April 9, 2026
An alumna of the UW–Madison School of Education has been awarded the American Educational Research Association (AERA) 2026 Dissertation of the Year Award from the organization’s Rural Education Special Interest Group.
Alumni News
UW–Madison alumna wins Dissertation of the Year Award
April 7, 2026
UW–Madison alumna Nicole Contreras-Garcia is the recipient of the Richard M. Romano Dissertation of the Year Award from the Council for the Study of Community Colleges (CSCC).
UW–Madison alumna receives AERA dissertation honor
April 2, 2026
UW–Madison alumna Bethany Sansing-Helton has received an honorable mention for the 2025–26 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Division J Dissertation of the Year Award.
UW–Madison alumnus publishes debut novel, ‘Rogues in a Nation’
March 27, 2026
UW–Madison alumnus Andrew Lifson is the author of “Rogues in a Nation,” a new Wisconsin-based novel published by Little Creek Press in March 2026.
UW–Madison student, alumnus receives Wisconsin Arts Celebration Project Grant
March 2, 2026
UW–Madison graduate student and alumnus Christian Bonner, a general music teacher at Kennedy Elementary School, has been awarded a 2026 Wisconsin Arts Celebration Grant from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) and the Wisconsin Arts Board.
Wisconsin Today features Smithsonian retrospective of Truman Lowe
February 27, 2026
A new exhibit at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Indian celebrating the career of the late Truman Lowe was recently featured on Wisconsin Public Radio’s “Wisconsin Today” program.
UW–Madison alumna commissioned for installation at Obama Presidential Center
February 25, 2026
UW–Madison alumna Tyanna J. Buie, who earned her MFA from the School of Education’s Art Department in 2010, has been commissioned to create a site-specific installation for the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago.
Why Wisconsin?
February 25, 2026
UW–Madison’s vibrant, interdisciplinary campus arts culture attracts students and professors from around the world. But don’t just take our word for it.
University Theatre stages UW–Madison alumna’s award-winning play on Flint water crisis
February 17, 2026
“cullud wattah,” a powerful and award-winning play by UW–Madison alumna and First Wave graduate Erika Dickerson-Despenza, is the latest production from University Theatre, opening Feb. 26.
From art student to game changer
February 2, 2026
Raven Software co-founder and UW alum Brian Raffel is empowering the next generation of Wisconsin creators with a gift of 200 computers, boosting art, game design, and computer science programs on campus.