Category: Campus

Cities in the Wake of COVID with Joel Kotkin

Kotkin will discuss pre-existing conditions, what changed with COVID and where things might end up–even happily.  Advanced registration required. November 18 (11:00am CT) in Zoom.

Media advisory: New report on farmer attitudes toward nitrate contamination of ground water

The report, which summarizes the results of a survey taken by farmers in Wisconsin’s Pepin County, was one of 25 projects initiated through UniverCity Year Pepin County, a three-year partnership launched in 2018 between UW–Madison and Pepin County to support economic development, education and environmental sustainability in the county.

Welcome to your urban future: New UW-Madison course 2021

There is no question: For the vast majority of our planet’s population, our shared future experience is urban and interconnected. That future could be one of unimaginable prosperity, human flourishing, and progress. Or that future could be marked with increased inequality, environmental degradation, strained human relationships, and fractured and contentious politics—especially between rural and urban …

Tom Landgraf Joins Governor’s Blue Ribbon Commission on Rural Prosperity

UW–Madison Business School | Reagan Eckley | January 28, 2021 In spring 2020, Graaskamp Center Senior Lecturer Tom Landgraf was invited by the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) to serve on the Governor’s Blue Ribbon Commission on Rural Prosperity. Read the story.

1050 Bascom: Working with students on policy change in urban affairs with Gavin Luter

Listen to the podcast episode here.

Nelson affiliate faculty and co-director of UniverCity Alliance awarded WARF Named Professorship

Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies | June 4, 2020 This award honors faculty who have made major contributions to the advancement of knowledge, primarily through their research endeavors. Read the story.

Nelson Institute celebrates 50 years of utilizing UW to advance environmentalism

WKOW | April 22, 2020 The Nelson Institute has been the driving force behind a number of influential programs, including UniverCity Year. Read the story.

Winners of Distinguished Teaching Awards discuss community engagement, social justice in classroom

The Badger Herald | April 10, 2020 UW honored 13 professors with Distinguished Teaching Awards. Read the story.

2020 UW–Madison Distinguished Teaching Awards

UW–Madison | April 7, 2020 Andrea Hicks wins Excellence in Community-Based Learning teaching award. Read the story.

Jonathan Patz: Reason for hope against the novel coronavirus

Wisconsin State Journal | April 3, 2020 Despite the grim headlines about the escalating health, economic and social toll of COVID-19, recent news from California provides reason for hope. Read the story.