UW–Madison’s Kautz wins 2024 Forward Art Prize

November 25, 2024

UW–Madison lecturer and alumna Rebecca Kautz has been awarded the 2024 Forward Art Prize from the Women Artists Forward Fund. The prize, which includes $10,000 in unrestricted funds, is awarded to two women visual artists in Dane County annually who exhibit exceptional creativity and compelling potential in their work.

UW–Madison’s Parkins honored as outstanding emerging dance educator

November 22, 2024

UW–Madison’s Chell Parkins, the Arnhold Director of Dance Education in the School of Education’s Dance Department, has been honored by the National Dance Education Organization (NDEO) with its 2024 Outstanding Emerging Dance Educator in Higher Education Award.

UW–Madison MFA candidate published in Resonance journal

November 22, 2024

UW–Madison graduate student Anne E. Stoner’s research article, “Drowning Out the Noise: Private Listening, Public Spatialities, Queer Wellbeing,” was recently published in Resonance: The Journal of Sound and Culture.

Cooperative Children’s Book Center nominated for major international award

November 20, 2024

UW–Madison’s Cooperative Children’s Book Center has been nominated for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, which is recognized as the world's largest honor for children's and young adult literature. This prestigious , international award is given annually to a person or organization, and comes with a prize of five million Swedish kronor (about $450,000).

Trio of talented ELPA PhD students named UCEA Jackson Scholars

November 18, 2024

UW–Madison’s Tony DelaRosa, Xinyu Guan, and guy john halcón were each selected as University Council for Educational Administration Jackson Scholars. This two-year program provides formal networking, mentoring and professional development for graduate students of color who intend to become professors of educational leadership.