August 31, 2017 The cover story for the Sept. 4, 2017, print edition of Time magazine is headlined, “How Kids’ Sports Became a $15 Billion Industry.” The article explains: “Across the nation, kids of all skill …
Year: 2017
Kevin Crombie receives Research Grant
Kevin Crombie, a dissertator in Dr. Kelli Koltyn’s Exercise Psychology Lab, was recently selected to receive the Dr. Raymond A. Weiss Research Endowment Grant from the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM). The Dr. Raymond …
Kinesiology 508 course helps Badgers practice giving back
August 22, 2017 A recent report from Andy Baggot of UWBadgers.com puts a spotlight on the service learning aspects of a class offered through the School of Education’s Department of Kinesiology. The course, “Kinesiology 508: Lifestyle Redesign and …
UW’s Koltyn receives NIH support for study examining ‘Stand Up and Move More’
UW-Madison’s Kelli Koltyn is leading a team of researchers that recently received funding from the National Institutes of Health to conduct a study titled “Translating a ‘Stand Up and Move More’ Intervention by State Aging …
PETE Alumni is State Rep for Heart Zones PE Program
Our PETE Alum, Jacob Breunig, is the State Rep for this amazing program that brings cutting edge technology into Sauk Prairie School District’s Physical Education curriculum! He has been a Physical Education teacher for 14 …
Trio from Department of Kinesiology honored by American College of Sports Medicine
Three UW-Madison graduate students with the School of Education’s Department of Kinesiology were honored by the American College of Sports Medicine for their scientific abstracts/posters at the ACSM Annual Meeting in Denver May 30 to June 3. …
UW-Madison’s Bell receives New Investigator Award
UW-Madison’s David Bell on Tuesday received the 2017 New Investigator Award from the National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) Research and Education Foundation. Bell was recognized at the NATA Clinical Symposia in Houston. The New Investigator Award, according to …
Alexandra Carl named Undergraduate Research Excellence Fellow by American Physiological Society
UW-Madison’s Alexandra Carl is one of six students from across the country to be named a 2017 Undergraduate Research Excellence Fellow (UGREF) by the American Physiological Society (APS). Fellowship recipients spend the summer in the …
UW-Madison’s Winterstein receives NATA Distinguished Educator Award
June 19, 2017 UW-Madison’s Andrew Winterstein is being awarded the 2017 Sayers “Bud” Miller Distinguished Educator Award from the National Athletic Trainers’ Association’s Executive Committee on Education. This prestigious honor recognizes individuals who follow Miller’s …
Congratulations ACSM Honorees
Many of our Kinesiology Faculty, Staff and Students attended the American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting in Denver May 30-June 3 to promote and share the wonderful research being done here in Madison. 3 …