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Hanson is a choreographer, director, performer, dance educator, and the Founding Artistic Director/Executive Director of The Seldoms, a Chicago-based dance group. Hanson collaborates with practitioners in dance, theater, architecture, installation, video, sound, fashion, history, and science. She wants audiences to have an expanded experience of dance — one that moves beyond entertainment to one that ignites thought and understanding …

Alternet cites a policy brief on this topic recently written by UW–Madison’s Julie Mead and Indiana University’s Susan Eckes. Mead is the School of Education’s associate dean for education and a professor with the Department of Educational Policy and Leadership Analysis. The Alternet article describes the case of Krystl Newton, who enrolled her daughter in …

Although Richardson was an All-Big Eight Conference player in high school, she served as the women’s basketball team’s manager for her first year-and-a-half at UW–Madison. In a turn of events, Richardson was called back on the court her sophomore season when then-coach Bobbie Kelsey added her to the roster as a walk-on, after a string …

But thanks to a new educational video game — “Jo Wilder and the Capitol Case” — created by UW–Madison’s Field Day Lab and Wisconsin Public Television (WPT), learning about history, specifically Wisconsin history, is “really cool,” says Camren Hokanson, a fourth-grader at Elmwood (Wis.) Elementary School who has played the game multiple times. His classmate, Payton Bleskacek, …

This fund is dedicated to supporting activities related to women’s physical education, movement, and the female body in culture. This includes research support, special programs, visiting scholars and experts, new course development, and student recreation club support. Awards are granted on the merits of the project and the connection to the principals of Virginia Horne …

The Efroymson Contemporary Arts Fellowship was established in 2004, with hopes of encouraging creativity and to support contemporary artists at all points of their careers. Fellows are chosen for the quality, skill, and uniqueness of their artwork, as well as their commitment to their artistic development. Each recipient receives $25,000 to allow them to continue …

Halverson is a professor with the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction. She developed this program to be a community building experience for elementary school classrooms using performing and creative arts. Whoopensocker has typically been implemented as a residency type program in Madison schools. This last summer, Whoopensocker partnered with the Madison Public …

In Milwaukee, where students with disabilities constitute 12-20 percent of public school enrollments, they constitute only 2 percent of enrollments in private schools participating in the city’s voucher program. Similarly, charter schools enroll a lower percentage of students with disabilities when compared to traditional public schools. In response to these and other issues of access …

Vlach is an associate professor with the School of Education’s No. 1-ranked Department of Educational Psychology and is the director of the Learning, Cognition and Development Lab. Vlach states that language is a powerful tool for learning, citing previous research that shows the importance of spatial language to children’s learning, especially as a precursor for entrance …

“I lost my brother at age 43 to heart disease, which is way too young,” she reflects. “I have hypertension and have felt, for a long time, that my family’s genetics are likely a major factor. This helped to shape my entire professional career.” A professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Wisconsin School …