Tag: Community and Environmental Sociology
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Posted on January 19, 2021
Project to create anti-racism education wins Mellon grant
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded $5 million to fund an interdisciplinary, multi-year project to advance anti-racist practices and pedagogy in science, technology, engineering, […]
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Posted on November 29, 2019
CALS fields two 2020 Rhodes finalists
One undergraduate student and one recent graduate from the UW–Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences reached the final stage of competition this year for […]
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Posted on June 4, 2019
Knowledge applied: The team at the Applied Population Laboratory helps decision-makers understand complex social trends and plan for the future
Should a school district close an elementary school with shrinking enrollment, or will student numbers rebound in the coming years? What’s the outlook for a […]
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Posted on April 3, 2019
CALS offers summer classes about food, ag and science for all interested learners
Summer Term isn’t just for UW–Madison students. While taking summer classes is a great way for current UW students to get ahead in their studies, […]
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Posted on November 5, 2018
Rural brain gain: As Wisconsin tries to lure young adults, how do certain communities succeed?
Early this year, Wisconsin’s economic development agency launched an ad campaign to persuade young professionals to ditch Chicago and head north to pursue their careers. […]
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Posted on September 19, 2018
Vaccine opt-outs dropped — barely — when California added more hurdles
In response to spiking rates of parents opting their children out of vaccinations that are required to enroll in school — and just before a […]
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Posted on July 10, 2018
Bucking trends, these Wisconsin communities attract, keep young adults. How?
As rural Wisconsin communities lose young adults, their departures are a threat to community vitality, even survival. During the years 1990 to 2010, the percentage […]
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Posted on January 22, 2018
As Wisconsin tries to lure young adults, how do certain communities succeed?
As a new ad campaign from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation tries to attract young adults to Wisconsin, a study by University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers […]
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Posted on August 18, 2016
UW experts contribute to NAS report on U.S. science literacy
Despite perceptions that too many Americans are ignorant when it comes to the realm of science, a new study reports that people in the United […]
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Posted on May 24, 2016
For senior Marjorie Kersten, the solution to global malnutrition is tiny
Where most of us see creepy crawlers, UW-Madison senior Marjorie Kersten sees the solution to global malnutrition. We’re talking about eating insects—or “entomophagy” if that […]