University of Wisconsin–Madison

Category: Community

Child care centers in the Fox Valley are struggling

NBC 26 | Olivia Acree | Aug.12, 2022

Green County tracks influence of UniverCity Year partnership

Two years after Green County’s partnership with UniverCity Year ended, local leaders gathered to map the “ripple effects” in the community.

Nelson Institute students inspired to join national community science effort

Localities in Wisconsin and across the United States are benefitting from the skills and passion of two Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies graduates and one current PhD student.

UniverCity Year helps Wisconsin local governments ‘do more with less’

Current and former UniverCity Year partners reflect on their experiences with the program.

Milwaukee, Madison among select group of cities helping to build tool that would alert people to dangerous heat waves

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Madeline Heim | July 11, 2022

UW-Madison Geography students share Appleton International Airport’s sustainability story

Geography 309 partnered with UniverCity Alliance to connect students with communities.

Ceremony honors partnership between Waunakee area, Ho-Chunk Nation

DeForest Times-Tribune | Roberta Baumann | June 21, 2022

Amid calls to name heat waves, Wisconsin tests ways to predict death toll

Wisconsin State Journal | Chris Hubbuch | June 14, 2022

Meet the April 2022 cohort of Wisconsin community leads

AGU’s Thriving Earth Exchange, in partnership with the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s UniverCity Alliance and Educational Partnerships for Innovation in Communities Network (EPIC-N), will support 14 projects across the state of Wisconsin. See the full list of Wisconsin community leads here.

National network launches Wisconsin cohort of community science projects

The American Geophysical Union’s Thriving Earth Exchange program, in partnership with UW-Madison’s UniverCity Alliance and Educational Partnerships for Innovation in Communities Network (EPIC-N), will support 14 projects across the state of Wisconsin.