July 29, 2022
Years of work breaking down barriers to physical activity for autistic children and their families have won a UW-Madison kinesiology professor national recognition.
Department of Kinesiology
Latest Learning Connections alumni magazine now available online
July 29, 2022
The Summer 2022 edition of Learning Connections, a magazine for alumni and friends of the UW–Madison School of Education, is now posted online. This issue centers on Rising to the Challenge — and above the political noise — to demonstrate how quality education can play a vital role in helping people better understand each other and work together to reimagine a better future.
Yadev is awarded Hilldale fellowship for undergraduate research
July 27, 2022
Mindy Yadev — who is pursuing a double major in biology and health promotion and health equity — is among the 107 UW–Madison undergraduate students who were awarded Hilldale Undergraduate/Faculty Research Fellowships at the 2022 Chancellor’s Undergraduate Awards Ceremony.
No Limits Kids Fitness hosts biking day, empowers kids with disabilities to be physically active
July 21, 2022
On Tuesday, July 12, children with disabilities in the No Limits Kids Fitness program experienced the freedom of biking in a special event using adapted bikes on loan from Project Mobility in St. Charles, Illinois. The theme for the day was “Iron Kids.”
New study could lead to better treatment for veterans’ chronic pain
June 30, 2022
According to the study, which was published this month in the journal JNeurosci, Gulf War veterans who experience chronic pain have larger pain-processing regions and smaller pain regulation regions in their brains than their healthy peers.
UW–Madison’s Fields receives American Occupational Therapy Foundation Early-Career Award
May 16, 2022
UW–Madison’s Beth Fields, an assistant professor with the School of Education’s Department of Kinesiology, was recently awarded an American Occupational Therapy Foundation Early-Career Research Excellence Award.
Get to know some of our outstanding School of Education graduates
May 11, 2022
On Saturday, May 14, UW–Madison will celebrate its Spring 2022 Commencement. We reached out to a few of the more than 600 students who are graduating from programs in the School of Education to learn about their favorite memories, advice for incoming students, and future plans.
Alumnus nationally honored as ‘Major of the Year’ in physical education
May 2, 2022
SHAPE America, the Society of Health and Physical Educators, honored recent UW–Madison alumnus Brett Frieder as a Major of the Year during the organization’s 136th National Convention and Expo in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Brittany St. John is awarded Fulbright postdoctoral scholarship
April 29, 2022
UW–Madison graduate student Brittany St. John, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Kinesiology, has been awarded a Fulbright Future Postdoctoral Scholarship by the Australian-American Fulbright Commission.
UW–Madison’s Travers is selected as Fulbright US Scholar
April 20, 2022
UW–Madison’s Brittany Travers, an associate professor with the School of Education’s Department of Kinesiology, has been selected as a Fulbright U.S. Scholar for 2022-23. Travers will travel to Spain during the spring of 2023 to collaborate with Antonio Cuesta-Vargas at the University of Málaga on work that is focused on testing and improving balance in autistic youth.