Events

Are you interested in learning more about Madison and the city’s vision to be inclusive, innovative, and thriving? Join UniverCity Alliance and the City of Madison at the Make Your Madison @ the Public Service Fair hosted by the Morgridge Center for Public Service to meet with city staff and local elected officials. You’ll learn about services the city has to offer to you as a new resident, internships, and opportunities to get involved! 

Students who are interested in getting connected and involved in the local community are encouraged to attend. You do not need to dress up or have your resume ready for this fair. Please come to explore ways to get involved, build skills, and learn about activities happening in your local community. 

What: Make Your Madison @ the Public Service Fair 

When: Monday, Sept. 9 

Time: 1-5 p.m. 

Where: Gordon Dining and Event Center, second floor 

Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024
4:15 – 5:15 p.m.
1163 Mechanical Engineering

Housing Markets, Discrimination, and Environmental Injustice

A long literature in environmental justice has documented the disproportionate exposure of low-income and BIPOC groups to environmental harms, but research continues to explore the mechanisms leading to these disparities.

In this talk, Timmins will present results from recent research on housing discrimination with a focus on how these activities might steer certain groups of housing seekers into unhealthy, low-opportunity neighborhoods.

Are you a new faculty member, instructor, or staff member interested in applying your work to communities of all sizes? Are you concerned about the increasing urbanization of the United States and world? Do you want to work with cities, counties, or other local governments? Do you want to meet others on campus who share your interest? Are you interested in innovations related to sustainable development for cities and communities?

Join us at an upcoming meet-and-greet with UniverCity Alliance on either Wednesday, Oct. 23 or Thursday, Oct. 24! You’ll meet colleagues on campus who share your interests and learn about UniverCity Alliance.

Date: Wednesday, Oct. 23 – Lunch provided

Time: 12-1:30 p.m.

Location: Room 1260, Discovery Building, 330 N. Orchard St.

RSVP: Fill out this Google form by Oct. 8.

Are you a new faculty member, instructor, or staff member interested in applying your work to communities of all sizes? Are you concerned about the increasing urbanization of the United States and world? Do you want to work with cities, counties, or other local governments? Do you want to meet others on campus who share your interest? Are you interested in innovations related to sustainable development for cities and communities?

Join us at an upcoming meet-and-greet with UniverCity Alliance on either Wednesday, Oct. 23 or Thursday, Oct. 24! You’ll meet colleagues on campus who share your interests and learn about UniverCity Alliance.

Date: Thursday, Oct. 24 – Appetizers and beverages provided

Time: 4-5:30 p.m.

Location: Camp Trippalindee at the Graduate Hotel, 601 Langdon St.

RSVP: Fill out this Google form by Oct. 8.

Experience the UniverCity Alliance partnership in action as the Wisconsin School of Business Professor Yongheng Deng and his Real Estate 420 class come to the Madison Municipal Building to showcase their project poster session highlighting research on how the city’s existing plans align with equity and sustainability principles through the lens of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

This fall, City of Madison’s Performance Excellence Specialist Kara Kratowicz and Sustainability and Resilience Manager Jessica Price joined Professor Deng to teach his students about Imagine Madison and the 2024 Sustainability Plan. Students invested project time this semester on furthering ideas of equity and sustainability in city plans, infusing a local to global connections to further the Wisconsin Idea.

Join us for this drop in event to check out their findings.

This year’s Sustainable Development Project Poster Session will be held on Dec. 11 in the Madison Municipal Building, 215 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd, on the second floor, from 2:45-4:30 p.m.

Event Details

What: City of Madison / UW–Madison Sustainable Development Project Poster Session

When: Wednesday, Dec. 11

Time: 2:45 – 4:30 p.m.

Where: Madison Municipal Building, 215 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., Room 215