University of Wisconsin–Madison

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UW-Madison’s Walker works with two alums, is nominated for VIV Award

UW-Madison’s Chris Walker, a professor with the School of Education’s Dance Department, was recently nominated for a VIV Award in the category of choreography for his work on the “Secret Life of Bees, the Musical,” based on a novel of the same name. This marks Walker’s second time working with Lynn Nottage, who wrote the musical. …

Department of Kinesiology team’s poster presentation serves as important resource for educators

UW-Madison’s Dan Timm, Delaney Reilly, Haley Rohloff, and Stephanie Woodson presented “Integrating Indigenous history, culture, and tribal sovereignty into teaching physical education” during the poster session at the Wisconsin Health and Physical Education convention in Wisconsin Dells on Oct. 24. All four are associated with the School of Education’s Department of Kinesiology. Reilly and Rohloff are …

Wisconsin Partnership Program awards $1M to One City Schools, UW-Madison education research team

Over the next five years, a team of early childhood educators and university evaluators will train teachers, as well as document and evaluate Madison’s innovative One City Schools. This project is being supported via a $1 million community impact grant from the Wisconsin Partnership Program at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. Founded by community leader Kaleem …

Nearly 300 books by award-winning author Kate DiCamillo being delivered to Wisconsin districts

With backing from Kate DiCamillo, staff from the Teacher Education Center within UW-Madison’s School of Education are delivering nearly 300 books by the award-winning author to several districts around Wisconsin. DiCamillo is presenting the 2019 Charlotte Zolotow Lecture, sponsored by the Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC), on Thursday in the Overture Center’s Capitol Theater. At DiCamillo’s request, her …