“I Know How to Draw an Owl,” written by Hilary Horder Hippely and illustrated by Matt James, is the winner of the 2025 Charlotte Zolotow Award for outstanding writing in a picture book. The award is presented by the Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC), a library within the UW–Madison School of Education. “I Know How to Draw …
Editors of “The Bloomsbury Handbook of Global Social Studies in Education” will be on the UW–Madison campus for a panel discussion on Thursday, March 27. The event is titled, “Multiple Modernities from the South to the North: History of the Present, Cultural Differences, and Social Pathologies.” The discussion will run from 2 to 4 p.m. in room …
For five decades, UW–Madison has graduated top-tier athletic trainers who have gone on to do life-changing work for professional sports teams, leading health care institutions, and the private sector. This year, the program celebrated a quarter century of accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education (CAATE). The Master of Science in Athletic Training …
The UW–Madison Dance Department and Li Chiao-Ping Dance will premiere a full production of the NEA-funded “Dirty Laundry: A Multimedia Dance Theater Work,” Feb. 6-8 in the Margaret H’Doubler Performance Space, Lathrop Hall (1050 University Ave.). “Dirty Laundry” is a multimedia and multi-layered dance work by choreographer Li Chiao-Ping, the Sally Banes Professor of Dance …
UW–Madison’s Joy Emmanuel, a first-year PhD student in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis (ELPA), has been selected as a 2025 Jim Rhatigan Fellow by the NASPA Foundation. This competitive fellowship supports emerging leaders in higher education and student affairs by providing scholarships to attend the NASPA Annual Conference. Emmanuel’s …
By Laurel White To understand trailblazing kinesiology faculty member Betty Roberts, a good place to start is on a refrigerator ship crossing the Atlantic Ocean in 1945. The ship cut a path through German U-boat-infested waters to deliver volunteers to the British Army. Among them was Roberts, a recent college graduate from Canada. She traveled …
By Kari Dickinson Through her camera lens, Darcy Padilla captures not just images, but stories of beauty and resilience in the face of crushing challenges. Approaching her subjects with empathy and understanding, Padilla witnesses the lives of those often overlooked. Her long-form narrative photography illuminates some of the most pressing social issues of our time …
By Kari Dickinson David Berlow’s fonts have graced the pages of many well-known publications, including The New York Times Magazine, Esquire, and The Wall Street Journal. He has created some of the world’s most recognizable typefaces, consulting for tech giants Apple, Microsoft, and Adobe. But before he was a celebrated type designer, Berlow was a …
Over the next few months we are offering a glimpse into the creative process of the Art Department’s graduating master of fine arts candidates, who are presenting their final thesis exhibitions throughout the spring semester. These exhibitions represent the culmination of years of dedicated study and artistic exploration, showcasing our students’ diverse talents and innovative …
During the course of the academic year, we’re sharing out Q&As completed by our newest faculty members to introduce them to our School and campus communities. Here is a Q&A from Jeffer Sasaki, an assistant professor in the Department of Kinesiology. Hometown: Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil Educational/professional background: BS Kinesiology, Federal University of Parana (2005); …