January 31, 2022
The work of a UW–Madison research team including the School of Education’s Brittany Travers has been featured in the news recently. Travers is an associate professor of occupational therapy in the School of Education’s Department of Kinesiology and a lead researcher for UW–Madison’s Waisman Center. She is part of a team that has been researching using video games to improve balance for adolescents with autism spectrum disorder.
January 10, 2022
While balance training may not necessarily sound fun to most adolescents, video games typically do. And for adolescents with autism spectrum disorder, video games that improve their balance by teaching them yoga and tai chi poses also improve their posture, reduce the severity of their autism symptoms, and influence the structure of their brains.
December 16, 2021
On Sunday, Dec. 19, UW–Madison will celebrate its Winter 2021 Commencement. We reached out to a few of our graduating students to learn what brought them to UW–Madison, their most meaningful experiences, and favorite places on campus.
December 3, 2021
Former Badgers football standout and current Miami Dolphins linebacker Vince Biegel wore a special set of cleats during Sunday’s game that spotlighted — and eventually will help raise funds for — UW–Madison’s Adapted Fitness program.
November 19, 2021
Students from UW–Madison's Physical Education Teacher Education (PETE) program have teamed up with the Boys and Girls Club of Dane County to help kids and families stay active this Thanksgiving.
October 15, 2021
UW–Madison Professor Andrea Mason, who is chair of the School of Education’s Department of Kinesiology, has been chosen as the inaugural Conway Professor in Kinesiology.
October 8, 2021
A blog post published by the National Athletic Trainers Association (NATA) features the research of UW–Madison’s Mayrena Hernandez, a doctoral candidate in the School of Education’s Department of Kinesiology.
October 1, 2021
A new state-of-the art facility to support student and community health will nearly triple the size of the former Natatorium, serving more students and community members with recreational and well-being services. The $113.2 million facility will be named the Bakke Recreation & Wellbeing Center.
September 27, 2021
Research by a study team including UW–Madison’s Dorothy Farrar Edwards was featured in a recent Daily Mail article that is headlined, “Stroke victims recover best if rehab starts 2-3 MONTHS after the event.”
September 21, 2021
The University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Dorothy Farrar Edwards is a co-author of a study released Monday, Sept. 20, in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) that found an optimal time for intensive rehabilitation of arm and hand use after a stroke. She is the School of Education’s associate dean for research and a professor with the Department of Kinesiology.