Meg Mitchell named 2026–27 Vilas Associate

Meg Mitchell named 2026–27 Vilas Associate

The School of Education’s Meg Mitchell is one of 24 UW–Madison faculty winners of the Vilas Associates Competition, which recognizes new and ongoing research of the highest quality and significance. Mitchell is an associate professor of digital media in the Art...
From art student to game changer by Kari Dickinson

From art student to game changer by Kari Dickinson

UW–Madison alumnus Brian Raffel’s path to the top of the video game industry has been anything but conventional. A former art student turned high school art teacher, Raffel co-founded Raven Software with his brother, Steve, in 1990, when they got a publishing deal for...
Moment in Time

Moment in Time

DATE: Sept. 17, 2025 TIME: 10:24 a.m. PLACE: Humanities Building Meri Lau leads a workshop on developing elementary art curricula with UW–Madison art education majors. Lau — a recently retired art teacher from the Madison Metropolitan School District and longtime...
Why Wisconsin? by By Maggie Ginsberg

Why Wisconsin? by By Maggie Ginsberg

UW–Madison’s vibrant, interdisciplinary campus arts culture attracts students and professors from around the world. But don’t just take our word for it. They come for the lakes, and those starburst chairs coloring the Terrace at Memorial Union in John Deere green,...