Community News
UniverCity Year seeking new local government partners for 2023-26
Could this be your community? The deadline to apply for the 2023-26 cohort is Tuesday, Aug. 1.
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.
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.
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).
May 15, 2023UW–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.
May 12, 2023UW–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.
May 1, 2023Graduate 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.
April 27, 2023‘It has to be everyone’: Wisconsin counties seek solutions for child care crisis
Outagamie and La Crosse counties partnered with UniverCity Alliance and the La Follette School of Public Affairs to research innovative solutions.
April 19, 2023
Campus News
UW–Madison undergraduate students win regional engineering award
The award-winning project addressed flooding on a local farm that is partnering with UniverCity Year.
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.
Making an impact: UW–Madison senior tackles airport sustainability, highway access in Outagamie County
Through UniverCity Year, University of Wisconsin–Madison senior Sam Pozen researched a microgrid at the Appleton International Airport and updates to the county’s highway access control ordinance in two engineering courses.
Making an impact: UW–Madison senior tackles airport sustainability, highway access in Outagamie County
Through UniverCity Year, University of Wisconsin–Madison senior Sam Pozen researched a microgrid at the Appleton International Airport and updates to the county’s highway access control ordinance in two engineering courses.
May 26, 2023Engineering master’s student finds connections in UniverCity Alliance experiences
Moubarak Jeje said he realized the “power of local voices” through his UniverCity Alliance experiences.
May 26, 2023Meet the engineers making a difference in Wisconsin communities
Through partnerships with UW–Madison’s UniverCity Alliance program, civil and environmental engineering students helped officials in two Wisconsin counties plan for their future facility needs. Read the full story here.
May 16, 2023Promoting 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).
May 15, 2023- More UniverCity Alliance news
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