Tag School of Human Ecology
Personal finance author gets us talking about money
June 4, 2013As the author of "Pound Foolish: Exposing the Dark Side of the Personal Finance Industry" Helaine Olen has strong views about money management. Read More
New book examines young people’s overlooked views on politics
May 7, 2013They’re too young to vote but not too young to care. That’s part of the message in “Teenage Citizens: The Political Theories of the Young,” a new book by Constance Flanagan. Read More
Students seek opportunity, employers looking to hire
January 29, 2013UW-Madison Career Services units will host the Spring Career and Internship Fair on Monday Feb. 4, which will bring more than 180 organizations to campus. Read More
Christens wins national early career award
December 13, 2012Brian D. Christens, assistant professor of human ecology in the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies and associate faculty director for research at the Center for Nonprofits, has received the 2012 Michele Alexander Early Career Award for scholarship and service. Read More
UW-Madison partners in $5 million grant to study philanthropy
December 10, 2012The Science of Philanthropy Initiative (SPI), a collaboration of the University of Wisconsin–Madison, the University of Chicago and Georgia State University, has received a $5 million grant that will be used to explore the motives of philanthropy and lead to new development strategies. Read More
New Nancy Nicholas Hall opens
September 27, 2012After more than a decade of planning, the new Nancy Nicholas Hall greeted School of Human Ecology students as the fall semester began in the 200,000-square-foot space. Read More
New UW–Madison School of Human Ecology dean named
July 10, 2012Soyeon Shim, a professor and director at the University of Arizona in Tucson, has been selected as the new dean of the School of Human Ecology (SoHE) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Read More
Center for Integrative Design’s new name reflects broadened activities
June 19, 2012The renamed Center for Integrative Design in the School of Human Ecology will support a focus on design as both a practice and a discipline. Read More
Finalists announced for dean of School of Human Ecology
May 17, 2012The University of Wisconsin–Madison has selected three finalists in its search for dean of the School of Human Ecology. Read More
UW Design Gallery opens virtual space
May 2, 2012"Design 2012: First Annual Student Virtual Exhibition" will be shown from 1-1:30 p.m. Friday, May 4, before "Escape," the Textile and Apparel Student Association runway fashion show, and again at 8 p.m. after the show, at the University of Wisconsin–Madison's Union South, Varsity Hall, 1308 W. Dayton St. Read More
“Calm After the Storm” event this Sunday
April 26, 2012A temporary housing shelter will be on display from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, April 29, at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Arts as part of a special project by students from the University of Wisconsin–Madison's School of Human Ecology. Read More
Flanagan receives 2012 Tisch Research Prize
March 27, 2012Constance Flanagan, UW–Madison professor in the School of Human Ecology, accepted the 2012 Tisch Research Prize at the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service at Tufts University this week. Read More
UW-Madison explores creation of College of the Arts
February 16, 2012For the first time in several decades, the University of Wisconsin–Madison is considering the addition of a new college, the College of the Arts. Read More
Spring semester alive with arts events
February 3, 2012The spring semester will be bursting with arts events across the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus during the university's Year of the Wisconsin Idea. Read More
Center for Nonprofits has new faculty director, associate director for research
February 2, 2012Two new appointments to the University of Wisconsin–Madison's Center for Nonprofits were announced this week by School of Human Ecology Dean Robin A. Douthitt. Read More
UW-Madison career fair uses smart-phone technology
January 27, 2012UW-Madison Career Services units will use technology to benefit students and employers during the Spring Career and Internship Fair on Tuesday, Jan. 31 from 4:30-8 p.m. at the Kohl Center. Read More
Interior design program ranked among top 10 nationally
January 20, 2012The undergraduate interior design program at the UW–Madison School of Human Ecology has been ranked 10th out of 200 similar U.S. programs by Design Intelligence, a bi-monthly report published by the Design Futures Council. Read More
Students in four design classes collaborate on adaptive reuse of historic school
December 13, 2011An open house at the historic White School in Spring Green will showcase the work of University of Wisconsin–Madison interior design students assigned to adapt the building for use as apartments and a studio. Read More
CAVE of wonders: Exhibit pushes the boundaries of art, collaboration
December 9, 2011In the year since the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery opened at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, its resident researchers have gotten comfortable in their innovative new spaces. Read More
SOHE dean search and screen committee at work
December 8, 2011A search and screen committee has been appointed to assist the administration in the identification and selection of candidates for the next dean of the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s School of Human Ecology. Read More