Tag: Community and Environmental Sociology
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Posted on June 3, 2013
Q&A: Rural poverty is hidden and growing
While the word “poverty” may evoke images of blighted city neighborhoods, poverty levels actually are higher in rural counties. But rural poverty tends to be […]
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Posted on April 23, 2013
Classes in the park unite middle schoolers with college students, nature
Trish O’Kane had reached a dead end. It was her first day teaching a capstone course in environmental studies at the Nelson Institute, and she […]
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Posted on December 3, 2012
Shelby Jentz
Shelbi Jentz knew that CALS would open her eyes to new ideas, but she didn’t think a whole new way of eating would be one […]
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Posted on August 20, 2012
The culture of ag: CALS’ unique legacy of celebrating the arts and humanities in agriculture
The last thing you’d expect to see inside a university’s newly renovated, state-of-the-art biochemistry center is a 1940s Regionalist masterpiece celebrating rural life. Ditto for […]
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Posted on June 29, 2012
Rural poverty in Wisconsin likely to increase – Audio
/RSS Feed[audio:https://news.cals.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/tigges_curtis_rural_poverty_03_minV2.mp3|titles=Tigges and Curtis rural poverty in Wisconsin] Rural poverty in Wisconsin Leann Tigges, Professor Community and Environmental Sociology UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences […]
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Posted on June 15, 2012
Michael Bell: Agroecology program distinctive – Audio
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[audio:https://news.cals.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/michael_bell_agroecology_program_3_min.mp3|titles=Michael Bell Agroecology program distinctive] Department of Community and Environmental Sociology UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences michaelbell@wisc.edu Phone: (608) 265-9930 3:01 – Total […]
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Posted on May 9, 2012
Assistant professor Monica White hired to lead environmental justice teaching and outreach
Monica White has been named assistant professor of environmental justice at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, a new position created and shared by the Nelson Institute […]
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Posted on November 11, 2011
Popular UW-Madison program for first year students continues to grow
Scott Barton, a New York-based chef, is no stranger to his role as kitchen commander. He bounces around the room, correcting techniques, dispensing trivia about […]
- Posted on June 6, 2011
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Posted on June 2, 2011
Census shows significant increase in Wisconsin’s single-father households
The number of single-father households in Wisconsin is increasing, according to Census 2010 figures released in mid-May. The census data show the number of households […]
