Waunakee Times | Tim Wohlers | February 23, 2021 Representatives from the Ho-Chunk Nation, UW-Madison and the Village of Waunakee recently kicked off their three-year collaboration with UW’s UniverCity Alliance to improve cultural responsiveness, social justice, inclusion and civility within the community. Read the story.
NBC15 News | Nikki Medanovic | February 22, 2021 UW-Madison’s UniverCity Alliance recently announced they will be pairing up with Racine County, Marathon County, the Village of Waunakee, and Milwaukee going into 2021. Read the story.
Wisconsin Rapids City Times | August 1, 2020 “The UniverCity Year (UCY) program is a 3-year engagement, during which we identify community and/or government projects, UCY matches the projects with university courses/classes, university students work on the projects, then we receive research, reports, designs and implementation support,” the mayor explained. Read the story.
Wisconsin Rapids City Times | July 18, 2020 UniverCity Year (UCY), a program aimed at finding practical solutions to community-based challenges, wants to partner with the city of Wisconsin Rapids on a wide range of community-based projects. Read the story.
EPIC-N | July 8, 2020 University of Wisconsin-Madison’s inaugural UniverCity Year program integrates university courses—administration, faculty, students—to assess, audit, and complete 30 recreation, transportation, housing, and digital connectivity projects. Read the story.
Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies | Janel Hutchinson | May 29, 2020 The beginning of 2020 is off to a strong start for UniverCity Alliance. Read the story.
WKOW | April 22, 2020 The Nelson Institute has been the driving force behind a number of influential programs, including UniverCity Year. Read the story.
Global Health Institute | April 22, 2020 The Giant Snorflaggle, resplendent in a fantastic top hat, wings to fly and a pointed tail, is on the job to help children understand the coronavirus pandemic. Read the story.
Channel 3000 | April 15, 2020 A local artist teamed up with staff at University of Wisconsin-Madison to create coloring pages for kids that deal with topics related to COVID-19. Read the story.
The Badger Herald | April 10, 2020 UW honored 13 professors with Distinguished Teaching Awards. Read the story.