By Mike Klein Picture the scene: 15 graduate students are paired with a class of 2-year-olds, one-to-one, to make “ants on a log,” a snack made with celery sticks filled with cream cheese and topped …
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Madison schools want to transform food programs (The Cap Times; Gaddis, Kerr and Human Ecology graduate students)
Associate Professor of Civil Society & Community Studies Jennifer Gaddis discusses how she, Human Development & Family Studies Assistant Professor Margaret Kerr and Human Ecology graduate students are working with the Madison Metropolitan School District to better understand emotions around school food and the choice to participate or not in school food programs.
Four graduate students receive teaching and mentoring scholarship awards
Each year, the School of Human Ecology recognizes graduate students with scholarship awards in outstanding teaching and mentoring. The Graduate Student Teaching Excellence Award recognizes graduate students who work to be excellent and equitable educators. …
Human Ecology MS ’22 graduates share capstone projects
From environmental education to board member development, the spring 2021 graduates of SoHE’s applied master’s degree in human ecology address important community opportunities with their final projects.
NYT interviews HDFS grad student Ortiz re: “God molecule” aka toad venom as novel treatments for depression & anxiety
The power of persistence: One student’s fight to educate himself and others
Photo: Sarakk Rith, courtesy of PEPY Empowering Youth Growing up in a remote village of Cambodia in a country still wracked with civil war, Sarakk Rith was determined to go to school. “My father was …
Impact of the COVID 19 Pandemic on Daily Life, Mood and Behavior of Adults with Down Syndrome
Associate professor Sigan Hartley authors this journal article, with co-authors graduate student Victoria Fleming and Brianna Piro-Gambetti, looking at how societal efforts to curb the spread of COVID-19 may also have taken a heavy toll …
Prof Hark, grad student Henry Obeng & 2 MFA alumnae together in stunning exhibition
Human Ecology collaboration supports women who face housing challenges following prison and jail time
The obstacles women face in trying to rebuild their lives and homes are unique.