University of Wisconsin–Madison

Author: nfetter

Work of UW–Madison’s Burayidi, Winston picked for ACDA’s Screendance Festival Gala Concert on April 2

The work of UW–Madison undergraduate students Aki Burayidi and Rakhi Winston was selected by an adjudication panel to be performed at the American College Dance Association’s (ACDA) Screendance Festival Gala Concert on Saturday, April 2. Burayidi and Winston, who are seniors with the School of Education’s Dance Department, are having their work, “Between Us” showcased. …

UW–Madison’s Gorney receives prestigious Harold Gulliksen Psychometric Research Fellowship

UW–Madison’s Kylie Gorney was selected to receive the Harold Gulliksen Psychometric Research Fellowship from Educational Testing Service (ETS). The fellowship is the most prestigious student award issued by ETS, and is intended to honor Harold Gulliksen, one of the pioneers of psychometrics, who was a professor of psychology at Princeton University and the inaugural director of the …

‘Dream House’ exhibition by MFA student Katelyn St. John on view at Tandem Press

Tandem Press is hosting “Dream House,” a master of fine arts thesis exhibition by UW–Madison student Katelyn St. John, who is a Tandem Press project assistant. St. John’s work depicts her exploration of abandoned architecture. This exhibition features prints that delve into the visual representation of the space between experience and memory.  The exhibition runs through April …

Inaugural Arts Crawl at UW–Madison starts March 31

The inaugural Arts Crawl will take place on the UW–Madison campus from Thursday, March 31 – Saturday, April 2. Arts Crawl highlights a collection of arts events held over several days in the arts departments and co-curricular arts units at UW­–Madison, including the School of Education’s departments of Art, Dance, and Theatre and Drama. It is an opportunity to have creative …

UW–Madison School of Education again in top 5 of U.S. News rankings

UW–Madison’s School of Education and many of its programs are again rated among the very best in the nation according to the 2023 U.S. News & World Report Best Graduate Schools rankings released Tuesday, March 29. UW–Madison is home to the fifth-ranked school of education in the nation — marking the ninth straight year it has been …

UW–Madison hosting Midwest Filipino American Summit April 2

The UW-Madison Filipinx American Student Organization (FASO) is playing a leading role in hosting the first post-pandemic Midwest Filipino American Summit (MFAS), which is being held on campus April 2, with more than 400 Filipinx students from seven states expected to attend. FASO’s eight executive board members are doing most of the planning for this year’s event …

UW–Madison’s Fico is awarded Alzheimer’s Association research fellowship

UW–Madison’s Brandon Fico has been awarded a three-year research fellowship from the Alzheimer’s Association for his project entitled, “Arterial Stiffness and Cerebral Hemodynamics Impact on Alzheimer’s Disease.” Fico is a postdoctoral fellow in the Bruno Balke Biodynamics Laboratory in the School of Education’s Department of Kinesiology. The fellowship will support Fico’s investigation of how age-related changes in the …

Journal spotlights interdisciplinary approach to gender affirming voice training

UW–Madison’s Colleen Conroy is a co-author of a new article published in Voice and Speech Review that is titled, “An Interdisciplinary Approach to Gender Affirming Voice Training.” Conroy is an assistant professor in the School of Education’s Department of Theatre and Drama. She and her co-authors on the article — Owen Karcher, an art therapist, and …

To bolster culturally responsive practices, UW–Madison’s Ashley White focuses on ‘Reaching back to reach forward’

UW–Madison’s Ashley L. White is the author of a paper that proposes a new framework for preparing future teachers to better connect with and educate the nation’s increasingly diverse student population. The article — published earlier this year in the journal Review of Education, Pedagogy, and Cultural Studies — is titled, “Reaching Back to Reach Forward: …

The Southern Graphics Council International printmaking conference in photos

Last week over 500 artists from around the world — including from Canada, Poland, Denmark, the United Kingdom, Mexico, Italy, and New Zealand — descended on UW–Madison for the Southern Graphics Council International (SGCI) conference, “Our Shared Future,” hosted by the School of Education’s Art Department. As a result, there was a virtual explosion of art and …