoHE Preschool Lab on chameleons and crocodiles. New Hockey Coach Comes Back to the Badgers & SoHE The new men’s hockey coach, Tony Granato, has …
Student Blog: Looking Back at My NYC Retailing Trip
by Jaylin Carlson, Retailing and Consumer Science student This past January I was given the incredible opportunity to represent UW-Madison as the National Retailing Federation’s Rising Star. A major part of this honor was attending …
HDFS’s Albert Burgess-Hull Receives Fellowship
Congratulations to Albert Burgess-Hull, Human Development and Family Studies graduate student, who was recently awarded a competitive Social Network and Health Scholars (SNHS) Training Fellowship at Duke University. The NICHD funded (R25) program is designed to …
CNPL Alum Biked All 30 Baseball Parks for a Cause
Last season, CNPL alum Matt Stoltz (’14) integrated his passions for baseball, biking, and helping under-served youth through a ride of a lifetime. Stoltz biked more than 11,700 miles to all 30 Major League ballparks, …