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. Check out UniverCity Alliance highlights from 2022-23.
Weston Roundtable: Refocusing Climate Research to Maximize Impacts
Join Jason Vargo, a senior researcher at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, for a lecture on the importance of centering disadvantaged, low-income, and BIPOC communities in climate impacts research, the challenges that exist in doing so, and the strategies that can be employed.
Featured News
U.S. local governance and Sustainable Development Goals focus of recent Oxford Research Encyclopedia article
UniverCity Alliance Cochair and University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Human Ecology Distinguished Teaching Faculty Lori DiPrete Brown published an article in Oxford Research Encyclopedias, Economics and Finance on how the SDG 360 Thinking framework advances sustainability, economic prosperity, and equity.
UniverCity Alliance celebrates partnership across Wisconsin during State Tour
The events were held as a part of the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s 175th anniversary celebration.
Dane County, UW–Madison campus connection creates ‘hands-on’ applied research opportunities
UW–Madison students can engage in applied research as policy analysis interns through a collaboration between UniverCity Alliance, the Department of Political Science, and Dane County.