Congratulations to our CSD undergraduate students who presented at the UW Undergraduate Symposium! This annual event—celebrating undergraduate research, creativity, and community-engaged work since 1999—was the largest yet, with over 940 student presenters. We are so …
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Undergraduate Researchers Win Poster and Presentation Award
Congratulations to undergraduate researchers Chrystyna Prokulevich, Siri Anderson and Jaclyn Szabados! Their poster Early Sex-Dependent Ultrasonic Vocalizations Differences in the TgF344-AD Rat Model of Alzheimer Disease was selected for the Summer 2026 Undergraduate Symposium Poster Display …
Day of the Badger – Thank you!!
Thank you! Thank you to all who supported Communication Sciences and Disorders on the Day of the Badger! If you missed the #DayoftheBadger, don’t worry: you can still give to our program online using our …
CSD Alum Showcased in UW-Madison’s #1 Peace Corps Ranking
Hannah Lundell Wahl, a CSD class of 2025 undergraduate alum and past Hilldale Research Award recipient, was recently featured by UW-Madison for her Peace Corps service. Hannah is currently serving as a Spanish primary school …
Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Programs Rank Among Best Graduate Programs
U.S. News and World Report has ranked University of Wisconsin-Madison Speech-Language Pathology and University of Wisconsin AuD Consortium as “Best Programs”, placing them among the elite graduate school programs in the nation for 2026. Speech-Language …
CSD Students Receive Department Scholarship Awards
Congratulations to all of the student recipients! Bernard J. Kwiatkowski Memorial Scholarship – Evelyn Anton Emma Allen Fellowship Award – Emily Bagan, Phoebe Crumpton, Jared Cullen, Amanda Dewitt, Madeline Hale, Sydney Jensen, Emma Libersky, John Munday, Hayley Olson, Claudia Schabes, Chenelle Walker Julie …
New Year, New Classroom!
We are excited to announce the grand opening of our newly renovated lecture space inside Goodnight Hall! The classroom is open and ready for use this semester. The lecture hall was completely remodeled, overhauling the …
And the Squeak Goes On. Scientists search for a better cheese curd.
As many Wisconsinites will assert, a cheese curd is not truly fresh unless it squeaks. Curds typically lose their signature squeak within a few days to a couple of weeks, depending on how they’re stored …
Alumni Spotlight: Katie Jacobson Named 2025 WSHA SLP of the Year
We are thrilled to celebrate the remarkable achievements of Katie Jacobson (B.A. ’18, M.S. ’20), a 2020 graduate of the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders. Katie was recently selected as the …
Ryan Burdick Selected for the ASHFoundation New Century Doctoral Scholarship
Ryan Burdick, M.S., CCC-SLP, received a $10,000 2025 New Century Doctoral Scholarship from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation (ASHFoundation). The American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation (ASHFoundation) invites doctoral students accepted to, or enrolled in, a research doctoral program …