We connect communities to UW-Madison
Most of the earth’s people already live in cities, and cities will continue to grow. Yet most cities struggle to be as safe, rich, healthy, inclusive, equitable, environmentally sustainable, and well-governed as they would like to be. Many factors influence the shortfall between city potential and performance, yet the failure results in part from a lack of knowledge about new solutions and a lack of bandwidth and/or capacity to implement them.
UniverCity Alliance’s mission is to improve the quality and visibility of UW-Madison’s education, research, and service contribution to the high-road development of local communities that reflects the values of equity, democracy, and sustainability.
UniverCity Year seeking new local government partners for 2023-26
Could this be your community? The deadline to apply for the 2023-26 cohort is Tuesday, Aug. 1.
Featured News
UW–Madison undergraduate students win regional engineering award
The award-winning project addressed flooding on a local farm that is partnering with UniverCity Year.
Promoting pollinators in Sun Prairie one unmowed lawn at a time
Sun Prairie is taking the No Mow May community initiative to the next level with the Wisconsin Wild Bee App (WiBee).
UW–Madison students explore Polk County through UniverCity Year partnership
Through a UniverCity Year partnership, School of Journalism & Mass Communication students visited Polk County, including Balsam Lake, Amery, St. Croix Falls, and Osceola in March to inform a strategic messaging campaign project.