As parents, students, and teachers prepare for the upcoming 2022-23 academic year, experts from UW–Madison’s School of Education are ready to share their thoughts with media members on a range of school and education-related topics. Countdown to kindergarten (and 4K) As a parent, one day you’re changing diapers … and the next thing you know …
On Wednesday, Aug. 3, 10 student scholars took part in the Summer Education Research Poster Symposium hosted by the UW–Madison School of Education’s Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion. These student scholars had been conducting research alongside faculty mentors as a part of the 10-week Summer Education Research Program (SERP). The students, who came to …
A book by UW–Madison’s Julie M. Stamm, “The Brain on Youth Sports: The Science, the Myths, and the Future,” is number 29 on Library Journal’s list of academic best sellers from May 2021 through June 2022. Stamm is a clinical assistant professor in the School of Education’s Department of Kinesiology. Aimed at parents, coaches, youth …
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 latest issue centers on “Rising to the Challenge.” The nation is divided on a range of topics and ongoing divisions are making it difficult to solve problems. In this environment, School of …
By Laurel White Years of work breaking down barriers to physical activity for autistic children and their families have won a UW-Madison kinesiology professor national recognition. Luis Columna, associate professor in the Department of Kinesiology, was honored this summer with a prestigious research award from the National Consortium for Physical Education for Individuals with Disabilities. According …
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. These fellowships support undergraduate research done in collaboration with a faculty or staff member. To help …
By Kari Dickinson 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.” No Limits Kids Fitness is a summer program that is hosted by Adapted …
By Laurel White A new study from UW-Madison researchers could lead to more effective chronic pain treatment for Gulf War veterans. 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. The …
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. Fields conducts health services and implementation research with a focus on geriatric and caregiving outcomes. She is the principal investigator of an R03 Small Research Grant and Clinical Research …
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. The award celebrates outstanding undergraduate students in the health, physical education, recreation, and dance professions who are nominated by a faculty advisor …