Category: Community

The Commons: Hands-On Watershed Management

The Commons | Abigail Becker | June 15, 2023

Hands-On Watershed Management: Nelson graduate students shared research on watershed management with Wisconsin’s Koshkonong Creek.

The Commons | Abigail Becker | June 15, 2023

Water resources students gets hands-on experience with creek cleanup

University Communications | Abigail Becker | June 15, 2023

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 student shares workforce recommendations with Portage City Council

Through Columbia County’s partnership with UniverCity year, UW–Madison student Alan Tipple researched strategies to recruit and retain new workers whose primary language is not English.

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.

Graduate students share Rio EMS research during UW-Madison’s ‘Day at the Capitol’

UW-Madison Master of Public Health students partnered with Columbia County’s village of Rio through UniverCity Year.

UniverCity Year projects propel Wisconsin Rapids toward public arts culture

Wisconsin Rapids used UniverCity Year projects as a launching point to create a digital public art inventory, a framework for the city to support public art, and the South Wood County Cultural Coalition.

UniverCity Alliance pairs student interns with Madison projects

Funding from the Kemper K. Knapp Bequest is supporting student interns with stipends to conduct projects that address Madison priorities.

Shorewood begins UniverCity partnership

Shorewood Ripples | Jillian Beaster | March 20, 2023