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Handmade papers, linen and flax, pigmented and dyed

Hark wins major book arts award

Professor Mary Hark, a professor in the Design Studies department, has been named the prestigious 2021 McKnight Book Artist Fellow. "Receiving the McKnight Fellowship is a wonderful, deeply appreciated affirmation of this work and will allow me time and space to reflect on knowledge I have accrued and respond with a new body of work that celebrates and extends what I have accomplished to date.”

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Elegant and twisted

In 2018, visual artist and Design Studies associate professor Marianne Fairbanks struck up an Instagram conversation with Sofia Hagström Møller, a trained weaver and designer from Denmark. Their communications continued, culminating in a collaborative exhibition two years later in Copenhagen.

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Thomas to research Black fathers' roles in maternal and infant health outcomes

Black infant mortality is higher in Wisconsin than any other state in the nation, and maternal mortality is five times higher among Black women than White women in Wisconsin. A new UW-led research project will pursue a novel approach to address these persistent inequalities.

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