University of Wisconsin–Madison

City of Madison Partnership

Logo that reads City of Madison, Wisconsin

UniverCity Alliance aims to be the primary entrypoint to the university when the City of Madison — and local government in general — has a research question to be answered. UCA can direct Madison officials to the right person or group who can respond to questions.

“UCA has a special responsibility to partner with Madison because it’s our own hometown,” UCA Managing Director Gavin Luter said.

 

The City of Madison and UW–Madison created the UW South Madison Partnership, BadgersVote Coalition, and Neighborhood Indicators Project.

The UniverCity Alliance (UCA) helped launch initiatives such as the Wisconsin Heat Health Network and communicated city priorities like Vision Zero to the university. UCA also supported projects within the city’s Department of Civil Rights and connected the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals with city plans.

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The downtown Madison Isthmus and the Wisconsin State Capitol, along with Monona Bay and John Nolen Drive, are pictured in an early morning aerial taken from a helicopter.

Matthew Mitnick ‘21 worked with the City of Madison during his final semester to develop health and safety goals, strategies, and actions that were adopted a year later into the city’s Performance Excellence Framework.

A group of people chat during a poster session

For the second year, Wisconsin School of Business students analyzed city of Madison plans and connected them with Sustainable Development Goals.

An aerial view of a crowd of students presenting at a poster session

UW-Madison faculty and students are working together to achieve sustainability priorities by linking local plans to global goals through a partnership that connects two schools on campus with the City of Madison.