By Laurel White A new research project led by two School of Education faculty members seeks to increase understanding of the experiences of disabled graduate students and faculty in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields. The project, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), will focus on graduate students and faculty studying and teaching …
A School of Education student was featured in a recent campus news story spotlighting three of UW–Madison’s inaugural rural peer advisers. These advisers are current college students, employed by the College for Rural Wisconsin, who fan out to rural schools and communities to answer questions, provide information, and share first-person insights with students, parents, and …
By Laurel White “Prepare for a human presence at Mars.” A simple phrase, but one that packs a galactic punch — especially for the self-professed space nerds among us. The language is part of a plan released last year by the Mars Exploration Program at NASA. The plan outlines a slew of goals for the …
By Laurel White When Michael Mohr was 15 years old, he had a diving accident during varsity swim team practice. The pool’s starting blocks had been in the shallow end of the pool, 3 ½ feet deep, and he struck his head on the bottom of the pool practicing a racing start. A spinal cord …
Meg Medina will deliver the Cooperative Children’s Book Center’s 2024 Charlotte Zolotow Lecture on Thursday, Oct. 17, at 7:30 p.m., at Tripp Commons in the Memorial Union on the UW–Madison campus. Medina is a Newbery and Pura Belpré award-winning author and the 2023-24 National Ambassador of Young People’s Literature. Her picture books, as well as middle grade …
By Laurel White In 2022, Luis Columna won a major research award from the National Consortium for Physical Education for Individuals with Disabilities. Columna, a professor in the Department of Kinesiology, was honored by the recognition of his work, but was quick to turn his thoughts to his community. Columna thought the honor could mean …
By Laurel White A new multimedia resource aimed at combating the shortage of Black men in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields launched today at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. As the shortage of Black men in STEM remains a dire challenge in the United States — according to 2022 statistics from the National Science …
By Laurel White Dane Cook has spent decades studying diseases some believe don’t even exist. Those diseases, which fall under the medical community’s broad category of “chronic multisymptom illness,” include fibromyalgia, myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), Gulf War Illness, and — a new addition to the pack — long COVID. “Most of these diseases have …
During the course of the academic year, University Communications is sharing out Q&As completed by our newest faculty members to introduce them to our campus communities. Here is a Q&A they published from Jacob Meyer, an assistant professor in the School of Education’s Department of Kinesiology. Hometown: Madison, Wisconsin Educational/professional background: I received my BS in …
The UW–Madison Dance Department and Jin-Wen Yu Dance present “Resonate,” a two-part concert of new contemporary choreography and nationally recognized works by Dance Professor and Chair Jin-Wen Yu, Sep. 26-28 in the Margaret H’Doubler Performance Space, Lathrop Hall. The first half of the program will include Yu’s new work, “Resonate,” an exploration of the shifting …