By Sofie Schachter Sophie Sanchez arrived on the UW–Madison campus with a plan of majoring in biology. “I didn’t even know kinesiology existed at that point,” admits Sanchez. But that all changed during her sophomore year, when as part of a biology class project, Sanchez was introduced to the Schrage Lab. Led by Department of Kinesiology …
UW–Madison’s School of Education is the No. 1 school of education in the United States, according to the 2024 U.S. News & World Report Best Education Graduate Schools rankings released on Tuesday. It marks the first time the School of Education has received the first-place ranking from U.S. News & World Report, though it has been highly …
Novelist and writer James Patterson gave a shoutout to the UW–Madison School of Education Wisconsin Teacher Pledge recently while a guest on Wisconsin Public Radio’s “The Morning Show.” Patterson, the world’s bestselling author, appeared on the show to discuss his newest book, “The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: True Stories of the Magic of Reading,” …
UW–Madison alumna Martha James, who earned her BS from the School of Education’s Physical Education Teacher Education program in 1993, has shared a TEDx Talk that is titled, “For Brilliance’s Sake, Let the Children Move!” In the talk, delivered at TEDxUStreetWomen, James illuminates movement as a powerful solution for addressing many of the challenges facing …
By Sofie Schachter UW–Madison alumnus Andrew Sokol, a 2022 graduate of the School of Education’sPhysical Education Teacher Education program, pioneered an adaptive physical education program in his Oak Creek, Wisconsin, elementary school that has now spread throughout the district. Students in the program receive an extra day of PE each week, catered specifically to their …
By Laurel White An upcoming lecture will honor the legacy of a former School of Education faculty member widely acknowledged as the founder of the contemporary field of exercise psychology. William P. Morgan was a faculty member in the School of Education’s Department of Kinesiology and was affiliated with UW–Madison for 35 years. His research …
UW–Madison’s Julie Stamm went on Wisconsin Public Radio’s “Central Time” recently to talk about to talk about the risk of brain injuries for youth playing sports. Stamm, a clinical assistant professor in the School of Education’s Department of Kinesiology and the author of “The Brain on Youth Sports: The Science, the Myths, and the Future,” …
Several media outlets across Wisconsin recently reported on a UW–Madison study that found people who fail to quit smoking should immediately try again. The multi-year study, led by Department of Kinesiology assistant professor Tanya Schlam, was published in the journal Addiction. It found people who immediately try again to quit smoking after a failed attempt …
School of Education faculty member Jill Barnes recently offered insight on how students and early-career researchers can find the right lab environment and develop critical career skills in a Q&A published in The Physiologist Magazine. Barnes is an associate professor in the Department of Kinesiology. In the article, she weighs in on things to assess …
UW–Madison’s Kuhrasch releases new app that helps create supportive, authentic learning communities January 30, 2024 Cindy Kuhrasch, with support from UW–Madison’s Department of Information Technology (DoIT) and the School of Education, has developed a smartphone app that uses movement-based activities to create inclusive groups of learners. Kuhrash, the program coordinator for the Department of Kinesiology’s Physical …