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Amari Priya Kukreja Sophomore, majoring in violin performance When Amari Priya Kukreja was looking for a university, she worried she’d be forced to focus on just one of her artistic pursuits. “I didn’t want to enter college feeling like I had to leave parts of myself behind in order to be taken seriously in one …
By Maggie Ginsberg, Division of the Arts The newly announced line-up for the 2026 Wisconsin Book Festival demonstrates UW–Madison’s continuing influence in shaping today’s literary culture. UW–Madison’s Creative Writing program is hardly a best-kept secret. Long considered among the best MFA programs in the country, the fully funded two-year program only admits six students each …
Down in the brightly lit basement workshop of the Chazen Museum of Art last fall, two fabricators set up a time-lapse camera to capture three weeks of a very special custom build. Chazen’s small but mighty preparatory staff is regularly tasked with making things like pedestals and plinths for galleries and exhibitions, but these components …
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Marcelle Haddix Karen A. Falk Distinguished Chair of Education and Dean of the School of Education When Milwaukee-raised Marcelle Haddix became dean of the No. 1-ranked UW–Madison School of Education in 2024, it felt like coming home — her parents met as Badgers, and she was born here. “I was also drawn to our School of Education’s …
Art History classwork turns into a unique professional opportunity, giving four UW–Madison students new perspective on what makes a neighborhood. By Julia Walkowicz, Division of the Arts Prof. Anna Andrzejewski (at center) with all four UW–Madison student ambassadors at closing night of the conference. Pictured L-R Jack Taylor, Alejandro Hernandez, Emily Hamilton and Claire Wendland. …
Summer arts courses offer students a bonus season to earn valuable credits, expand their horizons, and, in some cases, discover deeply personal stories. Story and photos by Ted Hyngstrom, Division of the Arts Raleigh Savage usually spends her semesters investigating the inner workings of the human brain — studying concepts such as neurons, axons and dendrites, …
How students teamed up with professors from Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences and Mead Witter School of Music to transform Wisconsin weather into musical performance. By Julia Walkowicz, Division of the Arts When Molly McKellar saw an email inviting students to turn Wisconsin weather data into composed music, the opportunity felt too perfect to pass up. …
Three UW–Madison Communication Arts students exemplify the unseen labor powering the ‘best college radio station in the country.’ By Ted Hyngstrom, Division of the Arts Flip the dial to 91.7 FM, and you’ll likely hear one of the 230 volunteer radio hosts that power WSUM — the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s student-led radio station, named best college station …
Design students weave together the state’s waterways, two cultural tours, and the Wisconsin Idea to create the textile gifts that keep on giving. By Maggie Ginsberg, Division of the Arts, with Lauren Goulette This is a story about water. Deep underground, thousands of years of glacial melt joined with thriving watersheds and steady rain to …