University of Wisconsin–Madison

Category: Alumni News

Alumni Q&A: Katie Ryann, Dance

Graduates of the UW–Madison School of Education are enjoying successful careers in fields across the arts, health, and education — and we are excited to share what they are doing today. Following is a Q&A with Katie Ryann, who graduated in 2023 with a BS in Dance. How did you get interested in this field/major? …

UW–Madison alum and MMOCA director shares vision for 2025 Wisconsin Triennial

UW–Madison alumnus Paul Braker Prindle, director of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art (MMOCA), recently spoke with the Capital Times about his vision for the 2025 Wisconsin Triennial. Baker Prindle, who earned his MFA from the School of Education’s Art Department, first participated in the Triennial as an artist in 2013. Now, as MMOCA’s head, …

Moonshine 2025 brings guest artists Sargeant and Merrit-Brown for annual Black History Month performance celebration

The UW–Madison Dance Department and Professor Chris Walker are delighted to present Moonshine, Friday, Feb. 28, at 3:30 p.m. in the Margaret H’Doubler Performance Space, Lathrop Hall. This free event brings together campus, community, alumni, and students in performance to celebrate Black artistic scholarship and the Black experience with live music, contemporary theater, and dance …

University Theatre presents ‘Joe Turner’s Come and Gone’ Feb. 27 to March 9

By Kari Dickinson “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone,” a classic American play by August Wilson, is University Theatre’s latest production, opening Feb. 27.  Set in a Pittsburgh boarding house in 1911, the play captures the lives of Black migrants seeking new opportunities in the North during the Great Migration, as well as people running from their …